On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 10:04:24AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > IIRC at least one version had a split where the ALSA integration stuff > > was separated out from the underlying DSP interface code - that was > > pretty helpful since it helps focus on the ALSA specifics. > Yes but that split is no longer there once the clean up patches sit on > top because they weren't put together as separate bits. This is exactly > the sort of reason I want to get it in staging. Sure, though that's what rebase is there for. > > We ought to be able to come up with something for the core streaming > > stuff, though. Like I say, it's just a nice to have though. > I would have thought PCM at least was also going to have some kind of > common structure. ALSA provides that already, pretty much? I guess PCM also falls out of compressed CODEC support as a noop CODEC. > > I do have some nervousness about the concept of staging for embedded > > stuff since I worry that inclusion in staging can send the wrong > > message to vendors but that's a completely separate issue to this > > driver. > Noted. But I'll point you at the SEP driver which did get bogged down > for ages for reasons I can't really go into publically, and we > therefore pulled out of staging. It's not specifically about this driver, it's more of a general concern about the whole concept and how vendors less used to Linux could easily get the wrong end of the stick. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
