Bug#1126683: linux-image-amd64: please enable AMD SoundWire config flags

From	Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1126683: linux-image-amd64: please enable AMD SoundWire config flags
Date	2026-01-30 18:50 +0100
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Control: reassign -1 src:linux
Control: forcemerge 1120479 -1

Hi Kai,

Thanks for your report.

On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 04:11:59PM +0100, Kai Wasserbäch wrote:
> Package: linux-image-amd64
> Version: 6.17.13-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Dear Maintainers,
> I have a new Dell Pro Max 14 (model: MC14255) laptop and with the stock
> Debian kernels (I've tried the testing version, but unstable won't fix this
> either, since the config flags are still missing) the laptop only played
> audio via the HDMI/DP port through the AMD audio co-processor in the GPU.
> Since a vanilla kernel (6.18.7) didn't fix the issue either, I suspected a
> missing PCIID somewhere and reported
> <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221015> upstream.
> 
> With the very friendly support from the ALSA maintainers and AMD engineers
> it was figured out, that the Debian stock kernel (and thus my derived
> builds) were lacking the proper SoundWire config options to make the Realtek
> codecs usable.
> 
> Attached you'll find my current KConfig, that yields a working audio system. The relevant new options are:
> 
> - CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_SDW_MACH_COMMON=m
> - CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_SOF_SDW_MACH=m
> - CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_LEGACY_SDW_MACH=m
> - CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_SOUNDWIRE=m
> - CONFIG_SOUNDWIRE_AMD=m
> 
> Please consider activating these settings to enable audio on modern AMD-based laptops.

See #1120479 and merged bugs. So merging this one as well, the change
is already present in experimental and will be backported as well for
the unstable version soon.

Regards,
Salvatore

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Bug#1126683: linux-image-amd64: please enable AMD SoundWire config flags Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2026-01-30 18:50 +0100
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