Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ALSA: hda/tas2781: Add tas2563 support

Gergo Koteles
2023-12-30T20:18:10Z

Hi Takashi,

On Sat, 2023-12-30 at 17:59 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Thanks, I guess I'll take this series later for 6.8 unless any
> objection is raised from reviewers.
>
> But, I'd like to hear clarifications of some points beforehand:
>
> - Did we get consensus about the ACPI HID? I didn't follow the
> previous thread completely.
>

The INT8866 is a (wrong) PNP ID, that should only be used by the owner
"Interphase Corporation".
Intel has also mistakenly used the INT PNP prefix in the past, and now
TI/leNovo.

> Since those models have been already in the market for quite some
> time, we'd have to accept "INT8866", I'm afraid. But it's still
> very important to know whether a similar problem can be avoided in
> future.
>
> - Will be the firmware files upstreamed to linux-firmware tree later?
> Otherwise users will have significant difficulties.

Shenghao sent the two files to linux-firmware@kernel.org a few days
ago, but I think the "Allegedly GPLv2+ ... Found in hex form in kernel
source." Licence needs to be fixed before acceptance.

But even if it is not included in the linux-firmware package, it is
easier for users to put two files in place per OS installation than
patching the kernel.

Regards,
Gergo