[PATCH] ASoC: SOF - topology - do not change the link trigger order for pre-1.4 firmware

Jaroslav Kysela perex at perex.cz
Fri Feb 21 20:26:05 CET 2020


Dne 21. 02. 20 v 20:23 Pierre-Louis Bossart napsal(a):
> 
>> Ok, it's really weird that we cannot determine the firmware/driver
>> combination which cause the DSP lock. I would propose to block the older
>> firmware load <1.4 (or 1.4.2 which has the correct firmware version!)
>> then (at least with a big warning or module option which is off by
>> default) for the newer kernels.
> 
> The driver has no information on firmware version until the FW_READY
> IPC, so we can't block the load. And with the firmware handling
> happening in a work queue, blocking will not result in a failed probe.
> IIRC those timing issues are only for the HDaudio link DMA, I don't
> think we had issues with DMIC or SSP.
> A warning urging people to update the firmware is probably easier to
> implement.
> 

It makes sense. At least a hint that something may be wrong. I believe that it 
might help to identify issues.

					Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>
Linux Sound Maintainer; ALSA Project; Red Hat, Inc.


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