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@5kft @Hannes Worst
it seems that current 5.8.7 is missing some modules for the analog audio (or they are named in a other way) than 

legacy 5.4.63, because with the legacy image analog-audio does work.

 

I do see much more sound-modules loaded than in current 5.8.7:
 

Module                  Size  Used by
sun50i_codec_analog    28672  1
sun8i_codec            28672  1
snd_soc_simple_card_utils    20480  1 snd_soc_simple_card
sun4i_i2s              24576  4
sun8i_drm_hdmi         24576  0
snd_soc_core          176128  7 sun4i_i2s,snd_soc_spdif_tx,snd_soc_hdmi_codec,sun50i_codec_analog,sun8i_codec,snd_soc_simple_card_utils,snd_soc_simple_card
dw_hdmi                40960  2 sun8i_drm_hdmi,dw_hdmi_i2s_audio
ac97_bus               16384  1 snd_soc_core
snd_pcm_dmaengine      16384  1 snd_soc_core
cec                    69632  2 dw_hdmi_cec,dw_hdmi
snd_pcm               110592  5 sun4i_i2s,snd_soc_hdmi_codec,sun8i_codec,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm_dmaengine
snd_timer              40960  1 snd_pcm
snd                    86016  8 snd_soc_hdmi_codec,snd_timer,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm
soundcore              16384  1 snd
sun4i_drm              20480  0
sun4i_frontend         16384  1 sun4i_drm
sun4i_tcon             32768  1 sun4i_drm
sun8i_mixer            40960  0
sun8i_tcon_top         16384  3 sun8i_drm_hdmi,sun4i_tcon,sun4i_drm
dwmac_sun8i            28672  0
mdio_mux               16384  1 dwmac_sun8i

 

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16 minutes ago, guidol said:

@5kft @Hannes Worst
it seems that current 5.8.7 is missing some modules for the analog audio (or they are named in a other way) than 

legacy 5.4.63, because with the legacy image analog-audio does work.

 

I do see much more sound-modules loaded than in current 5.8.7:

 

Part of this difference could be that in the newer kernel more audio modules built in.  What I'm seeing is that when I try analog audio it works fine - e.g., I don't see the "no soundcards" error, and I can play audio, etc. (e.g., I tested on a NEO Core2 but don't get any audio errors on any of the other boards either).  So it seems that there is something different for the A64, and I agree with you it's likely the DT configuration.

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2 minutes ago, Hannes Worst said:

It works on the kernel 5.7.15.


dmesg|grep -i sound
[    8.338780] asoc-simple-card sound: sun8i-codec-aif1 <-> 1c22c00.dai mapping ok
[    9.015640] asoc-simple-card hdmi-sound: i2s-hifi <-> 1c22800.i2s mapping ok

 

got this dmesg-output alos in 5.8.7, but no output from analog-audio from the NPi A64

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On 9/6/2020 at 5:16 PM, 5kft said:

 

Part of this difference could be that in the newer kernel more audio modules built in. 

So it seems that there is something different for the A64, and I agree with you it's likely the DT configuration.

@5kft @Hannes Worst @@lex

somebody did hear us :) the analog sound is back in dev kernel/dtb 5.9.1

and now - I think - we have found the missing link:
sound was playing but we didnt hear anything on analog-audio because - as I remember right -  the option

AIF1 Slot 0 Digital DAC

was missing. So it couldnt be enabled :( 

 

Now the option is back and the DAC could now enabled again - so no more silence anymore :) 

 

BUT be advised to set AIF DA0 not higher than 17, because then the sound will very fast be distorted/overdriven :( 

 

So here is my kernel-information als alsamixer-setting for analog-audio (sun50i-a64-audio):

 _   _ ____  _      _    __   _  _
| \ | |  _ \(_)    / \  / /_ | || |
|  \| | |_) | |   / _ \| '_ \| || |_
| |\  |  __/| |  / ___ \ (_) |__   _|
|_| \_|_|   |_| /_/   \_\___/   |_|

Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) with Linux 5.9.1-sunxi64

No end-user support: built from trunk

package bsp-kernel[20.11.0-trunk] u-boot[20.11.0-trunk] dtb   [20.11.0-trunk]
firmware          [20.11.0-trunk] config[20.11.0-trunk] branch[dev]


root@npi-a64-116(192.168.6.116):~# uname -a
Linux npi-a64-116 5.9.1-sunxi64 #trunk SMP Mon Oct 26 18:14:55 +03 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux

root@npi-a64-116(192.168.6.116):~# more /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

root@npi-a64-116(192.168.6.116):~# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sun50ia64audio [sun50i-a64-audio], device 0: 1c22c00.dai-sun8i-codec-aif1 sun8i-codec-aif1-0 [1c22c00.dai-sun8i-codec-aif1 sun8i-codec-aif1-0]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: sun50ia64hdmi [sun50i-a64-hdmi], device 0: 1c22800.i2s-i2s-hifi i2s-hifi-0 [1c22800.i2s-i2s-hifi i2s-hifi-0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


root@npi-a64-116(192.168.6.116):~# alsamixer

Card: sun50i-a64-audio 

Value:      Item:

83          Headphone [dB gain: -8.00]
Mixer       Headphone Source [Mixer]
15          AIF1 DA0 [dB gain: -24.00, -24.00]
Stereo      AIF1 DA0 Stereo [Stereo]
Enable      AIF1 Slot 0 Digital DAC
82          DAC [dB gain: 18.75, 18.75]
Enable      DAC Reversed

 

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On 11/1/2020 at 5:08 PM, Hannes Worst said:

Great, Guidol!

 

Thank you very much for this good news. I wil try it out! Thanks for the one that solved the problem.

 

Hi, do you have a chance to test it? I could not get sound from audio jack. Could you share your dts if the analog audio working? Thank you

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14 hours ago, Levent Erenler said:

Hi, do you have a chance to test it? I could not get sound from audio jack. Could you share your dts if the analog audio working? Thank you

For me it does work, but I dont know if @Hannes Worst did had success ;)

Here are the "warnings" while decompiling the .dtb to .dts (see attachment) :
 

root@npi-a64-116(192.168.6.116):/boot/dtb/allwinner# dtc -I dtb -O dts /boot/dtb/allwinner/sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64.dtb -o /boot/dtb/allwinner/sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64_kernel_591.dts

/boot/dtb/allwinner/sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64_kernel_591.dts: Warning (unit_address_vs_reg): /sound/simple-audio-card,dai-link@0: node has a unit name, but no reg property

/boot/dtb/allwinner/sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64_kernel_591.dts: Warning (avoid_unnecessary_addr_size): /sound: unnecessary #address-cells/#size-cells without "ranges" or child "reg" property

/boot/dtb/allwinner/sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64_kernel_591.dts: Warning (avoid_unnecessary_addr_size): /soc/dsi@1ca0000: unnecessary #address-cells/#size-cells without "ranges" or child "reg" property

 

I dont know if this .dts will work with lower kernel numbers :(

root@npi-a64-116(192.168.6.116):/boot# uname -a
Linux npi-a64-116 5.9.1-sunxi64 #trunk SMP Mon Oct 26 18:14:55 +03 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux
OR
Linux npi-a64-116 5.10.0-rc2-sunxi64 #trunk SMP Sat Nov 7 14:11:13 +03 2020 aarch64 GNU/Linux

 

sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64_kernel_591.dts

sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64_kernel_510rc2.dts

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Thanks @guidol I am testing with pine64+ A64 kernel 5.9.5 i have same warnings in original dtb. I try many things but i could not figure whats wrong! I try to compare my dts file with yours.Do you have source, i mean dts files before compiled(easy to read) or is that https://github.com/megous/linux/tree/orange-pi-5.9  Thank you

i try to gave more information 

 

UPDATE:  I found a solution

 

Edited by Levent Erenler
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@guidolI wasn't able yet to try out the 5.9 kernel. I tested the dts file you posted as a dtb file on the present (lower) 5.8 kernel and found out it doesn't work to activate analog sound. 

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sun50ia64hdmi [sun50i-a64-hdmi], device 0: 1c22800.i2s-i2s-hifi i2s-hifi-0 [1c22800.i2s-i2s-hifi i2s-hifi-0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Device [USB Audio Device], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

 

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I compiled Hirsute Hippo [edge] for the NanoPi A64 and got out of the compile a Kernel 5.12.x

There was analog-audio but no control for the blue led.

 

After updateing I got the Kernel 5.13.9 - now there was a control for the blue led, but no analog audio :(

 

So I did decompile the .dtb to .dts /edited it/recompiled the .dts to .dtb - now analog audio is working again :)

 

Spoiler

sound {
            status = "okay";

i2s@1c22000 {
            status = "okay";

dai@1c22c00 {
            status = "okay";

codec@1c22e00 {
            status = "okay";
            
codec-analog@1f015c0 {
            status = "okay";

 

 _   _ ____  _      _    __   _  _
| \ | |  _ \(_)    / \  / /_ | || |
|  \| | |_) | |   / _ \| '_ \| || |_
| |\  |  __/| |  / ___ \ (_) |__   _|
|_| \_|_|   |_| /_/   \_\___/   |_|

Welcome to Armbian 21.08.0-trunk Hirsute with bleeding edge Linux 5.13.9-sunxi64

No end-user support: built from trunk

package bsp-kernel[21.08.0-trunk.114] u-boot[21.08.1] dtb   [21.08.0-trunk.114]
firmware          [21.08.0-trunk] config[21.08.0-trunk] branch[edge]

uname -a
Linux npi-a64-116 5.13.9-sunxi64 #trunk.114 SMP Sun Aug 8 22:12:23 UTC 2021 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sun50ia64audio [sun50i-a64-audio], device 0: 1c22c00.dai-sun8i-codec-aif1 sun8i-codec-aif1-0 [1c22c00.dai-sun8i-codec-aif1 sun8i-codec-aif1-0]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: sun9ihdmi [sun9i-hdmi], device 0: SUN9I-HDMI PCM i2s-hifi-0 [SUN9I-HDMI PCM i2s-hifi-0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

 

 

sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64.dtb_5_13_9_analog_audio_enabled sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64.dtb_5_13_9_org sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64.dts

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Here is a working (USB-ports & analog Sound) patched

sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64 .DTS/.DTB

for Kernel 5.18.15 under armbian bullseye

 

Dont know why these arent automatically configured at armbian/kernel-compile :(

 

 _   _ ____  _      _    __   _  _
| \ | |  _ \(_)    / \  / /_ | || |
|  \| | |_) | |   / _ \| '_ \| || |_
| |\  |  __/| |  / ___ \ (_) |__   _|
|_| \_|_|   |_| /_/   \_\___/   |_|

Welcome to Armbian 22.08.0-trunk Bullseye with Linux 5.18.15-sunxi64

No end-user support: community creations

System load:   2%               Up time:       16 min   Local users:   2
Memory usage:  14% of 984M      IP:            192.168.6.116
CPU temp:      27°C             Usage of /:    24% of 15G
RX today:      23.9 MiB

[ General system configuration (beta): armbian-config ]

Last login: Wed Sep  7 14:05:25 2022 from 192.168.6.17

root@npi-a64-116:~# uname -a
Linux npi-a64-116 5.18.15-sunxi64 #trunk SMP Thu Aug 4 12:51:25 +03 2022 aarch64 GNU/Linux

root@npi-a64-116:~# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: sun50ia64audio [sun50i-a64-audio], device 0: 1c22c00.dai-sun8i-codec-aif1 sun8i-codec-aif1-0 [1c22c00.dai-sun8i-codec-aif1 sun8i-codec-aif1-0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: sun9ihdmi [sun9i-hdmi], device 0: SUN9I-HDMI PCM i2s-hifi-0 [SUN9I-HDMI PCM i2s-hifi-0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

 

sun50i-a64-nanopi-a64_5_18_15.zip

DTS_Changes_NPI_A64.doc DTS_Changes_NPi_A64.pdf

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39 minutes ago, guidol said:

Dont know why these arent automatically configured


This is the diff between your device tree and the one shipped with (latest 5.19.y) kernel:
 

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@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 		simple-audio-card,name = "sun50i-a64-audio";
 		simple-audio-card,aux-devs = <0x10>;
 		simple-audio-card,routing = "Left DAC\0DACL\0Right DAC\0DACR\0ADCL\0Left ADC\0ADCR\0Right ADC";
-		status = "disabled";
+		status = "okay";
 		phandle = <0x4f>;
 
 		simple-audio-card,dai-link@0 {
@@ -661,8 +661,8 @@
 			phys = <0x2c 0x00>;
 			phy-names = "usb";
 			extcon = <0x2c 0x00>;
-			dr_mode = "otg";
-			status = "disabled";
+			dr_mode = "host";
+			status = "okay";
 			phandle = <0x68>;
 		};
 
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@
 			resets = <0x02 0x27>;
 			dma-names = "rx\0tx";
 			dmas = <0x30 0x03 0x30 0x03>;
-			status = "disabled";
+			status = "okay";
 			phandle = <0x7d>;
 		};
 
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@
 			resets = <0x02 0x24>;
 			dmas = <0x30 0x0f 0x30 0x0f>;
 			dma-names = "rx\0tx";
-			status = "disabled";
+			status = "okay";
 			phandle = <0x12>;
 		};
 
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@
 			interrupts = <0x00 0x1c 0x04>;
 			clocks = <0x02 0x38 0x02 0x6b>;
 			clock-names = "bus\0mod";
-			status = "disabled";
+			status = "okay";
 			phandle = <0x13>;
 		};
 
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@
 		};
 
 		pwm@1c21400 {
-			compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-a64-pwm\0allwinner,sun5i-a13-pwm";
+			compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-a64-pwm";
 			reg = <0x1c21400 0x400>;
 			clocks = <0x2d>;
 			pinctrl-names = "default";
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@
 		codec-analog@1f015c0 {
 			compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-a64-codec-analog";
 			reg = <0x1f015c0 0x04>;
-			status = "disabled";
+			status = "okay";
 			phandle = <0x10>;
 		};
 
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@
 		};
 
 		pwm@1f03800 {
-			compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-a64-pwm\0allwinner,sun5i-a13-pwm";
+			compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-a64-pwm";
 			reg = <0x1f03800 0x400>;
 			clocks = <0x2d>;
 			pinctrl-names = "default";
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@
 
 	hdmi-connector {
 		compatible = "hdmi-connector";
-		type = "a";
+		type = [61 00];
 
 		port {

 


Everything is there, just disabled by default. Don't we have overlays for enabling this via armbian-config -> system -> hardware?

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