diff --git a/src/topology/data.c b/src/topology/data.c
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+/*
+  Copyright(c) 2014-2015 Intel Corporation
+  All rights reserved.
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
+  published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+  General Public License for more details.
+
+  Authors: Mengdong Lin <mengdong.lin@intel.com>
+           Yao Jin <yao.jin@intel.com>
+           Liam Girdwood <liam.r.girdwood@linux.intel.com>
+*/
+
+#include "list.h"
+#include "tplg_local.h"
+
+/* Get Private data from a file. */
+static int tplg_parse_data_file(snd_config_t *cfg, struct tplg_elem *elem)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_tplg_private *priv = NULL;
+	const char *value = NULL;
+	char filename[MAX_FILE];
+	char *env = getenv(ALSA_CONFIG_TPLG_VAR);
+	FILE *fp;
+	size_t size, bytes_read;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	tplg_dbg("data DataFile: %s\n", elem->id);
+
+	if (snd_config_get_string(cfg, &value) < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* prepend alsa config directory to path */
+	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/%s",
+		env ? env : ALSA_TPLG_DIR, value);
+
+	fp = fopen(filename, "r");
+	if (fp == NULL) {
+		SNDERR("error: invalid data file path '%s'\n",
+			filename);
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_END);
+	size = ftell(fp);
+	fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_SET);
+	if (size <= 0) {
+		SNDERR("error: invalid data file size %zu\n", size);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err;
+	}
+	if (size > TPLG_MAX_PRIV_SIZE) {
+		SNDERR("error: data file too big %zu\n", size);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	priv = calloc(1, sizeof(*priv) + size);
+	if (!priv) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	bytes_read = fread(&priv->data, 1, size, fp);
+	if (bytes_read != size) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	elem->data = priv;
+	priv->size = size;
+	elem->size = sizeof(*priv) + size;
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	if (priv)
+		free(priv);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void dump_priv_data(struct tplg_elem *elem)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_tplg_private *priv = elem->data;
+	unsigned char *p = (unsigned char *)priv->data;
+	unsigned int i, j = 0;
+
+	tplg_dbg(" elem size = %d, priv data size = %d\n",
+		elem->size, priv->size);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < priv->size; i++) {
+		if (j++ % 8 == 0)
+			tplg_dbg("\n");
+
+		tplg_dbg(" 0x%x", *p++);
+	}
+
+	tplg_dbg("\n\n");
+}
+
+/* get number of hex value elements in CSV list */
+static int get_hex_num(const char *str)
+{
+	int commas = 0, values = 0, len = strlen(str);
+	const char *end = str + len;
+
+	/* we expect "0x0, 0x0, 0x0" */
+	while (str < end) {
+
+		/* skip white space */
+		if (isspace(*str)) {
+			str++;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* find delimeters */
+		if (*str == ',') {
+			commas++;
+			str++;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* find 0x[0-9] values */
+		if (*str == '0' && str + 2 <= end) {
+			if (str[1] == 'x' && str[2] >= '0' && str[2] <= 'f') {
+				values++;
+				str += 3;
+			} else {
+				str++;
+			}
+		}
+
+		str++;
+	}
+
+	/* there should always be one less comma than value */
+	if (values -1 != commas)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return values;
+}
+
+static int write_hex(char *buf, char *str, int width)
+{
+	long val;
+	void *p = &val;
+
+        errno = 0;
+	val = strtol(str, NULL, 16);
+
+	if ((errno == ERANGE && (val == LONG_MAX || val == LONG_MIN))
+		|| (errno != 0 && val == 0)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
+	switch (width) {
+	case 1:
+		*(unsigned char *)buf = *(unsigned char *)p;
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		*(unsigned short *)buf = *(unsigned short *)p;
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		*(unsigned int *)buf = *(unsigned int *)p;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int copy_data_hex(char *data, int off, const char *str, int width)
+{
+	char *tmp, *s = NULL, *p = data;
+	int ret;
+
+	tmp = strdup(str);
+	if (tmp == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	p += off;
+	s = strtok(tmp, ",");
+
+	while (s != NULL) {
+		ret = write_hex(p, s, width);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			free(tmp);
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		s = strtok(NULL, ",");
+		p += width;
+	}
+
+	free(tmp);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int tplg_parse_data_hex(snd_config_t *cfg, struct tplg_elem *elem,
+	int width)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_tplg_private *priv;
+	const char *value = NULL;
+	int size, esize, off, num;
+	int ret;
+
+	tplg_dbg(" data: %s\n", elem->id);
+
+	if (snd_config_get_string(cfg, &value) < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	num = get_hex_num(value);
+	if (num <= 0) {
+		SNDERR("error: malformed hex variable list %s\n", value);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	size = num * width;
+	priv = elem->data;
+
+	if (esize > TPLG_MAX_PRIV_SIZE) {
+		SNDERR("error: data too big %d\n", esize);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (priv != NULL) {
+		off = priv->size;
+		esize = elem->size + size;
+		priv = realloc(priv, esize);
+	} else {
+		off = 0;
+		esize = sizeof(*priv) + size;
+		priv = calloc(1, esize);
+	}
+
+	if (!priv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	elem->data = priv;
+	priv->size += size;
+	elem->size = esize;
+
+	ret = copy_data_hex(priv->data, off, value, width);
+
+	dump_priv_data(elem);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+/* Parse Private data.
+ *
+ * Object private data can either be from file or defined as bytes, shorts,
+ * words.
+ */
+int tplg_parse_data(snd_tplg_t *tplg, snd_config_t *cfg,
+	void *private ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+	snd_config_iterator_t i, next;
+	snd_config_t *n;
+	const char *id, *val = NULL;
+	int err = 0;
+	struct tplg_elem *elem;
+
+	elem = tplg_elem_new_common(tplg, cfg, OBJECT_TYPE_DATA);
+	if (!elem)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	snd_config_for_each(i, next, cfg) {
+
+		n = snd_config_iterator_entry(i);
+		if (snd_config_get_id(n, &id) < 0) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(id, "file") == 0) {
+			err = tplg_parse_data_file(n, elem);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				SNDERR("error: failed to parse data file\n");
+				return err;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(id, "bytes") == 0) {
+			err = tplg_parse_data_hex(n, elem, 1);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				SNDERR("error: failed to parse data bytes\n");
+				return err;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(id, "shorts") == 0) {
+			err = tplg_parse_data_hex(n, elem, 2);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				SNDERR("error: failed to parse data shorts\n");
+				return err;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(id, "words") == 0) {
+			err = tplg_parse_data_hex(n, elem, 4);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				SNDERR("error: failed to parse data words\n");
+				return err;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(id, "index") == 0) {
+			if (snd_config_get_string(n, &val) < 0)
+				return -EINVAL;
+
+			elem->index = atoi(val);
+			tplg_dbg("\t%s: %d\n", id, elem->index);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(id, "type") == 0) {
+			if (snd_config_get_string(n, &val) < 0)
+				return -EINVAL;
+
+			elem->vendor_type = atoi(val);
+			tplg_dbg("\t%s: %d\n", id, elem->index);
+			continue;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/* copy private data into the bytes extended control */
+int tplg_copy_data(struct tplg_elem *elem, struct tplg_elem *ref)
+{
+	struct snd_soc_tplg_private *priv;
+	int priv_data_size;
+
+	if (!ref)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	tplg_dbg("Data '%s' used by '%s'\n", ref->id, elem->id);
+	priv_data_size = ref->data->size;
+
+	switch (elem->type) {
+	case OBJECT_TYPE_MIXER:
+		elem->mixer_ctrl = realloc(elem->mixer_ctrl,
+			elem->size + priv_data_size);
+		if (!elem->mixer_ctrl)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		priv = &elem->mixer_ctrl->priv;
+		break;
+
+	case OBJECT_TYPE_ENUM:
+		elem->enum_ctrl = realloc(elem->enum_ctrl,
+			elem->size + priv_data_size);
+		if (!elem->enum_ctrl)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		priv = &elem->enum_ctrl->priv;
+		break;
+
+	case OBJECT_TYPE_BYTES:
+		elem->bytes_ext = realloc(elem->bytes_ext,
+			elem->size + priv_data_size);
+		if (!elem->bytes_ext)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		priv = &elem->bytes_ext->priv;
+		break;
+
+
+	case OBJECT_TYPE_DAPM_WIDGET:
+		elem->widget = realloc(elem->widget,
+			elem->size + priv_data_size);
+		if (!elem->widget)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		priv = &elem->widget->priv;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		SNDERR("elem '%s': type %d private data not supported \n",
+			elem->id, elem->type);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	elem->size += priv_data_size;
+	priv->size = priv_data_size;
+	ref->compound_elem = 1;
+	memcpy(priv->data, ref->data->data, priv_data_size);
+	return 0;
+}
