Re: [PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Reset Blue Yeti firmware 0.20 after resume
From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Thu Oct 22 2026 - 11:50:55 EST
On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:17:54 +0200,
jasmeet.bhatia.us@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> From: "Jasmeet (Jazz) Bhatia" <jasmeet.bhatia.us@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Blue Yeti Classic microphones with firmware 0.20 remain enumerated
> after a system suspend/resume cycle but stop delivering capture
> samples. This results in an attempt to capture audio failing with
> -EIO.
>
> Instead, the device should be recovered by sending its volatile ROM
> reset command after a system resume. The command restarts the device's
> MCU and USB logic, causing it to disconnect and re-enumerate with
> working capture.
>
> Defering the reset to system_freezable_wq provided best results when
> testing, ensuring device resumes only after callbacks have completed.
>
> Limits the quirk to USB ID 046d:0ab7 with bcdDevice 0x0020.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jasmeet (Jazz) Bhatia <jasmeet.bhatia.us@xxxxxxxxx>
Apart from the issues Sashiko already reported, I find this way a bit
too scary, and I'm not sure whether the usb-audio driver is the right
place to perform such a thing. Couldn't it be better done in the
lower USB layer somehow?
thanks,
Takashi
> ---
> sound/usb/card.c | 3 ++
> sound/usb/quirks.c | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> sound/usb/quirks.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/sound/usb/card.c b/sound/usb/card.c
> index 9307da95efbe..ebacb98fc34e 100644
> --- a/sound/usb/card.c
> +++ b/sound/usb/card.c
> @@ -1280,6 +1280,9 @@ static int usb_audio_resume(struct usb_interface *intf)
> if (chip->num_suspended_intf > 1)
> goto out;
>
> + if (chip->system_suspend)
> + snd_usb_apply_resume_quirk(chip);
> +
> list_for_each_entry(as, &chip->pcm_list, list) {
> err = snd_usb_pcm_resume(as);
> if (err < 0) {
> diff --git a/sound/usb/quirks.c b/sound/usb/quirks.c
> index a54fabce7920..42d955c7b7a4 100644
> --- a/sound/usb/quirks.c
> +++ b/sound/usb/quirks.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
> #include <linux/usb.h>
> #include <linux/usb/audio.h>
> #include <linux/usb/midi.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/workqueue.h>
> #include <linux/bits.h>
>
> #include <sound/control.h>
> @@ -1626,6 +1628,81 @@ int snd_usb_apply_interface_quirk(struct snd_usb_audio *chip,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Blue Yeti Classic firmware 0.20 may stop delivering capture samples
> + * after a system suspend/resume while otherwise remaining enumerated.
> + *
> + * Sending the device's volatile ROM reset command restarts its MCU and
> + * USB logic, causing it to re-enumerate and restoring capture.
> + *
> + * Do not send the command directly from the USB resume callback because
> + * it deliberately disconnects the device. Queue it on the freezable
> + * workqueue so it runs after device resume callbacks have completed.
> + */
> +struct snd_usb_yeti_reset {
> + struct work_struct work;
> + struct usb_device *dev;
> +};
> +
> +static void snd_usb_yeti_reset_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> + struct snd_usb_yeti_reset *yeti =
> + container_of(work, struct snd_usb_yeti_reset, work);
> + struct usb_device *dev = yeti->dev;
> + static const u8 reset_cmd[8] = {
> + 0x00, 0x09, 0x00, 0x00,
> + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
> + };
> + int err;
> +
> + err = usb_control_msg_send(dev, 0, UAC_SET_CUR,
> + USB_DIR_OUT | USB_TYPE_CLASS |
> + USB_RECIP_INTERFACE,
> + 0x0a00, 0x1900,
> + reset_cmd, sizeof(reset_cmd),
> + USB_CTRL_SET_TIMEOUT, GFP_KERNEL);
> +
> + if (err && err != -ENODEV)
> + dev_warn(&dev->dev,
> + "Blue Yeti resume reset failed: %d\n", err);
> +
> + usb_put_dev(dev);
> + kfree(yeti);
> + module_put(THIS_MODULE);
> +}
> +
> +static void snd_usb_yeti_resume_quirk(struct snd_usb_audio *chip)
> +{
> + struct usb_device *dev = chip->dev;
> + struct snd_usb_yeti_reset *yeti;
> +
> + if (chip->usb_id != USB_ID(0x046d, 0x0ab7) ||
> + le16_to_cpu(dev->descriptor.bcdDevice) != 0x0020)
> + return;
> +
> + yeti = kmalloc_obj(*yeti);
> + if (!yeti) {
> + dev_warn(&dev->dev,
> + "Blue Yeti resume reset allocation failed\n");
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + INIT_WORK(&yeti->work, snd_usb_yeti_reset_work);
> + yeti->dev = usb_get_dev(dev);
> + __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
> +
> + if (!queue_work(system_freezable_wq, &yeti->work)) {
> + module_put(THIS_MODULE);
> + usb_put_dev(yeti->dev);
> + kfree(yeti);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +void snd_usb_apply_resume_quirk(struct snd_usb_audio *chip)
> +{
> + snd_usb_yeti_resume_quirk(chip);
> +}
> +
> int snd_usb_apply_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev,
> struct usb_interface *intf,
> const struct snd_usb_audio_quirk *quirk,
> diff --git a/sound/usb/quirks.h b/sound/usb/quirks.h
> index 0a723c266bb4..9988e185538f 100644
> --- a/sound/usb/quirks.h
> +++ b/sound/usb/quirks.h
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ int snd_usb_apply_interface_quirk(struct snd_usb_audio *chip,
> int iface,
> int altno);
>
> +void snd_usb_apply_resume_quirk(struct snd_usb_audio *chip);
> int snd_usb_apply_boot_quirk(struct usb_device *dev,
> struct usb_interface *intf,
> const struct snd_usb_audio_quirk *quirk,
>
> base-commit: 4df4d2a577db2d3d57b888bcfb1206fc74661d16
> --
> 2.56.0
>