Re: [PATCH 07/12] ASoC: doc: dapm: extend initial descrption

[Bagas Sanjaya]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 07:56:13AM +0200, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/sound/soc/dapm.rst b/Documentation/sound/soc/dapm.rst
> index cab40a6b4c96..3a2fde1d31bf 100644
> --- a/Documentation/sound/soc/dapm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/sound/soc/dapm.rst
> @@ -17,9 +17,27 @@ recompiling are required for user space applications to use it. 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.
> +DAPM is based on two basic elements, called widgets and routes:
> +
> + * a **widget** is every part of the audio hardware that can be enabled by
> +   software when in use and disabled to save power when not in use
> + * a **route** is an interconnection between widgets that exists when sound
> +   can flow from one widget to the other
> +
> +All DAPM power switching decisions are made automatically by consulting an
> +audio routing graph. This graph is specific to each sound card and spans
> +the whole sound card, so some DAPM routes connect two widgets belonging to
> +different components (e.g. the LINE OUT pin of a CODEC and the input pin of
> +an amplifier).
> +
> +The graph for the STM32MP1-DK1 sound card is shown in picture:
> +
> +.. kernel-figure:: dapm-graph.svg
> +    :alt:   Example DAPM graph
> +    :align: center
> +
> +DAPM power domains
> +==================
>  
>  There are 4 power domains within DAPM:
>  
> @@ -48,12 +66,6 @@ Stream domain
>        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 graph of the whole machine. This graph is specific to each machine and
> -consists of the interconnections between every audio component (including
> -internal codec components). All audio components that affect power are called
> -widgets hereafter.
> -
>  
>  DAPM Widgets
>  ============
> 

The wording LGTM, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>

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