Have a cleaner separation between hw vs sw.

v2: Fix missing return
Signed-off-by: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld@intel.com>
Cc: Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@intel.com>
Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@intel.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20240522102143.128069-30-matthew.auld@intel.com