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Date:   Wed, 03 May 2023 08:06:51 +0200
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From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
To:     Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: docs: Extend module parameters description
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On Mon, 01 May 2023 12:16:34 +0200,
Ivan Orlov wrote:
> 
> Common ALSA module parameters look a little bit confusing because of the
> description lacking, and it took me a while to understand the purpose of
> their existence. To figure it out I asked the question about them to the
> "alsa-devel" mailing list, and Takashi Iwai answered me with the text I
> appended to the ALSA documentation in this patch.
> 
> These common module parameters aren't used a lot nowadays, but as I
> understand they are important for providing compatibility with some
> existing user-space apps. So in my opinion it is a good idea to document
> why we need them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@gmail.com>

Thanks, applied.


Takashi