Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH v5 3/4] ASoC: Intel - add makefile support for SKL driver

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:03:57PM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:

+config SND_SKL_PREALLOC_SIZE

• int "Pre-allocated buffer size for skylake HD-audio driver"
• range 0 32768
• default 64

Size in units of...?

• help

•  Specifies the default pre-allocated buffer-size in kB for the
  

•  HD-audio driver.  A larger buffer (e.g. 2048) is preferred
  

•  for systems using PulseAudio.  The default 64 is chosen just
  

•  for compatibility reasons.
  

What are those compatibility reasons - why should users have to worry about this? Should this be a module parameter or something?