linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] ASoC: fsl-sai: using 'lsb-first' property instead of 'big-endian-data'.

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Message-ID: <20140829164010.GA5520@Asurada>
Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:40:11 -0700
From:	Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@...il.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Xiubo Li <Li.Xiubo@...escale.com>,
	"alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] ASoC: fsl-sai: using 'lsb-first' property instead of
 'big-endian-data'.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:59:43PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:06:01PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 08:12:12AM +0100, Xiubo Li wrote:
> 
> > > The 'big-endian-data' property is originally used to indicate whether the
> > > LSB firstly or MSB firstly will be transmitted to the CODEC or received
> > > from the CODEC, and there has nothing relation to the memory data.
> 
> > Both Nicolin [1] and Mark [2] asked for the old property to be kept
> > around for compatibility reasons. Those requests seem to have been
> > ignored entirely; the commit message doesn't even describe why you
> > believe removing support for the old property is safe.
> 
> The response was that the relevant chips aren't out in the wild so it's
> vanishingly unlikely that anyone would have a real DT with this option
> enabled.  I'll defer to Nicolin on if that's the case or not.

Yea, it sounds like so. I thought Vf610 also used this property. But if
only LS1 using it, I think we may consent this rename right?

Nicolin
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