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ALSA: Documentation about HDA DP MST pin init and connection

Add the documentation about HD-audio DP MST:
1. pin initialization
2. device entry connection list

Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Libin Yang <libin.yang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Link: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/1484208294-8637-4-git-send-email-libin.yang@intel.com
Libin Yang 9 years ago
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+Pin Initialization
+==================
+Each pin may have several device entries (virtual pins). On Intel platform,
+the device entries number is dynamically changed. If DP MST hub is connected,
+it is in DP MST mode, and the device entries number is 3. Otherwise, the
+device entries number is 1.
+
+To simplify the implementation, all the device entries will be initialized
+when bootup no matter whether it is in DP MST mode or not.
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+Connection list
+===============
+DP MST reuses connection list code. The code can be reused because
+device entries on the same pin have the same connection list.
+
+This means DP MST gets the device entry connection list without the
+device entry setting.
 
 
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