[alsa-devel] [PATCH 1/3] ALSA: compress_core: Update calc_avail to use cumulative values

[Charles Keepax]

On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 09:51:08AM -0500, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
> On 4/5/13 3:36 AM, Charles Keepax wrote:
>> If anything if we were looking to simplify I would be inclined to
>> keep the cumulative values?
>
> That is my proposal as well, app_ptr and hw_ptr are defined as offsets  
> but can't really be used to make the difference between buffer full and  
> buffer empty and won't work for your implementation. I believe in the  
> pcm case only cumulative values are used in the core.
> Vinod, please chime in...

Ah ok, I misunderstood. I will start having a look at what this
would take but wait for Vinod to give some feedback before I
upstream a new version.

Thanks,
Charles