On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 10:05 AM Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > > What small projects would you suggest to a novice with the ALSA > kernel. The aim is to develop a familiarity with the ALSA kernel > source code, and also to submit it for academic purposes. > > > -- > Thanks, > Sekhar > 1. Read the documentation for the Linux Sound Subsystem : https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/sound/index.html 2. Then try to understand the the ALSA Driver API 3. In your kernel source tree under the sound folder/directory you will find lot's of useful source code. If you open the /sound/x86/intel_hdmi_audio.h file at the very top you will see what is below: // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only /* * intel_hdmi_audio.c - Intel HDMI audio driver * * Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corp * Authors: Sailaja Bandarupalli <sailaja.bandarupalli@xxxxxxxxx> * Ramesh Babu K V <ramesh.babu@xxxxxxxxx> * Vaibhav Agarwal <vaibhav.agarwal@xxxxxxxxx> * Jerome Anand <jerome.anand@xxxxxxxxx> * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ALSA driver for Intel HDMI audio */ All the authors you will notice are from intel and seem to be all south asian :-))) pure coincidence ? I somehow do not think so. Muni in my experience what I have learnt over the years is there will be times when you ask a question and you will get very negative or straight-up demoralising and demotivating toxic remarks and comments. My advice to you is this: Have a deaf ear to the obstacles and negative comments, rather use them as motivation to achieve your goals. *Lesson to take away:* 1. Alas! We can’t have a deaf ear to the negative comments that we receive so abundantly from people all around us. I mean even those who don’t usually give advice, would try to stop you from doing something you so eagerly wanted to do, even when they themselves don’t know anything about it. But we can, however, avoid them or use them as a motivation to prove them wrong. Yep, use their words to prove them wrong! Good luck - Aruna
