HDMI audio codec of NVidia G210 graphic card doesn't work on FreeBSD.

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crocket

Linux nvidia display driver contains support for G210 HDMI audio codec.
I installed nvidia driver for FreeBSD.
I don't know if FreeBSD nvidia driver contains the support, too.
However, I can't make HDMI audio work on FreeBSD.

Below are relevant command outputs.

Code: 
[root@elisa ~]# cat /dev/sndstat
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <HDA VIA VT1708S_4 PCM #0 Analog> (play/rec)
pcm1: <HDA VIA VT1708S_4 PCM #1 Digital> (play)
pcm2: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> (play) default
pcm3: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> (play)
pcm4: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> (play)
pcm5: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> (play)

Code: 
[root@elisa ~]# dmesg | grep -i hdac
hdac0: <NVidia (Unknown) High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xfea7c000-0xfea7ffff irq 16 at device 0.1 on pci1
hdac0: HDA Driver Revision: 20100226_0142
hdac0: [ITHREAD]
hdac1: <Intel 82801G High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xfcffc000-0xfcffffff irq 16 at device 27.0 on pci0
hdac1: HDA Driver Revision: 20100226_0142
hdac1: [ITHREAD]
hdac0: HDA Codec #0: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac0: HDA Codec #1: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac0: HDA Codec #2: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac0: HDA Codec #3: NVidia (Unknown)
pcm0: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm1: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm2: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 2 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm3: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 3 nid 1 on hdac0
hdac1: HDA Codec #0: VIA VT1708S_4
hdac1: hdac_command_send_internal: TIMEOUT numcmd=1, sent=1, received=0
hdac1: hdac_command_send_internal: TIMEOUT numcmd=1, sent=1, received=0
hdac1: Codec #2 is not responding! Probing aborted.
pcm4: <HDA VIA VT1708S_4 PCM #0 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1
pcm5: <HDA VIA VT1708S_4 PCM #1 Digital> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1
hdac0: <NVidia (Unknown) High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xfea7c000-0xfea7ffff irq 16 at device 0.1 on pci1
hdac0: HDA Driver Revision: 20100226_0142
hdac0: [ITHREAD]
hdac1: <Intel 82801G High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xfcffc000-0xfcffffff irq 16 at device 27.0 on pci0
hdac1: HDA Driver Revision: 20100226_0142
hdac1: [ITHREAD]
hdac0: HDA Codec #0: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac0: HDA Codec #1: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac0: HDA Codec #2: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac0: HDA Codec #3: NVidia (Unknown)
pcm0: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm1: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm2: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 2 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm3: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 3 nid 1 on hdac0
hdac1: HDA Codec #0: VIA VT1708S_4
hdac1: hdac_command_send_internal: TIMEOUT numcmd=1, sent=1, received=0
hdac1: hdac_command_send_internal: TIMEOUT numcmd=1, sent=1, received=0
hdac1: Codec #2 is not responding! Probing aborted.
pcm4: <HDA VIA VT1708S_4 PCM #0 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1
pcm5: <HDA VIA VT1708S_4 PCM #1 Digital> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1
hdac0: <NVidia (Unknown) High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xfea7c000-0xfea7ffff irq 16 at device 0.1 on pci1
hdac0: HDA Driver Revision: 20100226_0142
hdac0: [ITHREAD]
hdac1: <Intel 82801G High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xfcffc000-0xfcffffff irq 16 at device 27.0 on pci0
hdac1: HDA Driver Revision: 20100226_0142
hdac1: [ITHREAD]
hdac0: HDA Codec #0: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac0: HDA Codec #1: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac0: HDA Codec #2: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac0: HDA Codec #3: NVidia (Unknown)
pcm0: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm1: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm2: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 2 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm3: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 3 nid 1 on hdac0
hdac1: HDA Codec #0: VIA VT1708S_4
hdac1: hdac_command_send_internal: TIMEOUT numcmd=1, sent=1, received=0
hdac1: hdac_command_send_internal: TIMEOUT numcmd=1, sent=1, received=0
hdac1: Codec #2 is not responding! Probing aborted.
pcm4: <HDA VIA VT1708S_4 PCM #0 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1
pcm5: <HDA VIA VT1708S_4 PCM #1 Digital> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1
hdac0: detached
hdac1: detached
hdac0: <Intel 82801G High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xfcffc000-0xfcffffff irq 16 at device 27.0 on pci0
hdac0: HDA Driver Revision: 20100226_0142
hdac0: [ITHREAD]
hdac0: HDA Codec #0: VIA VT1708S_4
hdac0: hdac_command_send_internal: TIMEOUT numcmd=1, sent=1, received=0
hdac0: hdac_command_send_internal: TIMEOUT numcmd=1, sent=1, received=0
hdac0: Codec #2 is not responding! Probing aborted.
hdac1: <NVidia (Unknown) High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xfea7c000-0xfea7ffff irq 16 at device 0.1 on pci1
hdac1: HDA Driver Revision: 20100226_0142
hdac1: [ITHREAD]
hdac1: HDA Codec #0: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac1: HDA Codec #1: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac1: HDA Codec #2: NVidia (Unknown)
hdac1: HDA Codec #3: NVidia (Unknown)
pcm0: <HDA VIA VT1708S_4 PCM #0 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm1: <HDA VIA VT1708S_4 PCM #1 Digital> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm2: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1
pcm3: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac1
pcm4: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 2 nid 1 on hdac1
pcm5: <HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 DisplayPort> at cad 3 nid 1 on hdac1
 
This problem is solved with the latest nvidia binary driver.

So let's forget about this problem.
 
It's in his post .."This problem is solved with the latest nvidia binary driver."
 
Instead of starting a new thread, I figured I'd add to this one. Essentially, I have a similar problem, in that I have an nVidia GT420 card with HDMI out, and cannot get any audio.

I have the latest (tried the latest nvidia-driver port, as well as dl'ing newer driver right from nVidia site). The system is connected up to a TV w/ HDMI cable only. Video in the terminal works great, and video in X also works great. I have VLC loaded as a media player, and when the default sound is set to the onboard audio, sound works great out the PC speakers. I have nvidia.ko, sound.ko and snd_hda.ko all loaded, and I have the same 4 nVidia devices that show up. I can set the default sound device to the first of the nVidia devices, however, still get no sound.

My question to the original poster (and/or anyone): "How" was this solved with the latest nVidia binary driver? Is there a driver setting, an X setting, a hardware setting?
 
May I ask which 'new' version of the driver you used? There is one in ports, and there are 3 different versions available on the nvidia website - 280.13 and 275.21. The version from ports I installed appears to be 280.13 and the HDMI audio does not appear to work when I use hw.snd.default_unit=(0|1|2|3) where these are the 4 pcm devices shown in dmesg.

Cheers
 
I too am having a similar issue, and it seems that a fair few people have reported similar results.

Using nvidia-driver from ports (which seems to be the same latest version from nvidia directly), I'm getting no sound out of hdmi.

Has anyone got this to work at all?
 
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