linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ASoC: da7219: Add ACPI parsing support

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Date:	Fri, 6 May 2016 17:42:08 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	"Opensource [Adam Thomson]" <Adam.Thomson.Opensource@...semi.com>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
	"alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Support Opensource <Support.Opensource@...semi.com>,
	Sathyanarayana Nujella <sathyanarayana.nujella@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ASoC: da7219: Add ACPI parsing support

On Fri, May 06, 2016 at 02:45:00PM +0000, Opensource [Adam Thomson] wrote:
> On May 06, 2016, 13:39, Mark Brown wrote:

> > > -	/* Handle any DT/platform data */
> > > -	if ((codec->dev->of_node) && (da7219->pdata))
> > > +	/* Handle any DT/ACPI/platform data */
> > > +	if (((codec->dev->of_node) || is_acpi_node(codec->dev->fwnode)) &&
> > > +	    (da7219->pdata))
> > >  		da7219->pdata->aad_pdata = da7219_aad_of_to_pdata(codec);

> > >  	da7219_aad_handle_pdata(codec);

> > Surely we should be able to check if there's firmware data without
> > enumerating every possible firmware type?

> There doesn't seem to be a unified check for this. Also, Given these are the
> only two types the driver expects and supports right now, I don't see a problem
> being explicit here in the checking.

Again it's pointing out something that looks like it's missing from the
fwnode API - if people are supposed to be able to write firmware neutral
drivers they should be able to do everything they need at the fwnode
level.

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