Re: Microphone on Thinkpad X1 carbon 7th Gen

On 05/12/2023 10:11, Stefan Hagen wrote:
> Corl3ss wrote (2023-12-05 09:18 CET):
>>
>>
>> On 04/12/2023 23:12, Carsten Reith wrote:
>>> Corl3ss <corl3ss@corl3ss.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Everything but the microphone is working well on my Thinkpad X1 carbon 7th Gen
>>>> (20QD).
>>>>
>>>> I have reviewed [1] and [2] without solution.
>>>> Below some useful data.
>>>
>>>
>>> Have you enabled the appropriate sysctl ? (see:
>>> https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html#recordaudio)
>>>
>>> # sysctl kern.audio.record=1
>>> # echo kern.audio.record=1 >> /etc/sysctl.conf
>>>
>> Thanks Carsten for your answer !
>>
>> Yes, sure (and sorry I did not mention that on my first message).
>
> Here is a list of platforms who's microphones won't work on OpenBSD:
> https://thesofproject.github.io/latest/platforms/index.html#supported-platforms
>
> Microphones in many modern Laptops don't work. Thanks to intel smart sound technology (Intel SST),
> microphones now need a firmware (https://github.com/thesofproject/sof) and nobody has written a
> driver for OpenBSD yet.
>
> You can use a headset on the headset port and the microphone there should work. It's only the
> builtin mic that won't do anything (even though all toggles in mixerctl / sndioctl appear operational).
>
> Fun part reg SOF: it doesn't build with clang, see FAQ:
> https://thesofproject.github.io/latest/introduction/index.html
>
> So - I don't think we'll see mic support for these platforms anytime soon.
>
> Best Regards,
> Stefan

Thanks a lot for your precise answer Stefan. Very kind of you.

It does not seems to work neither with the headset port but will give it
another try :)

Thanks again !
Have a nice day Stefan, have a nice day all !

Corl3ss