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hda: improve path selection

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
c
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start with the related TODO in kernel-src/io/audio/hda.c around line 952. Read the surrounding HDA path selection code to understand the current behavior; the issue does not specify the desired improvement, so clarify the expected behavior before starting. Done means path selection meets that agreed behavior.

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Description

enhancement

Related TODO

Dominant language
C
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Forks
36
Avg merge
12h 26m
Merged PRs (30d)
3

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