linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] ASoC: samsung: Add generic ABOX management driver

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Message-ID: <80020ba1-cd00-4ce7-962f-04218559582c@sirena.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:04:52 +0100
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: ew kim <ew.kim@...sung.com>
Cc: s.nawrocki@...sung.com, robh@...nel.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org,
	lgirdwood@...il.com, tiwai@...e.com, perex@...ex.cz,
	conor+dt@...nel.org, alim.akhtar@...sung.com,
	linux-sound@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] ASoC: samsung: Add generic ABOX management driver

On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 11:30:44AM +0900, ew kim wrote:

> This driver implements the *generic* (fixed) part of the ABOX management
> stack for Samsung Automotive SoCs. It does not directly control hardware
> but provides common interfaces and state needed by SoC-specific
> (variable) drivers.

> The abox generic driver manages child drivers and provides an interface
> that bridges the fixed and variable parts, connecting the two modules.

I think for such an unusual design we need a much clearer description of
what this is trying to do and why it's not following normal kernel
patterns.  I can't tell what the services this generic code is providing
are, nor why it's done this way.

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