[alsa-devel] About ASoC DAIs cleanup

[Vinod Koul]

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 03:07:30AM +0000, Kuninori Morimoto wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark
> 
> Thank you for your feedback
> 
> > > Because many drivers are directly using rtd->codec_dai / rtd->cpu_dai,
> > > and it is difficult to lookup CPU/Codec DAI from non categorize DAIs.
> > > Thus, we can't support non-categorized DAI at this point.
> > 
> > > Now Vinod want to use Multi CPU DAI.
> > > If we can support Multi CPU DAI / Multi Codec DAI,
> > > we can cleanup current DAI code more.
> > > But what do you think ?

Thanks Morimoto San for initiating the thread,

> > 
> > Cleaning things up so we don't need to use rtd->cpu_dai and rtd->codec_dai
> > would definitely be nice, it's also useful for CODEC<->CODEC links.  Off
> > the top of my head wrapping the accesses with macros/functions then
> > implementing a way of getting the DAI behind them would be tractable?

Yes but one of the problems I see that we have specific ordering on the
DAI ops between various components, is that a specific requirement?

> About cleanup rtd->cpu_dai / rtd->codec_dai topic,
> I don't know we can do it at this point.
> But, I'm happy to think about it.
> I'm thinking like this
> 	1st step: add Multi CPU support

Okay we will send the patches for this by next week or so...

> 	2nd step: Share code between CPU/Codec DAI

And then discuss how to make it common

> 	3rd step: think about No-Categorized DAI (if possible)
> Because many drivers are directly using rtd->cpu_dai, rtd->codec_dai

We should fix that part while at it. I guess drivers needs own dai,
possibly for name or some data, so if they have helpers for that, we
should be able to remove those..

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~Vinod