[alsa-devel] [RFC v3 7/7] ASoC: hdmi-codec: Add ELD control

[Lars-Peter Clausen]

On 01/12/2016 04:38 PM, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> Exporting the ELD bytes to userspace allows an application to select
> an appropriate audio format depending on the current capabilities of
> the connected HDMI sink device.

This needs an explanation why this method, which will require explicit
support in applications, should be used rather than the standard ALSA
hardware capabilities reporting.