From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Flax Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ASoC: Enable a new IC master mode: bcm2835<=>IC<=>cs42xx8 Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:44:58 +1100 Message-ID: References: <20170225133952.GA28091@camel2.lan> <8cf68a3e-330d-e76d-e276-5df5453e3baf@flatmax.org> <20170226144958.GA5543@camel2.lan> <141ed0ce-2801-1ace-84b5-c2881ad8921d@laposte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from nschwmtas03p.mx.bigpond.com (nschwmtas03p.mx.bigpond.com [61.9.189.143]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C719F266A74 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2017 22:45:02 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <141ed0ce-2801-1ace-84b5-c2881ad8921d@laposte.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: emmanuel.fuste@laposte.net Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, ckeepax@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On 27/02/17 07:41, Emmanuel Fust=E9 wrote: > > > I'm a complete newbie to ASoC but I take part to this tread to learn = > as I hate to see how badly all diy and amateur audio hw are integrated = > with Alsa/ASoC/Linux and so never go upstream. On a = > professional/commercial dev, you would never take this ... convoluted = > I2S multi channel path. > Hey Emmanuel, We now know that we can retrofit legacy I2S silicon for multichannel, in = a very direct manner. If you were a chip manufacturer and you could potentially increase your = market take up by hundreds of millions of new potential low power = devices, wouldn't you manufacture ALL new chips with these minor = modifications ? Matt