linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] drm/i2c:tda998x: Use the HDMI audio CODEC

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Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:25:40 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@...e.fr>
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Andrew Jackson <Andrew.Jackson@....com>,
	Jyri Sarha <jsarha@...com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] drm/i2c:tda998x: Use the HDMI audio CODEC

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:11:21AM +0200, Jean-Francois Moine wrote:
> This patch interfaces the HDMI transmitter with the audio system.

Please use subject lines corresponding to the style for the subsystem.

> +	request_module("snd-soc-hdmi-codec");
> +	pdev = platform_device_register_resndata(&priv->hdmi->dev,
> +						 "hdmi-audio-codec",
> +						  PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE,
> +						  NULL, 0,
> +						  &tda998x_hdmi_data,
> +						  sizeof tda998x_hdmi_data);

Why is this request_module() needed?  If there is a good reason for it
we should have some documentation.

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