[PATCH for-5.6 0/2] drm/bridge: dw-hdmi: PCM API updates

[Russell King - ARM Linux admin]

On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 10:10:09AM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 16:45:34 +0100,
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > this is a patch set for updating ALSA PCM API usages in dw-hdmi
> > driver.  I already tried to "fix" the driver some time ago but it was
> > utterly wrong.  So this is a combination of the revised patch and
> > another cleanup patch.
> > 
> > The first one is to change the buffer allocation mechanism in the
> > driver to the manual allocation of the h/w buffer and the automatic
> > allocation of PCM stream buffers via the new standard API.  The
> > significant change is that size of the h/w buffer isn't no longer
> > controlled via ALSA preallocation proc file but rather via the new
> > module option (if any).
> > 
> > The second one is a oneliner patch just to remove the superfluous PCM
> > ops.
> > 
> > Both need the ALSA PCM core changes in 5.5-rc1, so please apply them
> > on top of 5.5-rc1 or later.  Or, just let me know if I should apply
> > them through sound git tree.
> > 
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > Takashi
> > 
> > ===
> > 
> > Takashi Iwai (2):
> >   drm/bridge: dw-hdmi: Follow the standard ALSA memalloc way
> >   drm/bridge: dw-hdmi: Drop superfluous ioctl PCM ops
> 
> Any chance for reviewing these patches?
> 
> Since this driver is the only one who is still using the old ALSA
> vmalloc API, I'd like to change it and drop the old API in 5.6.

It isn't something I can even test at the moment; I have the platforms
but no TV to connect them to.

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