Re: [PATCH] ASoC: Intel: Skylake: Add alternative topology binary name

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Nov 03, 2020 at 03:10:47PM +0100, Mateusz Gorski wrote:
> [ Upstream commit 1b290ef023b3eeb4f4688b582fecb773915ef937 ]
> 
> Add alternative topology binary file name based on used machine driver
> and fallback to use this name after failed attempt to load topology file
> with name based on NHLT.
> This change addresses multiple issues with current mechanism, for
> example - there are devices without NHLT table, and that currently
> results in tplg_name being empty.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Gorski <mateusz.gorski@linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200427132727.24942-2-mateusz.gorski@linux.intel.com
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> ---
> 
> This functionality is merged on upstream kernel and widely used. Merging
> it to LTS kernel would improve the user experience and resolve some of the
> problems regarding topology naming that the users are facing.

What problems are people facing, and what kernel(s) are you asking for
this to be ported to, and why can't people just use 5.8 or newer if they
have this new hardware?

thanks,

greg k-h