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)

• WARM1d [RFC PATCH v6 0/8] ALSA: usb: add RME Babyface Pro driver (proprietary mode)
  2026-10-03 19:42 · 8 replies in 7d · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v4 00/38] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL
  2026-10-03 16:37 · 1 reply in 7d · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• David Fredman <hidden>
  9 attestations (9 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-10-03
• Takashi Iwai <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Acked-by) · last on 2026-10-03

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies [RFC PATCH v6 8/8] Documentation: sound: add the Babyface Pro proprietary-mode design doc
  2026-10-03 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• WARM1d [RFC PATCH v6 7/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add the hardware DSP EQ
  2026-10-03 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• WARM1d [RFC PATCH v6 6/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add the front-panel poll and controls
  2026-10-03 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• WARM1d [RFC PATCH v6 5/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add S3 suspend/resume
  2026-10-03 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• WARM1d [RFC PATCH v6 4/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add routing flags and varispeed pitch
  2026-10-03 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• WARM1d [RFC PATCH v6 3/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add mic preamp, phantom/pad and input trim
  2026-10-03 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• WARM1d [RFC PATCH v6 2/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add output masters and crosspoint routing
  2026-10-03 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• WARM1d [RFC PATCH v6 1/8] ALSA: usb: add RME Babyface Pro driver core (probe, PCM stream)
  2026-10-03 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4 12/38] ALSA: pcm: use vm_insert_page() to map PCM status page
  2026-10-03 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COOLING5d [PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk for inverted sample rates on NUX NAI-24
  2026-09-20 · Darren Chang <hidden>
• COLD16d [RFC PATCH v5 8/8] Documentation: sound: add the Babyface Pro proprietary-mode design doc
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COLD16d [RFC PATCH v5 7/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add the hardware DSP EQ
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COLD16d [RFC PATCH v5 6/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add the front-panel poll and controls
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COLD16d [RFC PATCH v5 5/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add S3 suspend/resume
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COLD16d [RFC PATCH v5 4/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add routing flags and varispeed pitch
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COLD16d [RFC PATCH v5 3/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add mic preamp, phantom/pad and input trim
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COLD16d [RFC PATCH v5 2/8] ALSA: usb: babyfacepro: add output masters and crosspoint routing
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• COLD16d [RFC PATCH v5 1/8] ALSA: usb: add RME Babyface Pro driver core (probe, PCM stream)
  2026-09-18 · Ismaïl Bahloul <hidden>
• WARM1d 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>
• COLD18d [PATCH v3] ASoC: doc: Fix bracket
  2026-09-16 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COOLING11d 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>
• COLD18d [PATCH 11/14] mfd: remove unused wm8350 driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH 04/14] mfd: remove unused wm8400 driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• COLD18d [PATCH 03/14] mfd: remove unused si476x driver
  2026-09-09 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• COLD20d [PATCH 12/39] ALSA: pcm: use vm_insert_page() to map PCM status page
  2026-09-08 · "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
• COLD21d [PATCH 05/13] ARM: orion/dove/mv78xx0: remove all board files
  2026-09-08 · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
• COLD30d [PATCH v2] ASoC: doc: Fix bracket and wording
  2026-09-04 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD31d [PATCH] ASoC: doc: Fix bracket and move place holder
  2026-09-02 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD32d [PATCH] ALSA: doc: hdspm.txt: Remove bracket
  2026-09-02 · Manuel Ebner <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.

• STALE121d 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
• COOLING11d 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> · 1 Acked-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.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] update email address and firmware url for Dreamcast
  2026-03-29 · Adrian McMenamin <hidden>
• STALE76d [PATCH v3 1/3] Documentation: adopt new coding style of type-aware kmalloc-family
  2026-04-24 · Manuel Ebner <hidden>
• COLD45d [PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-6.18] ALSA: doc: cs35l56: Update path to HDA driver source
  2026-05-20 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE130d [PATCH 3/3] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk flag for Sennheiser MOMENTUM 3
  2026-05-26 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE129d [PATCH v2 2/2] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk flag for Sennheiser MOMENTUM 3
  2026-05-27 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE128d [PATCH v3 2/2] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk flag for Sennheiser MOMENTUM 3
  2026-05-28 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE128d [PATCH v3 1/2] ALSA: usb-audio: Add QUIRK_FLAG_MIXER_GET_CUR_BROKEN
  2026-05-28 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE121d [PATCH v4 1/3] ALSA: usb-audio: Add QUIRK_FLAG_MIXER_GET_CUR_BROKEN
  2026-05-31 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE121d [PATCH v4 2/3] ALSA: usb-audio: Add quirk flag for Sennheiser MOMENTUM 3
  2026-05-31 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• STALE75d [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: add SPDX license identifiers to RST files
  2026-07-18 · Yahya Toubali <hidden>