Re: [PATCH v2 02/14] ASoC: codecs: Add HD-Audio codec driver

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	Hi Cezary,

On Wed, 11 May 2022, Cezary Rojewski wrote:
Add generic ASoC equivalent of ALSA HD-Audio codec. This codec is
designed to follow HDA_DEV_LEGACY convention. Driver wrapps existing
hda_codec.c handlers to prevent code duplication within the newly added
code. Number of DAIs created is dependent on capabilities exposed by the
codec itself. Because of this, single solution can be applied to support
every single HD-Audio codec type.

At the same time, through the ASoC topology, platform drivers may limit
the number of endpoints available to the userspace as codec driver
exposes BE DAIs only.

Both hda_codec_probe() and hda_codec_remove() declare their expectations
on device's usage_count and suspended-status. This is to catch any
unexpected behavior as PM-related code for HD-Audio has been changing
quite a bit throughout the years.

In order for codec DAI list to reflect its actual PCM capabilities, PCMs
need to be built and that can only happen once codec device is
constructed. To do that, a valid component->card->snd_card pointer is
needed. Said pointer will be provided by the framework once all card
components are accounted for and their probing can begin. Usage of
"binder" BE DAI solves the problem - codec can be listed as one of
HD-Audio card components without declaring any actual BE DAIs
statically.

Relation with hdac_hda:

Addition of parallel solution is motivated by behavioral differences
between hdac_hda.c and its legacy equivalent found in sound/pci/hda
e.g.: lack of dynamic, based on codec capabilities, resource allocation
and high cost of removing such differences on actively used targets.
Major goal of codec driver presented here is to follow HD-Audio legacy
behavior in 1:1 fashion by becoming a wrapper. Doing so increases code
coverage of the legacy code and reduces the maintenance cost for both
solutions.

Signed-off-by: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch, which is now commit b5df2a7dca1cc6c6 ("ASoC:
codecs: Add HD-Audio codec driver") in sound-asoc/for-next.

--- a/sound/soc/codecs/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/Kconfig
@@ -937,6 +937,16 @@ config SND_SOC_HDAC_HDA
	tristate
	select SND_HDA

+config SND_SOC_HDA
+	tristate "HD-Audio codec driver"
+	select SND_HDA_EXT_CORE
+	select SND_HDA

I am wondering if this needs a platform dependency?
Or perhaps this symbol should be made invisible, as it is selected by
SND_SOC_INTEL_AVS_MACH_HDAUDIO?  Are there any other users?

Thanks!

+	help
+	  This enables HD-Audio codec support in ASoC subsystem. Compared
+	  to SND_SOC_HDAC_HDA, driver's behavior is identical to HD-Audio
+	  legacy solution - including the dynamic resource allocation
+	  based on actual codec capabilities.
+
config SND_SOC_ICS43432
	tristate "ICS43423 and compatible i2s microphones"


Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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