linux-kernel - Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH v3 0/6] ALSA: xen-front: Add Xen para-virtualized frontend driver

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 17:52:41 +0200
From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:     Oleksandr Andrushchenko <andr2000@...il.com>
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, jgross@...e.com,
        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com, perex@...ex.cz,
        Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH v3 0/6] ALSA: xen-front: Add Xen       para-virtualized frontend driver

On Mon, 14 May 2018 08:27:36 +0200,
Oleksandr Andrushchenko wrote:
> 
> From: Oleksandr Andrushchenko <oleksandr_andrushchenko@...m.com>
> 
> Please note: this patch series depends on [3].
> 
> This patch series adds support for Xen [1] para-virtualized
> sound frontend driver. It implements the protocol from
> include/xen/interface/io/sndif.h with the following limitations:
> - mute/unmute is not supported
> - get/set volume is not supported
> Volume control is not supported for the reason that most of the
> use-cases (at the moment) are based on scenarious where
> unprivileged OS (e.g. Android, AGL etc) use software mixers.
> 
> Both capture and playback are supported.
> 
> Corresponding backend, implemented as a user-space application, can be
> found at [2].

Through a quick glance, all look OK for merge (assuming that they
really work on your systems :)

Of course, it'd be great if anyone else can review, test and give
reviewed-by or tested-by tags.  So I'll keep this floating for a
couple of days and merge to for-next branch after that.


thanks,

Takashi