[alsa-devel] Question about DPCM FE vs BE

[Kuninori Morimoto]

Hi Pierre-Louis

> >> That said, do we want to preclude it? at some point we probably want
> >> to get rid of the FE/BE distinction and have 'domains' that can be
> >> chained. So it may not be a good thing to cast a restriction in
> >> stone. If at some point we need a list of upstream/downstream clients
> >> maybe we should keep this.
> > 
> > Yeah, "domains" is nice idea !!
> > 
> > But, before that, I think we need to cleanup soc-pcm.
> > I'm reading it, but it is too much complex, and too unreadable...
> > I want to cleanup it first. I believe it can help
> > the conversion (= FE/BE to domains).
> 
> The idea of domains/constraint propagation is not mine BTW, it was
> presented by Lars some 2-3 years ago. there may be a note somewhere in
> the audio miniconference minutes.

Yes, I guess it was ELC-E.
My work (*) is to helpping him/his idea.

(*)	No categorize CPU/Codec/Platfrom
	modern style dai_link
	soc-core / soc-pcm cleanup (on going)
	(Semi) multi CPU support (will post)
	(Semi) no categorize CPU/Codec DAI (will post)

Thank you for your help !!
Best regards
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Kuninori Morimoto