[alsa-devel] [PATCH v2 08/11] ASoC: SOF: Generic probe compress operations

[Pierre-Louis Bossart]

> diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig b/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig
> index 827b0ec92522..0fca86164472 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig
> +++ b/sound/soc/sof/Kconfig
> @@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_RETAIN_DSP_CONTEXT
>   	  Say Y if you want to retain DSP context for FW exceptions.
>   	  If unsure, select "N".
>   
> +config SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_PROBES
> +	bool "SOF enable data probing"
> +	select SND_SOC_COMPRESS
> +	help
> +	  This option enables the data probing feature that can be used to
> +	  gather data directly from specific points of the audio pipeline.
> +	  Say Y if you want to enable probes.
> +	  If unsure, select "N".
> +
>   endif ## SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG
>   
>   endif ## SND_SOC_SOF_DEVELOPER_SUPPORT

we need to agree with firmware folks on
a) making sure the probes are enabled on all SKL+ firmware
b) we have a means to detect if probes are supported by the firmware.

I think the probes should be enabled in all distributions, even when 
using firmware signed with a production key, it doesn't impact anything 
until the root user explicitly configures probe points.

Since we explicitly advise distributions not to include developer 
options, we probably need to move this Kconfig outside. of these two 
'if' blocks.