Apr 19 19:49:27 jon-bmax kernel: input: sof-essx8336 HDMI/DP,pcm=6 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/sof-essx8336/sound/card0/input9 Apr 19 19:49:27 jon-bmax kernel: sof-audio-pci-intel-apl 0000:00:0e.0: Overriding topology with MCLK mask 0x2 from NHLT Let’s not beat around the bush; if you can afford to spend more, then buy something else, otherwise, do consider this computer if you can live with its infuriatingly frustrating computing performance. That’s the reason why it is so cheap.

Apr 19 19:49:26 jon-bmax kernel: snd_soc_skl 0000:00:0e.0: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040100Apr 19 01:11:31 jon-bmax kernel: sof-audio-pci-intel-apl 0000:00:0e.0: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040100 Apr 19 01:11:31 jon-bmax kernel: sof-audio-pci-intel-apl 0000:00:0e.0: unknown sof_ext_man header type 3 size 0x30 Apr 19 01:11:31 jon-bmax kernel: sof-audio-pci-intel-apl 0000:00:0e.0: Firmware: ABI 3:20:0 Kernel ABI 3:23:0

Added this machine to the linux hardware database https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=a7fd50fcb0 as proof that this machine was able boot and install xubuntu 22.04 lts with this workaround. Getting wifi and audio to work on bmax plus b1 Apr 19 01:11:31 jon-bmax kernel: sof-audio-pci-intel-apl 0000:00:0e.0: NHLT_DEVICE_I2S detected, ssp_mask 0x21 Apr 19 01:11:32 jon-bmax kernel: sof-audio-pci-intel-apl 0000:00:0e.0: ASoC: error at snd_soc_component_probe on 0000:00:0e.0: -2 No surprise here; the combination of a slow processor with near-obsolete system memory and inferior storage technology delivered some of the lowest system benchmark numbers we’ve seen in a while. On Geekbench, its single core performance is about half that of the Intel Celeron J4125 while its multi core one is about a quarter. Apr 19 19:49:27 jon-bmax kernel: sof-audio-pci-intel-apl 0000:00:0e.0: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040100Apr 19 19:49:27 jon-bmax kernel: input: sof-essx8336 Headset as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/sof-essx8336/sound/card0/input7 Apr 19 01:11:31 jon-bmax kernel: snd_soc_avs 0000:00:0e.0: DSP detected with PCI class/subclass/prog-if info 0x040100 Apr 19 01:11:32 jon-bmax kernel: sof-audio-pci-intel-apl 0000:00:0e.0: error: tplg request firmware intel/sof-tplg/sof-apl-es8336-ssp5.tplg failed err: -2