linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ASoC: rt5659: Add mclk controls

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:45:21 +0530
From:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@...il.com>, lgirdwood@...il.com,
	robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com, bardliao@...ltek.com,
	oder_chiou@...ltek.com, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: rt5659: Add mclk controls

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 07:55:10PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:14:20AM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 04:57:32PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> > > This device seems to be used on x86 systems so we'll need to ensure that
> > > they register clocks for this.  They really should set this up using
> > > quirks keyed off DMI information or similar so it's hidden from other
> > > systems.
> 
> > Hmm..the change defines this mclk as a optional property so I'm
> > not sure how it would affect x86 systems. (Would love to refine
> 
> Ah, clk_prepare_enable() silently ignores NULL as an argument?  It is a
> bit messy to do things that way but might be the most practical thing.
> 
> > it to make it impactless.) Since it's literally hidden, any way
> > that I can manually ensure it? Or just wait for an ack from x86
> > developers?
> 
> Hopefully they'll speak up - we're in the merge window anyway so it'll
> be just over a week before this can go into -next.

Yeah I am not aware of any plan to have clks on x86. For audio we are not
going to use much. ACPI and controller w/ firmware does the job.

I have added Darren, he oversee platform things so might know if clocks
would be there in future..

Thanks
-- 
~Vinod

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