[alsa-devel] [PATCH 2/2] ASoC: Intel - use control components to describe card config

[Pierre-Louis Bossart]

On 11/19/19 11:49 AM, Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> Use the control interface (field 'components' in the info structure)
> to pass the I/O configuration details. The long card name might
> be used in GUI. This information should be hidden.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>
> Cc: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
> ---
>   sound/soc/intel/Kconfig                |  9 +++++++++
>   sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcht_es8316.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
>   sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcr_rt5640.c  | 14 +++++++++++---
>   sound/soc/intel/boards/bytcr_rt5651.c  | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
>   4 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig b/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
> index c8de0bb5bed9..3421957adedb 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
> +++ b/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
> @@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_FIRMWARE
>   	# Haswell/Broadwell/Baytrail legacy and will be set
>   	# when these platforms are enabled
>   
> +config SND_SOC_INTEL_USE_CTL_COMPONENTS
> +	bool "Use CTL components for I/O configuration"
> +	help
> +	  Some drivers might pass the I/O configuration through the
> +	  soundcard's driver name in the control user space API.
> +	  The new scheme is to put this information to the components
> +	  field in the ALSA's card info structure. Say Y, if you
> +	  have ALSA user space version 1.2.2+.
> +

If this is at the board level, then maybe move this to 
sound/soc/intel/boards/Kconfig

I am not sure about the alsa-lib dependency, it's a bit odd, isn't it?
shouldn't this be handled via protocol versions? or a configuration 
provided by alsa-lib somehow?