[PATCH 00/14] ASoC: Intel/SOF: extend run-time driver selection to ACPI devices

[Takashi Iwai]

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 18:31:45 +0100,
Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 03:04:31PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
> 
> > > Why? Who said it was PCI only? We already take care of DMIC,
> > > SoundWire, Google Chromebooks, open platforms, why not ACPI? It's just
> > > one API to be used when more than one driver can register to the same
> > > device.
> 
> > Well, currently intel-dsp-config sits in sound/hda, which isn't really
> > intuitive.  Though, Intel driver file paths are already fairly
> > scattered, so it doesn't matter too much :)
> 
> > I don't mind to move it to another directory, but which one...?
> > x86 might match, but shuffling the place won't help for maintenance.
> 
> Yeah, I don't have a strong opinion here on location.  I'm not sure
> there is any decision which won't have downsides.
> 
> > I personally find this move good, at least it makes things easier for
> > distros.  There are small details like the above, but technically
> > seen, I see no big problem.
> 
> Indeed - this isn't ideal but that's more a product of the situation
> we're in, this seems to improve it so it seems like a win to me and the
> distros and other people dealing with end users seem happy in so far as
> they've spoken up.  Would you be OK with me applying the ALSA patches in
> here?

Yes, feel free to take my ack:
  Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>


thanks,

Takashi