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

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:14:20 -0700
From:	Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@...il.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	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, vinod.koul@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: rt5659: Add mclk controls

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 04:57:32PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > The codec driver should control the mclk. So this patch adds this support.
> 
> > +	/* Check if MCLK provided */
> > +	rt5659->mclk = devm_clk_get(&i2c->dev, "mclk");
> > +	if (IS_ERR(rt5659->mclk)) {
> > +		if (PTR_ERR(rt5659->mclk) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> > +			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> > +		/* Otherwise mark the mclk pointer to NULL */
> > +		rt5659->mclk = NULL;
> > +	}
> 
> 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
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?

Thanks
Nicolin