linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] ASoC: dapm: If one widget fails, do not force all subsequent widgets to fail too

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Message-ID: <5018D880.5090306@linaro.org>
Date:	Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:19:28 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
CC:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	STEricsson_nomadik_linux@...t.st.com, linus.walleij@...ricsson.com,
	arnd@...db.de, olalilja@...oo.se, ola.o.lilja@...ricsson.com,
	alsa-devel@...a-project.org, lrg@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] ASoC: dapm: If one widget fails, do not force all
 subsequent widgets to fail too

On 31/07/12 16:18, Mark Brown wrote:
>>> It's certainly totally inappropriate for an "urgent" bugfix.
>
>> Well it just means that audio won't work for the ux500 for this
>> kernel release, but as we're waiting on clocks, this isn't a big
>> issue for us. If you do take it (with or without the return code),
>> feel free to add it to for-next instead of the -rc:s
>
> I'm not going to apply this patch.  This isn't a vendor BSP, we
> shouldn't be putting random hacks like this in core code.

BSP kernel or otherwise, it still seems wrong to me to fail and entire 
audio driver just because of a broken link.

-- 
Lee Jones
Linaro ST-Ericsson Landing Team Lead
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