Re: [PATCH v4] ALSA: compress_offload: introduce passthrough operation mode

[Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>]

On 12-07-24, 18:45, Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> On 02. 07. 24 15:51, Vinod Koul wrote:

> > > > What about the user of this API, i would like to see that as well
> > > 
> > > Any audio streaming framework like gstreamer or ffmpeg who can accelerate
> > > stream conversions in hardware for capable devices.
> > 
> > I meant to see driver users along with this patch :-)
> > 
> > That also reminds me to ask about usermode support for this, are you
> > planning to support it in tinycompress?
> 
> Yes, I do, but my time is limited in the next weeks, but it's on my to-do list.
> 
> > > > > +A new direction SND_COMPRESS_PASSTHROUGH is introduced to identify
> > > > > +the passthrough API.
> > > > 
> > > > Is passthrough really a new good new name, this suggests data being
> > > > passed thru but that is not the case...
> > > 
> > > It's something like "PASS data THROUGH kernel/driver". So it makes sense. My
> > > alternate name may be ACCEL (like acceleration).
> > 
> > I like that..
> 
> To clarify, are you speaking about "passthrough" or "accel" here?

Confirming that I would prefer 'accel' here and probably not to confuse
with new 'accel' subsystem maybe compr_accel or something.. Better
suggestions?

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~Vinod