> > Ahhh, I would love to do that, but doing that thru alsa isn't possible > > Alsa mixer controls doesn't allow app to send the algorithm > > coefficients Normally this is done in MMF like pulseaudio and we are > > trying to offload this > > That sounds like the right discussion is how to fix ALSA mixer APIs. > > > GST plugin opens intel_sst device for sound offload. The audio > > manager opens intel_sst_control for routing and the platform policy > > manager will need to open this new device for algorithms. > > Again routing is mixer. Worst case surely the offload audio is reported > as an external audio source (aka Line in and similar) > > I'd even be tempted to argue that the offload device possibly should be > a separate ALSA device that is a bit short of features, but I've not > thought about it in sufficient detail. > The direction from Takshi was to keep it separate for now and we can look howto add this support in ALSA eventually, hence this design. I am awaiting Takshi's review on patchset. Once that is done I am planning to start discussion in alsa list on sound offload architecture Your inputs on this are welcome :)
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