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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: ti: Allocate dais dynamically for TDM and audio
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From:   Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com>
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Date:   Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:20:24 +0200
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Hi Tony,

On 20/02/2020 22.15, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> * Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com> [200220 14:16]:
>> On 18/02/2020 23.16, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
>>> I suppose in the end its a question if generic card can provide TDM
>>> support.
>>
>> Sure it can, but can it handle the switching between the paths based on
>> use cases?
>> There should be machine level DAPM widgets to kick codec2codec (MDM6600
>> - CPAC_voice for example) and also to make sure that when you switch
>> between them the system is not going to get misconfigured.
>> Switching between CPAC and BT route during call?
>> Not allowing VoIP while on call, etc.
> 
> Well I guess the key thing to check here is if it's enough to
> keep track of things in the cpcap codec driver. If cpcap is always
> involved, that should be sufficient.

The codec driver should keep track on what it can do, but should not
start policing the outside world.
The machine driver knows the connections and should tell the components
on what to do.

> Regards,
> 
> Tony
> 

- Péter

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