### 3. CLASSIFICATION

This is a **hardware quirk addition** - one of the explicitly allowed
exception categories for stable backports:
- Not adding new features or APIs
- Not adding new drivers
- Simply enabling existing, tested functionality for a specific hardware
  model

### 4. SCOPE AND RISK ASSESSMENT

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Lines added | 1 |
| Lines removed | 0 |
| Files changed | 1 |
| Risk level | **EXTREMELY LOW** |

**Why low risk:**
- Only affects Medion NM14LNL laptops (subsystem ID 0x1e39:0xca14)
- Zero impact on any other hardware
- Uses an already-proven fixup (`ALC233_FIXUP_MEDION_MTL_SPK`)
- Well-understood, static quirk table pattern

### 5. USER IMPACT

- **Affected users:** Owners of Medion NM14LNL (SPRCHRGD 14 S2) laptops
- **Problem without fix:** Woofer speakers don't work
- **Severity:** Moderate-high for affected users (hardware they paid for
  doesn't function)
- **Evidence of real bug:** GitHub issue with user testing confirms this
  is a real problem

### 6. STABILITY INDICATORS

- ✅ `Tested-by:` tag present
- ✅ Maintained by experienced ALSA maintainers
- ✅ Same fixup already in use by another Medion device
- ✅ Follows established quirk addition pattern

### 7. DEPENDENCY CHECK

The only dependency is `ALC233_FIXUP_MEDION_MTL_SPK`, which already
exists in the codebase (used by MEDION E15443). This fixup should be
present in any stable kernel that has reasonably recent Realtek HDA
updates.

---

## Summary

This commit is a **textbook example** of what should be backported to
stable:

1. **Meets stable rules:** Obviously correct, fixes a real bug,
   extremely small scope, no new features
2. **Falls under explicit exception:** Hardware quirks are specifically
   allowed in stable
3. **Risk/benefit ratio:** Zero risk (affects only one laptop model),
   clear benefit (working speakers)
4. **Well-tested:** Has Tested-by tag and uses proven fixup code
5. **Clean application:** Single line addition to a quirk table, will
   apply cleanly

The fix enables non-functional speakers on a specific laptop model by
adding a single quirk table entry that maps the hardware ID to an
existing, proven fixup. This is precisely the type of low-risk, user-
facing hardware fix that stable kernels should receive.

**YES**

 sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
index a6d494dab5b6..43c80a8ad72e 100644
--- a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
+++ b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
@@ -7203,6 +7203,7 @@ static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = {
 	SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1d72, 0x1901, "RedmiBook 14", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_HEADSET_MIC),
 	SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1d72, 0x1945, "Redmi G", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_HEADSET_MIC),
 	SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1d72, 0x1947, "RedmiBook Air", ALC255_FIXUP_XIAOMI_HEADSET_MIC),
+	SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1e39, 0xca14, "MEDION NM14LNL", ALC233_FIXUP_MEDION_MTL_SPK),
 	SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1ee7, 0x2078, "HONOR BRB-X M1010", ALC2XX_FIXUP_HEADSET_MIC),
 	SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1f66, 0x0105, "Ayaneo Portable Game Player", ALC287_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2),
 	SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x2014, 0x800a, "Positivo ARN50", ALC269_FIXUP_LIMIT_INT_MIC_BOOST),
-- 
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