[alsa-devel] submitting patches to ALSA

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:33:54 +0530,
Harsha, Priya wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is the first time I am planning to submit patches to ALSA. Are
> there any tips/rules I need to follow?

In general, the rule for LKML is applied here, too.

> I have followed the general guidelines like checkpatch, testing with
> different debug configs etc.

Great.

> I have a few questions;
> 1. Against which kernel tree should I create patches to submit to
> ALSA devel mailing list?

Try to apply always to the latest tree, e.g. sound git tree below
	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git

> 2. I have to download firmware as a part of my driver. This firmware
> file is freely distributable. How should I share the firmware binary
> file when I send the patches? The firmware binary file would reside
> in /lib/firmware

The firmware file would be either in alsa-firmware package or in
linux-firmware package.  First you can put it to alsa-firmware
package, and we can push them to the upstream linux-firmware package
once after your driver gets merged.

> 3. Is there anything else I need to send to the mailing list in
> addition to the patches?

A good series of patches is self-explanatory :)

> 4. Are there any test suits that I can use to test the driver?

It's a timely question.  We want to discuss this, especially per
request from LSB.  In short answer: no test suits for the time being.
Most people tested with aplay and speaker-test as standard test
programs.


thanks,

Takashi