[Intel-gfx] [alsa-devel] [PATCH 7/7] ALSA: x86: hdmi: continue playback even when display resolution changes
Pierre-Louis Bossart
pierre-louis.bossart at linux.intel.com
Thu Dec 15 20:44:02 UTC 2016
>> This change itself is OK, but this made me wonder about the driver
>> implementation: the current MAX_PB=1 is the hardware limitation or the
>> soft limitation? That is, can't we play back two streams when we connect
>> two HDMI monitors?
>>
>
> Two streams was never validated from hardware per se. So setting the limitation in software.
To be clearer, the IP itself does support 2 streams going to two
different pipes in parallel but we never had a validation platform for
Atom gizmos with two connectors and no use case for tablets/phone.
Never say never as usual, now we see CHT mini-PC devices with 2
connectors, either both DP or DP+HDMI so we'll have to see how things go
when both are enabled. It's on the TODO list.
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