[alsa-devel] [RFC PATCH] ALSA: split params refinement to seperated file

[Mark Brown]

On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 08:50:50PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Mark Brown wrote:

> > Indeed, part of the reason I was asking about the split was to help me
> > figure out what takes the place of constraints - sounds like nothing?  I
> > wonder if we could have cards support this by providing fixed
> > configurations that we could check against using less code or something.

> I think it's possible to reduce the hw refine part.  But, the question
> is whether a kernel driver should trust user-space blindly.  The
> removal of *full* hw constraints means that, and I'm worried by lack
> of safety.

Quite, I think you're right on the blind trust.  It seems like too much
potential for people to break their systems.  The code reorganisation to
make it easier to modify the kernel if you really know what you're doing
seems much less worrying but that final step with no further safeguards
is a bit too much.
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