linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] sound/soc/codecs: add LAPIS Semiconductor ML26124

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Date:	Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:03:17 +0900
From:	Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya.rohm@...il.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...com>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Dimitris Papastamos <dp@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, qi.wang@...el.com,
	yong.y.wang@...el.com, joel.clark@...el.com, kok.howg.ewe@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] sound/soc/codecs: add LAPIS Semiconductor ML26124

Hi Mark,

>> > Use the standard register access code, don't open code things in your
>> > driver unless there's a good reason to.  Current best practice for most
>> > I2C or SPI devices is to use regmap, see any recently added driver for
>> > examples.
>
>> What's "regmap" mean ? or do you mean drivers/mfd/* ?
>> Could you tell me this ?
>
> drivers/base/regmap and also grep in sound/soc/codecs/*.c
Though grepping "regmap" at sound/soc/codecs/*.c, I couldn't find any file.
Is this true ?

Thanks,
tomoya

2011/11/22 Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 07:47:10PM +0900, Tomoya MORINAGA wrote:
>> 2011/11/21 Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:
>
>> BTW, What's TLV ? Let me know the full spell of this "TLV".
>
> Tag/Length/Value.
>
>> >> +static const struct snd_kcontrol_new ml26124_dsp_controls[] = {
>> >> +     SOC_SINGLE("Play Limitter ON/OFF", ML26124_FILTER_EN, 0, 1, 0),
>
>> Do you mean SOC_SINGLE("Play Limitter Switch", ML26124_FILTER_EN, 0, 1, 0) ?
>
> Yes.
>
>> >> +     SOC_SINGLE("Set ALC position", ML26124_FILTER_EN, 5, 1, 0),
>
>> > What does this actually do?  From the name it *really* doesn't look like
>> > a mixer input.
>
>> The above means where connects the ALC.
>> So, this doesn't relate to mixer input.
>
> If this control is not a mixer input it should not be a mixer input in
> the driver.  Though with your explanation I still don't understand what
> it does so presumably the naming also needs to be improved.
>
>> However I couldn't understand the meaning of the widgets. So I didn't
>> write anything.
>
> See Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/dapm.txt.
>
>> >> +static int snd_card_codec_reg_read(struct ml26124_priv *priv,
>> >> +                                unsigned char reg, unsigned char *val)
>> >> +{
>> >> +     unsigned char data;
>> >> +     struct i2c_client *i2c;
>
>> > Use the standard register access code, don't open code things in your
>> > driver unless there's a good reason to.  Current best practice for most
>> > I2C or SPI devices is to use regmap, see any recently added driver for
>> > examples.
>
>> What's "regmap" mean ? or do you mean drivers/mfd/* ?
>> Could you tell me this ?
>
> drivers/base/regmap and also grep in sound/soc/codecs/*.c
>
>> > Use snd_soc_update_bits() and the other standard register access
>> > functions.
>
>> Using snd_soc_update_bits(), need to register ".read" method.
>
> Or use a cache.
>
>> Is the same as the above  snd_card_codec_reg_read ?
>
> I don't understand this question.
>
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