Re: Linux-audio BoF at Linux Plumbers Conference?

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

On Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:46:57 +0200,
Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> 
> On 8/20/26 2:34 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > a few people including Mark and me have talked about holding a small
> > meeting for the Linux audio stuff (finally again!) during the next
> > Linux Plumbers Conference (on Oct 5-7 at Prague).
> > 
> > Has anyone already planned to attend there and is interested to join?
> > If we have enough people, we can try an official BoF session.
> > Otherwise, we can just have an unofficial session at lunch time or
> > such, too.  Just let us know.
> > 
> 
> Thankyou Takashi and Mark for setting up this meeting,
> 
> Here is some Meeting Notes, please add if I missed anything.
> 
> -SDCA
> Discussed gaps in the MIPI SDCA specification for platforms that don't
> use ACPI.
> Action item: @Srini to engage more actively with MIPI to help shape
> future versions of the spec.
> 
> -Compressed Offload and End-to-End Testing
> Concern raised that compressed audio support gets little or no testing,
> since it can currently only be exercised from the command line.
> Proposals:
> Integrate tinycompress into alsa-lib.
> Explore options for supporting compress offload in UCM.
> Action item: @vinod or @Jaroslav for merge
> 	@Jaroslav to look at offload UCM.
> 	@Srini to look into player support for e2e testing
> 
> -Speaker Protection
> Brief discussion on whether a standard framework or user-space utilities
> exist for performing speaker calibration or applying calibration data.
> Action Item:
> 
> -ASoC Componentization
> Discussed the current status of ASoC componentization.
> The work could move faster with extra help; volunteers for development
> and testing are welcome.
> 
> -Sashiko Reviews
> Takashi proposed enabling Sashiko reviews on the sound mailing list.
> Everyone agreed, with some changes to the default configuration (e.g.,
> cool-off period for responses).
> 
> -Quarterly Meetings
> Takashi proposed holding a virtual meeting every quarter.
> Action item: @Takashi to send invite.
> 
> -Next LPC
> Agreed that a dedicated Audio BoF at LPC would be beneficial.
> Action item: @Srini and @Vinod to set this up.

Thanks Srini!  It was really nice to meet you guys there.

One topic I talked was about Rust support:
I asked whether there are any interests of Rust support for sound
subsystem.  As I worked on an early prototype with the help of AI, and
I'll show the material for discussion on ML.


Takashi