Re: [PATCH] ASoC: core: Support INPUT and OUTPUT DAPM widgets in DT

Mark Brown <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 17:40:25 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-sound,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 05:56:25PM +0300, Ivaylo Dimitrov wrote:

> Allow the DT audio graph parser to instantiate INPUT and OUTPUT DAPM
> widgets.

> This extends the set of DAPM widgets that can be described in DT and
> allows modelling external audio endpoints as part of the DAPM graph.
> This is useful for more complex topologies, such as codec-to-codec links
> or multi-DAI audio paths, where routing through external endpoints needs
> to be expressed using standard DAPM routes.

What specific cases do you have where one of the more specific endpoint
types isn't suitable?
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