[alsa-devel] Abouut adv7511 driver

[Kuninori Morimoto]

Hi Lars
Cc Magnus, Laurent

> > I noticed Analog Devices has adv7511 support on
> > http://wiki.analog.com/resources/tools-software/linux-drivers/drm/adv7511
> > 
> > And I tried this driver on my board, and it works.
> > 
> > if my understanding was correct, latest linux kernel doesn't have
> > adv7511 "sound" support yet.
> > Thus, I would like to have it on linux kernel.
> > According to this driver/file, it is under GPL-2, so it is no problem
> > from license point of view.
> > 
> > According to git log Signd-off-by, Lars/Mark are listed on this adv7511 sound driver.
> > but I wonder why it is not on upstream ? Are there some reason ??
> > If you don't mind, I would like to send it to ML.
> > This is OK ?
> 
> The reason why the driver is not upstream at the moment is that the way it
> implements things is definitely not the right way. But there is still a lot
> of discussion on what actually is the right way to implement audio support
> for HDMI devices. Once that has been sorted out the driver will hopefully go
> upstream.

Thank you for explaining this background.
I understand. feel free to contact me if you want me test.
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