[alsa-devel] [RFC PATCH 01/11] ALSA: implement MEDIA_IOC_DEVICE_INFO

[Takashi Iwai]

At Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:14:30 +0200,
Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> 
> Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:29:33AM +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> >> +config SND_MEDIA
> >> +	bool "Media Controller API (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> >> +	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
> >> +	help
> >> +	  Say Y here to enable the media controller API, which allows to
> >> +	  retrieve the internal topology of sound devices.
> >
> > I think there's a general consensus these days that EXPERIMENTAL is
> > pretty meaningless so we probably shouldn't bother with it.
> 
> Well, I couldn't claim this to be any less experimental than the
> implementation in drivers/media/.  :)

In the previous kernel summit, we agreed to drop CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
since it's just useless.  So, no need to add yet another new entry
with that flag.

> > The text is also a bit confusing, it enables use of the media
> > controller API for ALSA devices really.
> 
> It's in the ALSA menu.  I could put "ALSA" in the title if it helps.

Yeah, I also prefer with that.


Takashi