Interesting! Would it be possible to keep the headphone jack connected to the regular front panel IO connector and instead connect the internal speaker (amplifier) to the ''modified'' microphone input? If the audio drivers loaded at the boot stage are the same as the regular audio drivers then this should also work, right? Although it might be difficult to switch the right output at the boot stage to the microphone line.
I also happen to have the ALC892 codec by the way, so if you could perhaps share your modified layout ID it'd be a great help!
Also sorry for mildly hijacking the thread!