sound · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
• M Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>

Paths

• F Documentation/sound/
• F include/sound/
• F include/uapi/sound/
• F sound/
• F tools/testing/selftests/alsa

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH v5 0/8] ALSA: usb: add RME Babyface Pro driver (proprietary mode)
  2026-09-18 11:40 · 8 replies in 7d · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk for inverted sample rates on NUX NAI-24
  2026-09-20 12:27 · 0 replies in 7d · Darren Chang <hidden>
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT [PATCH v3 00/40] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
  2026-09-17 16:29 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• David Fredman <hidden>
  4 attestations (4 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-18
• Takashi Iwai <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Acked-by) · last on 2026-09-17

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-doc (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk for inverted sample rates on NUX NAI-24
  2026-09-20 · Darren Chang <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH v5 8/8] Documentation: sound: add the Babyface Pro proprietary-mode design doc
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH v5 7/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add the hardware DSP EQ
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH v5 6/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add the front-panel poll and controls
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH v5 5/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add S3 suspend/resume
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH v5 4/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add routing flags and varispeed pitch
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH v5 3/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add mic preamp, phantom/pad and input trim
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH v5 2/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add output masters and crosspoint routing
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH v5 1/8] ALSA: usb: add RME Babyface Pro driver core (probe, PCM stream)
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• HOTtoday IN LINUX-NEXT: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 13/40] ALSA: pcm: use vm_insert_page() to map PCM status page
  2026-09-17 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING7d [PATCH v3] ASoC: doc: Fix bracket
  2026-09-16 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2 13/40] ALSA: pcm: use vm_insert_page() to map PCM status page
  2026-09-14 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] ALSA: doc: cs35l56: Point to kernel.org firmware repository
  2026-09-14 · Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@mailbox.org>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 11/14] mfd: remove unused wm8350 driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 04/14] mfd: remove unused wm8400 driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 03/14] mfd: remove unused si476x driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• COOLING9d [PATCH 12/39] ALSA: pcm: use vm_insert_page() to map PCM status page
  2026-09-08 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING9d [PATCH 05/13] ARM: orion/dove/mv78xx0: remove all board files
  2026-09-08 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• COLD19d [PATCH v2] ASoC: doc: Fix bracket and wording
  2026-09-04 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD19d [PATCH] ASoC: doc: Fix bracket and move place holder
  2026-09-02 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD20d [PATCH] ALSA: doc: hdspm.txt: Remove bracket
  2026-09-02 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD31d [PATCH 4/4] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk flags for Logitech PRO X Wireless
  2026-08-22 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• COLD31d [PATCH 3/4] ALSA: usb-audio: Reverse MIXER_GET_CUR_BROKEN as MIXER_GET_CUR_OK
  2026-08-22 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• COLD31d [PATCH 2/4] ALSA: usb-audio: Demote the severity of sticky GET_CUR
  2026-08-22 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• COLD31d [PATCH 1/4] ALSA: doc: usb-audio: Add doc for QUIRK_FLAG_ALWAYS_SET_RATE
  2026-08-22 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• COOLING4d [RFC PATCH 1/1] ALSA: pci: add PreSonus Quantum PCI driver
  2026-08-20 · Nicholas Johnson <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk flag for Edifier MF200
  2026-07-30 · Brian <hidden>
• STALE63d [PATCH v3] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files
  2026-07-18 · Yahya Toubali <hidden>
• STALE64d [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files
  2026-07-18 · Yahya Toubali <hidden>
• STALE67d [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files
  2026-07-18 · Yahya Toubali <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE110d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 3/3] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk flag for Edifier MF200
  2026-05-31 · Rong Zhang <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk flag for Edifier MF200
  2026-07-30 · Brian <hidden> · 1 Tested-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE202d [PATCH 1/9] Revert "ALSA: usb: Increase volume range that triggers a warning"
  2026-03-01 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE202d [PATCH 2/9] ALSA: usb-audio: Add helper function for volume range checks
  2026-03-01 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE202d [PATCH 3/9] ALSA: usb-audio: Improve volume range checks
  2026-03-01 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE202d [PATCH 5/9] ALSA: usb-audio: Deconflict VID between Focusrite Novation & MV-SILICON
  2026-03-01 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE202d [PATCH 6/9] ALSA: doc: Add doc for QUIRK_FLAG_SKIP_IFACE_SETUP of snd-usb-audio
  2026-03-01 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE202d [PATCH 7/9] ALSA: usb-audio: Add QUIRK_FLAG_MIXER_{PLAYBACK,CAPTURE}_LINEAR_VOL
  2026-03-01 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE202d [PATCH 8/9] ALSA: usb-audio: Add linear volume quirk for Hotone Audio Pulze Mini
  2026-03-01 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE202d [PATCH 9/9] ALSA: usb-audio: Apply linear volume quirk on MV-SILICON devices
  2026-03-01 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE204d [PATCH v2 2/8] ALSA: usb-audio: Add helper function for volume range checks
  2026-03-02 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE204d [PATCH v2 3/8] ALSA: usb-audio: Improve volume range checks
  2026-03-02 · Rong Zhang <hidden>