Re: [PATCH v15 41/50] ASoC: Add SND kcontrol for fetching USB offload status

[Wesley Cheng <quic_wcheng@quicinc.com>]

Hi Takashi,

On 2/13/2024 4:10 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 01:54:13 +0100,
> Wesley Cheng wrote:
>>
>> Add a kcontrol to the platform sound card to fetch the current offload
>> status.  This can allow for userspace to ensure/check which USB SND
>> resources are actually busy versus having to attempt opening the USB SND
>> devices, which will result in an error if offloading is active.
>>
>> An example of fetching the USB offloading status would look like:
>> tinymix -D 0 get 'USB Offload Playback Route Status'
>> -1, -1 (range -1->32) --> [Offload is idle]
>>
>> tinymix -D 0 get 'USB Offload Playback Route Status'
>> 1, 0 (range -1->32)  --> [Offload active on card#1 pcm#0]
> 
> Ah, I didn't notice until now that the second value is the PCM index.
> 
>> +static int snd_soc_usb_offload_status_info(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
>> +			      struct snd_ctl_elem_info *uinfo)
>> +{
>> +	struct snd_soc_component *component = snd_kcontrol_chip(kcontrol);
>> +	struct snd_soc_usb *ctx = snd_soc_find_usb_ctx(component->dev->of_node);
>> +
>> +	uinfo->type = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_INTEGER;
>> +	uinfo->count = 2*ctx->num_supported_streams;
>> +	uinfo->value.integer.min = -1;
>> +	uinfo->value.integer.max = SNDRV_CARDS;
> 
> Then it's bogus to set SNDRV_CARDS as max.  The PCM index number is
> independent from the card number.  In theory, it can be even more than
> the card max (very unlikely, though).
> 

I don't think its technically capped anywhere :).  I just used 
SNDRV_CARDS to cap the sound card number.  If I split this as a separate 
entity, then I'll need to change the max value for the PCM dev.

> Wouldn't it be more intuitive to provide two different controls, one
> for card number and one for PCM index number?
> 

Sure, I can split this up.

Thanks
Wesley Cheng