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diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
index 4252697a95d6..f9d11140af91 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
@@ -768,6 +768,10 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
     bdl_pos_adj - Specifies the DMA IRQ timing delay in samples.
                 Passing -1 will make the driver to choose the appropriate
                 value based on the controller chip.
+    patch       - Specifies the early "patch" files to modify the HD-audio
+                setup before initializing the codecs.  This option is
+                available only when CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER=y is set.
+                See HD-Audio.txt for details.
     
     [Single (global) options]
     single_cmd  - Use single immediate commands to communicate with
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
index 71ac995b1915..0b5b480708f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
@@ -403,6 +403,66 @@ re-configure based on that state, run like below:
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+Early Patching
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+When CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER=y is set, you can pass a "patch" as a
+firmware file for modifying the HD-audio setup before initializing the
+codec.  This can work basically like the reconfiguration via sysfs in
+the above, but it does it before the first codec configuration.
+
+A patch file is a plain text file which looks like below:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  [codec]
+  0x12345678 0xabcd1234 2
+
+  [model]
+  auto
+
+  [pincfg]
+  0x12 0x411111f0
+
+  [verb]
+  0x20 0x500 0x03
+  0x20 0x400 0xff
+
+  [hint]
+  hp_detect = yes
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The file needs to have a line `[codec]`.  The next line should contain
+three numbers indicating the codec vendor-id (0x12345678 in the
+example), the codec subsystem-id (0xabcd1234) and the address (2) of
+the codec.  The rest patch entries are applied to this specified codec
+until another codec entry is given.
+
+The `[model]` line allows to change the model name of the each codec.
+In the example above, it will be changed to model=auto.
+Note that this overrides the module option.
+
+After the `[pincfg]` line, the contents are parsed as the initial
+default pin-configurations just like `user_pin_configs` sysfs above.
+The values can be shown in user_pin_configs sysfs file, too.
+
+Similarly, the lines after `[verb]` are parsed as `init_verbs`
+sysfs entries, and the lines after `[hint]` are parsed as `hints`
+sysfs entries, respectively.
+
+The hd-audio driver reads the file via request_firmware().  Thus,
+a patch file has to be located on the appropriate firmware path,
+typically, /lib/firmware.  For example, when you pass the option
+`patch=hda-init.fw`, the file /lib/firmware/hda-init-fw must be
+present.
+
+The patch module option is specific to each card instance, and you
+need to give one file name for each instance, separated by commas.
+For example, if you have two cards, one for an on-board analog and one 
+for an HDMI video board, you may pass patch option like below:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    options snd-hda-intel patch=on-board-patch,hdmi-patch
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 Power-Saving
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The power-saving is a kind of auto-suspend of the device.  When the