Re: [RFC PATCH] ALSA: Add debugging guide for audio issues

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On 11/7/24 12:45 PM, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> anish kumar <yesanishhere@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> Add a comprehensive debugging guide for ALSA audio issues, covering
>> topics from bootup to runtime debugging. This document aims to help
>> developers diagnose and resolve common audio problems in Linux.
>>
>> The guide includes sections on:
>> - Bootup/bringup issues
>> - Runtime debugging
>> - XRUN debugging
>> - Audio pops and clicks
>>
>> This addresses the lack of a centralized debugging resource for ALSA
>> and should help improve the troubleshooting process for audio drivers.
>>
>> Inspired by discussions on LKML:
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2024/9/24/392
>>
>> Signed-off-by: anish kumar <yesanishhere@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/sound/soc/debug.rst | 334 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  Documentation/sound/soc/index.rst |   1 +
>>  2 files changed, 335 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sound/soc/debug.rst
> 
> At a first glance, this seems useful.
> 
> I was just looking at Sebastian's new debugging documentation:
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241028-media_docs_improve_v3-v1-0-2b1b486c223e@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> ... so my immediate thought is that this documentation should be
> coherent and together, rather than scattered though the docs.  Maybe
> move this to process/debugging and integrate it with his work?

and once again I disagree that these docs should be in Documentation/process/.

-- 
~Randy





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