[linux-firmware][SRU][B/E/F/unstable][PATCH 0/1] intel/sof: update the intel sof firmware to v1.3-0f73628 for cml and cnl

[Seth Forshee]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 10:42:02AM +0800, Hui Wang wrote:
> 
> On 2020/1/22 上午4:27, Seth Forshee wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 01:11:48PM +0800, Hui Wang wrote:
> > > BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1859387
> > > 
> > > [Impact]
> > > Intel released a new version sof firmware to Canonical, they suggested
> > > that we should integrate the version v1.3-0f73628 and we should only
> > > pick the cml and cnl firmwares since other firmwares are not fully
> > > tested. Since we have a couple of Lenovo and Dell cnl and cml machines
> > > which need to enable sof driver, we integrate the firmwares to
> > > ubuntu.
> > > 
> > > [Fix]
> > >   - fix the hang issue in the firmware for the cml and cnl
> > >   - introduce the ldc file which helps to do the firmware debug
> > >   - divide the firmware to cml and cnl specific ones
> > > 
> > > 
> > > [Test Case]
> > > These firmwares are already widely used in oem project, the audio
> > > functions worked very well under both Lenovo and Dell dmic machines.
> > > 
> > > [Regression Risk]
> > > Low, Intel released these firmware to us, and we already did large
> > > numbers audio test in the oem project.
> > We had some issues before with unsigned firmware files causing issues on
> > some platforms. Is there any possibility of similar issues with these
> > files?
> 
> This firmware has been tested by LENOVO and DELL dmic machines, so far there
> is no issues found. And this firmware is not perfect, there are some
> features missing in this version like LED support and soundwire support, 
> and I am going to submit the new firmware Feb or Mar after Intel releases a
> new one to us, for now, the oem project push  me to submit this version
> first.

One more question. We recently reverted patches related to loading sof
firmware. Is this still relevant with those patches reverted?

Thanks,
Seth