linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 11/15] ASoC: fsl_ssi: Setup AC97 in dai

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Date:   Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:07:33 -0800
From:   Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@...il.com>
To:     "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
Cc:     timur@...i.org, broonie@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        lgirdwood@...il.com, fabio.estevam@....com, caleb@...me.org,
        arnaud.mouiche@...oxia.com, lukma@...x.de, kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 11/15] ASoC: fsl_ssi: Setup AC97 in dai_probe()

On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 04:17:20PM +0100, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> > AC97 configures some registers earlier to start a communication
> > with CODECs, so this patch moves those register settings to the
> > dai_probe() as well, along with other register configurations.
 
> This patch breaks AC'97 CODEC probing.
> 
> Namely, the fsl_ssi DAI probe callback is only called after the AC'97
> CODEC probe callback, so when you move SSI AC'97 startup to its DAI
> probe callback it won't be done yet when the CODEC is probed (and this
> requires a working AC'97 interface to successfully complete).

Hmm...What's the dependency here? Why is it required like this?
I am okay to put everything to a separate fsl_ssi_hw_init() and
move it back to the platform probe() though.