linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] ASoC: fsl_ssi: Clean up

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Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2017 14:01:17 +0100
From:   "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
To:     Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@...il.com>
Cc:     broonie@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        fabio.estevam@....com, timur@...i.org, caleb@...me.org,
        lgirdwood@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] ASoC: fsl_ssi: Clean up - coding style level

Hi Nicolin,

On 04.12.2017 21:46, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> ==Background==
> The fsl_ssi driver was designed for PPC originally and then it has
> been updated to support different modes for i.MX Series, including
> SDMA, I2S Master mode, AC97 and older i.MXs with FIQ, by different
> contributors for different use cases in different coding styles.
> 
> Additionally, in order to fix/work-around hardware bugs and design
> flaws, the driver made a lot of compromise so now its program flow
> looks very complicated and it's getting hard to maintain or update.
> 
> So I am going to clean up the driver in both coding style level and
> program flow level.
> 
> ==Introduction==
> This series of patches is the first set to clean up fsl_ssi driver
> in the coding style level. Any patch here is not supposed to change
> the program flow.
> 
> ==Verification==
> Theoretically, it only needs code review, build and sanity tests. I
> have done build and sanity tests on an i.MX 6 platform by building
> using imx_v6_v7_defconfig and testing with I2S slave/master mode.

Thanks for your cleanup work.

Due to my current workload I will be able to go through this and test
the AC'97 mode on a UDOO board only in about a week.

Maciej