Re: [PATCH] audio/pwaudio.c: Add Pipewire audio backend for QEMU

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 04:09:59PM +0100, Dorinda Bassey wrote:
> >
> > My point is that pipewire has ALSA plugin (and also pulseaudio compat
> > library etc). So why add another back in QEMU?
> >
> Good question. Well the pulseaudio compatibility layer adds to the runtime
> overhead and dependency, dropping the usage of pw-pulse daemon as a runtime
> dependency would reduce footprint.

Oh, pulseaudio compatibility goes through another daemon.  That is IMHO
enough reason for a native pipewire backend, to avoid that overhead and
specifically reduce latency.

(this and other good reasons should be added to the commit message).

take care,
  Gerd