[alsa-devel] [PATCH 0/2] ALSA: HDAudio: enable dynamic selection between legacy and Skylake drivers

[Takashi Iwai]

On Sat, 08 Dec 2018 01:00:37 +0100,
Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
> 
> This patchset depends on the "ASoC: Intel: Skylake: probe and Kconfig
> simplifications" series.
> 
> Add the same logic based on PCI class/subclass/prog-if in the HDaudio
> legacy probe, and add a module parameter to bypass or force the
> automatic detection should it ever fail.
> 
> This patchset was tested on a SKL device with the DSP disabled and a
> WHL device with the DSP enabled. All 6 combinations of
> module parameters provided the expected behavior.
> 
> The SOF driver will use exactly the same mechanism, and add a mutual
> exclusion with the Skylake/SST driver to avoid having 3 drivers for
> the same PCI ID. Two is complicated enough.
> 
> Pierre-Louis Bossart (2):
>   ALSA: HD-Audio: SKL+: abort probe if DSP is present and Skylake driver
>     selected
>   ALSA: HD-Audio: SKL+: force HDaudio legacy or SKL+ driver selection

Thanks for this work, I'd love to move forward in this direction for
4.21, then finally we'll solve the messy conflicts on SKL+.

Some comments have been already sent to each reply.  But overall the
changes look good.


Takashi