I'm building a test kernel with a test patch that keeps the power-up of the codec with the beep enabled. It's being built in OBS home:tiwai:bsc1200544 repo. Once after the build finishes (takes an hour or so), it'll appear at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tiwai:/bsc1200544/pool/ Please give it a try later. Note that it's an unofficial build, hence please disable Secure Boot if enabled.