Driver fixes and updates to kernel 3.18.16 and 4.0.5

Hi Alex!

I can see the card show up in "Audio Device Settings" as "snd_rpi_wsp (Alsa mixer) (Default)". But, when I try to choose the card in any audio program such as Sunvox or Jack - i.e. "hw:sndrpiwsp" or (hw:0,0) the card does not work. Instead, for instance, Sunvox will not load and hangs using Alsa and/or Jack gives me error "Could not connect to JACK server as client.

You probably just forgot to run the "usecase" scripts. I've updated that section on my website, for SPDIF in/out you'll have to do this:

./Reset_paths.sh -q
./SPDIF_playback.sh -q
./SPDIF_record.sh -q

Enabling the other playback paths (lineout, headset) as well won't hurt, the can be active in parallel.

so long,

Hias

Hi,

Thanks for responding so quickly Hias.

You are correct. I did not install "usecase" scripts.

Everything works now!

Thank you for adding the new instructions on your site. I followed them exactly.

All the best,

Alex

I have been here:

www.horus.com/~hias/cirrus-driver.html looking at the precompiled kernel and I see that the latest one is 4.1.19 and it says it works for Rpi3 (which I've just received).  I've just received an Rpi3 and have a Cirrus Logic - Element14 audio board on order.  I also have an Rpi2 with the audio board and I believe I got the kernel 4.1.13 from this site (and it works wonderfully well).  Unfortunately, the current Arch Linux supplies kernel 4.1.20.

So my question would be - will there be a downloadable 4.1.20 pre-patched and compiled kernel available?

If not, where can I find step by step instructions on how to patch and compile the kernel myself?

I would at least try the 4.1.19 kernel and test the hardware compatibility on RPi3 first. Later when he has time, there should be a later one. Please be aware he volunteers his time here for helping us. If you would like to try, have a fast machine and plenty of free space. Download his tar ball with the source you wish(Rasbian Jessie). Follow the Debian wiki guide that is very detail and you will have a newer kernel. BTW I checked and the difference between them is fixes at most.

Clem

So my question would be - will there be a downloadable 4.1.20 pre-patched and compiled kernel available?

 

If not, where can I find step by step instructions on how to patch and compile the kernel myself?

There aren't any really important changes to 4.1.20 (compared to 4.1.19) and the RPi foundation will switch to 4.4 soon. So I'll skip 4.1.20, also I don't have much time ATM, this weekend I'm at the Easterhegg

You can either use the 4.1.19 kernel or clone my 4.1 github tree (it's already up at 4.1.20 plus patches until yesterday) and compile it yourself - just like the standard RPi kerrnel. make bcm2709_defconfig enables all options needed for the Cirrus card.

https://github.com/HiassofT/rpi-linux/tree/cirrus-4.1.y

so long,

Hias

Ah yes, I downloaded the sources for 4.1.19 and I have finished the compile which looks good.  An experienced Linux friend explained that It would likely work to put the 4.1.19 kernel in a 4.1.20 installation.  The board should be delivered today, so I will be able to test it sometime later and I'll post here about my results.

Thank you for this effort and hard work, very grateful.

Raspberry Pi 3 testing 4.1.19 kernel build

I followed instructions at these sites:

github.com/RoEdAl/linux-raspberrypi-wsp

headless.audio/#raspberry-pi-2-model-b.

From that, I downloaded sources for kernel 4.1.19 for Arch Linux.  I had initially installed Arch Linux with 4.1.20 kernel.  I then executed the pacman command and the compile took place without error (checked the log files for the word 'error').  I did the other modifications as well.  The system boots and doesn't appear to have any problems.

When I execute aplay -l, I get:

aplay: device_list:268: no soundcards found...

Note that I blacklisted the Raspberry Pi 3 default on-board audio.  Before I did that, aplay -l would list only the on-board hardware.

uname -a gives:

Linux pi3 4.1.19-4-WSP #1 SMP Sat Mar 26 00:21:28 PDT 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

Both of the audio card LEDs (red and green) remain on.  I see no mention of wsp or cirrus in dmesg output using grep -i

I have an Rpi2 with the same audio card which works, so tomorrow I'll put the new audio card on the Rpi2 and see if it works.

/etc/modprobe.d/cirrus.conf

softdep arizona-spi pre: arizona-ldo1

softdep spi-bcm2708 pre: fixed

softdep spi-bcm2835 pre: fixed

blacklist snd_bcm2835

Dmesg showed nothing like loading driver for cirrus card? Curiously that means hardware not responding to a probe during startup. I think i2cdetect should be run to see the card respond.

Clem

Both of the audio card LEDs (red and green) remain on.  I see no mention of wsp or cirrus in dmesg output using grep -i

add dtdebug=1 to config.txt and then run sudo vcdbg log msg 2>&1 | less to check if the rpi-cirrus-wm5102 overlay was loaded correctly.

so long,

Hias

Ok, I feel pretty lame...  IT WORKS WONDERFULLY WELL!!!

Somewhere along the line, /boot/config.txt was overwritten and had default settings which had i2c turned OFF.  I found this by running i2cdetect.  Once I corrected the settings in /boot/config.txt, it worked and I was able to use mplayer to play an MP3 file.

So - my results - 4.1.19 works on Rpi3 running Arch Linux.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROUS WORK ON THIS ! !