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    [ALSA] ASoC: dynamic audio power management (DAPM) · 2b97eabc
    Richard Purdie authored
    This patch adds Dynamic Audio Power Management (DAPM) to ASoC.
    Dynamic Audio Power Management (DAPM) is designed to allow portable and
    handheld Linux devices to use the minimum amount of power within the
    audio subsystem at all times. It is independent of other kernel PM and
    as such, can easily co-exist with the other PM systems.
    DAPM is also completely transparent to all user space applications as
    all power switching is done within the ASoC core. No code changes or
    recompiling are required for user space applications. DAPM makes power
    switching decisions based upon any audio stream (capture/playback)
    activity and audio mixer settings within the device.
    DAPM spans the whole machine. It covers power control within the entire
    audio subsystem, this includes internal codec power blocks and machine
    level power systems.
    There are 4 power domains within DAPM:-
    1. Codec domain - VREF, VMID (core codec and audio power)
    Usually controlled at codec probe/remove and suspend/resume, although
    can be set at stream time if power is not needed for sidetone, etc.
    2. Platform/Machine domain - physically connected inputs and outputs
    Is platform/machine and user action specific, is configured by the
    machine driver and responds to asynchronous events e.g when HP are
    inserted
    3. Path domain - audio subsystem signal paths
    Automatically set when mixer and mux settings are changed by the user.
    e.g. alsamixer, amixer.
    4. Stream domain - DAC's and ADC's.
    Enabled and disabled when stream playback/capture is started and stopped
    respectively. e.g. aplay, arecord.
    All DAPM power switching decisions are made automatically by consulting
    an audio routing map of the whole machine. This map is specific to each
    machine and consists of the interconnections between every audio
    component (including internal codec components).
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRichard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLiam Girdwood <liam.girdwood@wolfsonmicro.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
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