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Re: [PATCH v10 00/11] Add VIRTIO sound card
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
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Re: [PATCH v10 00/11] Add VIRTIO sound card |
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Tue, 3 Oct 2023 13:10:54 -0400 |
On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 07:09:14PM +0300, Manos Pitsidianakis wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Oct 2023 17:10, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
> > I hope you are also fixing the linux driver to fix this in a robust
> > way, yes?
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> Hello Michael,
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> You can find pertinent discussion on the virtio-comment list here:
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> https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202309/threads.html#00175
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> Fixing it is on our radar but it may prove non-trivial if it requires
> changing how the virtio-snd driver interacts with the kernel alsa API.
That is worrying. If spec can not be implemented spec has to change.
> Meanwhile AFAIK the qemu device conforms to the virtio spec in this case
> both with the previous version behavior and the current one. The change was
> made to compensate for the linux driver's behavior, not because it was
> previously incorrect.
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> Manos
It's hardly robust though, right? I.e. I think it's broken if there's
bounce buffering.
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MST