sound updates for 4.18 We've got many code additions at this cycle as a result of quite a few new drivers. Below are highlights: Core stuff: - Fix the long-standing issue with the device registration order; the control device is now registered at last - PCM locking code cleanups for RT kernels - Fixes for possible races in ALSA timer resolution accesses - TLV offset definitions in uapi ASoC: - Many fixes for the topology stuff, including fixes for v4 ABI compatibility - Lots of cleanups / quirks for Intel platforms based on Realtek CODECs - Continued componentization works, removing legacy CODEC stuff - Conversion of OMAP DMA to the new, more standard SDMA-PCM driver - Fixes and updates to Cirrus Logic SoC drivers - New Qualcomm DSP support - New drivers for Analog SSM2305, Atmel I2S controllers, Mediatek MT6351, MT6797 and MT7622, Qualcomm DSPs, Realtek RT1305, RT1306 and RT5668 and TI TSCS454 HD-audio: - Finally better support for some CA0132 boards, allowing Windows firmware - HP Spectre x360 support along with a bulk of COEF stuff - Blacklisting power save default some known boards reported on Fedora USB-audio: - Continued improvements on UAC3 support; now BADD is supported - Fixes / improvements for Dell WD15 dock - Allow DMA coherent pages for PCM buffers for ARCH, MIPS & co Others: - New Xen sound frontend driver support - Cache implementation and other improvements for FireWire DICE - Conversions to octal permissions in allover places