Audio on Thinkpad X1C8
by derekn13 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#582WZ)
I'm running Slackware current on a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 8 (aka X1C8).
The only way I've been able to get the speakers + microphone working is with a 5.8 kernel and the SOF firmware. The 5.8 kernel code appears to force SOF firmware for this particular machine, so I guess there's a known issue that requires it (?). The speakers work fine with the stock 5.4 kernel, but not the microphone.
The 5.4 kernel that ships with slackware current has support for SOF, but I haven't been able to get it to work. It looks like it may require an old version of SOF that's no longer available from the SOF project's githubg repo (but that's just a guess).
Questions:
Is anyone else running Slackware on a Thinkpad X1C8? (Or X1C7, or X1 Yoga 4/5 -- all of which have very similar hardware, I think.)
Does anyone know how to get the SOF firmware running with the stock 5.4 kernel?
Are there any plans to add the SOF firmware into Slackware current?
The only way I've been able to get the speakers + microphone working is with a 5.8 kernel and the SOF firmware. The 5.8 kernel code appears to force SOF firmware for this particular machine, so I guess there's a known issue that requires it (?). The speakers work fine with the stock 5.4 kernel, but not the microphone.
The 5.4 kernel that ships with slackware current has support for SOF, but I haven't been able to get it to work. It looks like it may require an old version of SOF that's no longer available from the SOF project's githubg repo (but that's just a guess).
Questions:
Is anyone else running Slackware on a Thinkpad X1C8? (Or X1C7, or X1 Yoga 4/5 -- all of which have very similar hardware, I think.)
Does anyone know how to get the SOF firmware running with the stock 5.4 kernel?
Are there any plans to add the SOF firmware into Slackware current?