linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ASoC: aw88395: drop undocumented and unused sound-channel property

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Date:   Tue, 5 Sep 2023 13:10:57 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     wangweidong.a@...nic.com, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        lgirdwood@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, perex@...ex.cz,
        tiwai@...e.com, yijiangtao@...nic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ASoC: aw88395: drop undocumented and unused
 sound-channel property

On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 09:28:08AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 05/09/2023 09:13, wangweidong.a@...nic.com wrote:

> > Could you please tell me what known kernel interfaces 
> > can be used to parse files? 

> With exception of Audio topology and FDT, I do not think we parse
> user-provided files in Linux kernel.

It's fairly standard to parse firmware files, usually there's multiple
blocks that need to be downloaded to different locations perhaps with
some dynamic linking involved.  We do also parse the userspace binaries
we run, though that's a rather different situation.

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