[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ASoC: dpcm: don't do hw_param when BE has done hw_param

[Mark Brown]

On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 10:35:33AM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> But, the point is that basically we already know that something is
> wrong at the point BE2 setting up an incompatible hw_params; then it
> should be notified properly to FE1, or the incompatible change must be
> handled as an error.  This is the missing piece in the current
> implementation.  The skip of redundant BE hw_params call can be
> implemented as an optimization in this compatibility check, too.

Only in the case where they actually are incompatible though - if
there's DSP in place which can do suitable mixing it's not an issue.
At the minute the core is relying on the drivers handling any limits
just like with the CODECs.
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