tree bca3579abc48891378776a2a5bf548b46be47be8
parent db2a416556af0313db028147e4a22fef6f214f2f
author Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> 1160152338 +0200
committer Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz> 1171008018 +0100

[ALSA] ASoC: dynamic audio power management (DAPM)

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: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <liam.girdwood@wolfsonmicro.com>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>