Re: [PATCH 0/130+] ALSA: emu10k1 & more

Takashi Iwai
2023-03-08T05:33:58Z

On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:33:05 +0100,
Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
>
> moin,
>
> i got myself an old e-mu 0404 card, because i found the analog
> hardware well hackable for dc operation.
> then i found the driver to be lacking, and got hacking that,
> too. hence this blast from the past.
>
> this is a huge branch with many internal dependencies, so i'm assuming
> i'm not supposed to post a patch series.
> instead it's on https://github.com/ossilator/linux/tree/ossis-alsa -
> let me know if another review platform is preferable.
>
> apart from the actual driver work, this contains some alsa patches
> unrelated to emu10k1, some patches which really shouldn't be merged
> via the alsa route (if at all), and some patches which are just
> collections of questions (to which i hope to receive answers on
> github). this is of course meant to be cleaned up in due time.
>
> feel free to cherry-pick the patches you deem ready; i'll happily
> rebase the branch.
>
> some of these patches are not (fully) tested due to lack of
> hardware. in particular, someone should check that SB Live! and Audigy
> cards still work. then there is a whole bunch of e-mu card specific
> functionality which targets the "bigger members of the family". all
> patches that need testing are clearly marked as such.
> if someone wants to provide me with hardware (temporarily or
> permanently), go ahead (i'm in berlin, germany).
>
> on CC is everyone who is recorded to have hacked the emu1010 part of
> the driver or tested something. i fully expect half the addresses to
> bounce, and the remainder to wonder what i'm smoking. ;-)
> when you reply, please do so only to the list and me.

The patches look nice, but it's not how we can work on merging.
Each patch has to be submitted to ML and reviewed.

Could you start from the fixes for the common PCM or whatever more
important ones or the trivial fixes? Submit to alsa-devel ML and put
me to Cc.

thanks,

Takashi