[alsa-devel] [RFC PATCH 0/2] soundwire: add master_device/driver support

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:20:09PM -0600, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
> The SoundWire master representation needs to evolve to take into account:
> 
> a) a May 2019 recommendation from Greg KH to remove platform devices
> 
> b) the need on Intel platforms to support hardware startup only once
> the power rail dependencies are settled. The SoundWire master is not
> an independent IP at all.
> 
> c) the need to deal with external wakes handled by the PCI subsystem
> in specific low-power modes
> 
> In case it wasn't clear, the SoundWire subsystem is currently unusable
> with v5.5 on devices hitting the shelves very soon (race conditions,
> power management, suspend/resume, etc). v5.6 will only provide
> interface changes and no functional improvement. We've circled on the
> same concepts since September 2019, and I hope this direction is now
> aligned with the suggestions from Vinod Koul and that we can target
> v5.7 as the 'SoundWire just works(tm)' version.
> 
> This series is provided as an RFC since it depends on patches already
> for review.

Both of these look sane to me, nice work!

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>