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* [PATCH 00/46] staging: line6: drop MIDI state sysfs attrs
@ 2012-11-22 19:48 Stefan Hajnoczi
  2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 01/46] staging: line6: drop channel sysfs attr Stefan Hajnoczi
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  0 siblings, 47 replies; 50+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Hajnoczi @ 2012-11-22 19:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: devel
  Cc: Markus Grabner, Greg Kroah-Hartman, line6linux-devel,
	linux-kernel, laurent_navet, Stefan Hajnoczi

Let's put the line6 staging driver on a diet for Thanksgiving! :)

Markus and I have discussed the MIDI processing that currently happens in the
line6 driver.  This stuff really belongs in userspace where a library or
utility can use ALSA MIDI APIs to control the device.  Moving MIDI processing
to userspace has several benefits:

1. The driver only handles PCM and MIDI I/O.  This means less kernel code.

2. A large number of sysfs attributes can be removed.  These attributes exposed
   MIDI state and driver code was necessary to sync and manage this state.

3. It's easier for userspace to control the device, try out new MIDI commands,
   etc when the driver acts as a dumb transport.

This patch series removes the sysfs attributes and then removes the state
behind those attributes.  I have tried to make small incremental changes that
can be reviewed easily.

Testing would be appreciated and especially necessary for POD XT and Variax
devices where the startup process has been modified.  I only have access to a
POD HD300 device which doesn't take these code paths.

The only MIDI processing left are initialization commands and the monitor
volume level, which remains in the kernel because the driver presents an ALSA
volume control.

Stefan Hajnoczi (46):
  staging: line6: drop channel sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop clip sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop unused param_dirty bitmap
  staging: line6: drop dirty sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop dump sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop dump_buf sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop monitor_level sysfs attr
  staging: line6: change monitor_level type ValueWait -> int
  staging: line6: drop name sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop name_buf sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop retrieve_amp_setup sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop retrieve_channel sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop retrieve_effects_setup sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop store_amp_setup sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop store_channel sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop store_effects_setup sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop routing sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop tuner_freq sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop tuner_note sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop tuner_mute sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop tuner_pitch sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop finish sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop midi_postprocess sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop midi_mask_receive
  staging: line6: drop midi_mask_transmit
  staging: line6: drop midi_postprocess flag
  staging: line6: drop pod.c raw sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop tuner param filtering
  staging: line6: drop variax model sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop variax volume sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop variax tone sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop variax name sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop variax bank sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop variax dump sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop variax active sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop variax guitar sysfs attr
  staging: line6: drop variax raw sysfs attrs
  staging: line6: drop CONFIG_LINE6_USB_RAW
  staging: line6: drop amp/effects dump request triggers
  staging: line6: drop MIDI parameter sysfs attrs
  staging: line6: drop pod prog_data buffers
  staging: line6: drop unused pod atomic_flags field
  staging: line6: drop variax model_data field
  staging: line6: drop dump requests from variax startup
  staging: line6: drop dump requests from pod startup
  staging: line6: drop unused dumprequest code

 drivers/staging/line6/Kconfig       |  11 -
 drivers/staging/line6/Makefile      |   2 -
 drivers/staging/line6/control.c     | 995 ------------------------------------
 drivers/staging/line6/control.h     | 195 -------
 drivers/staging/line6/driver.c      |  20 -
 drivers/staging/line6/dumprequest.c | 135 -----
 drivers/staging/line6/dumprequest.h |  76 ---
 drivers/staging/line6/midi.c        | 120 -----
 drivers/staging/line6/midi.h        |  10 -
 drivers/staging/line6/pod.c         | 846 +-----------------------------
 drivers/staging/line6/pod.h         | 105 +---
 drivers/staging/line6/variax.c      | 480 +----------------
 drivers/staging/line6/variax.h      |  60 ---
 13 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3039 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/line6/control.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/line6/control.h
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/line6/dumprequest.c
 delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/line6/dumprequest.h

-- 
1.8.0


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2012-11-22 19:48 [PATCH 00/46] staging: line6: drop MIDI state sysfs attrs Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 01/46] staging: line6: drop channel sysfs attr Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 02/46] staging: line6: drop clip " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 03/46] staging: line6: drop unused param_dirty bitmap Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 04/46] staging: line6: drop dirty sysfs attr Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 05/46] staging: line6: drop dump " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 06/46] staging: line6: drop dump_buf " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 07/46] staging: line6: drop monitor_level " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 08/46] staging: line6: change monitor_level type ValueWait -> int Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 09/46] staging: line6: drop name sysfs attr Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 10/46] staging: line6: drop name_buf " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 11/46] staging: line6: drop retrieve_amp_setup " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 12/46] staging: line6: drop retrieve_channel " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 13/46] staging: line6: drop retrieve_effects_setup " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 14/46] staging: line6: drop store_amp_setup " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 15/46] staging: line6: drop store_channel " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 16/46] staging: line6: drop store_effects_setup " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 17/46] staging: line6: drop routing " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 18/46] staging: line6: drop tuner_freq " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 19/46] staging: line6: drop tuner_note " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 20/46] staging: line6: drop tuner_mute " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 21/46] staging: line6: drop tuner_pitch " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 22/46] staging: line6: drop finish " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 23/46] staging: line6: drop midi_postprocess " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 24/46] staging: line6: drop midi_mask_receive Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 25/46] staging: line6: drop midi_mask_transmit Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 26/46] staging: line6: drop midi_postprocess flag Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 27/46] staging: line6: drop pod.c raw sysfs attr Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 28/46] staging: line6: drop tuner param filtering Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 29/46] staging: line6: drop variax model sysfs attr Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 30/46] staging: line6: drop variax volume " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 31/46] staging: line6: drop variax tone " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 32/46] staging: line6: drop variax name " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 33/46] staging: line6: drop variax bank " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 34/46] staging: line6: drop variax dump " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 35/46] staging: line6: drop variax active " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 36/46] staging: line6: drop variax guitar " Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 37/46] staging: line6: drop variax raw sysfs attrs Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 38/46] staging: line6: drop CONFIG_LINE6_USB_RAW Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 39/46] staging: line6: drop amp/effects dump request triggers Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 40/46] staging: line6: drop MIDI parameter sysfs attrs Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 41/46] staging: line6: drop pod prog_data buffers Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 42/46] staging: line6: drop unused pod atomic_flags field Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 43/46] staging: line6: drop variax model_data field Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 44/46] staging: line6: drop dump requests from variax startup Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 45/46] staging: line6: drop dump requests from pod startup Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:49 ` [PATCH 46/46] staging: line6: drop unused dumprequest code Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-22 19:58 ` [PATCH 00/46] staging: line6: drop MIDI state sysfs attrs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-11-22 20:08   ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-11-24  0:13     ` Markus Grabner

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