This is a partial revert of a79bdaf46
It caused all sorts of build breakages for misc stuff like the dbtool,
which doesn't include any per-target build directories
Change-Id: I493a33c1859706679972e47c96196223415985d9
They are nearly entirely generic wrappers around ALSA controls, unique
per target, and are ripe for further consolidation.
Change-Id: I05e4a450e3e89e03616906601c4f8fa46200dff5
Nothing in the core has used it for some time. It's exported to the
plugin API but the last plugins to use it were switched to the mixer API
back in 2011.
This allows us to get rid of pcm_play_dma_pause() from all audio drivers
Change-Id: Ic3fa02592316f84963e41d792d1cabb436d1ff6b
Most credit goes to: Roman Skylarov
Additional integration and refactoring by myself.
*** COMPLETELY UNTESTED ***
Change-Id: Ia64c36d92e0214c6b15f7a868df286f8113ea27b
