linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ASoC: simple-card: add support for aux devices

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Message-ID: <caa911e0-9684-f3fb-529c-f722d487c5be@cogentembedded.com>
Date:   Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:04:05 +0300
From:   Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Otto Kekäläinen <otto@...avo.fi>,
        Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>,
        Mengdong Lin <mengdong.lin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ASoC: simple-card: add support for aux devices

>> Changes from v1:
>> - moved example usage from commit message to Documentation/, as
>>   suggested by Kuninori Morimoto,
>> - fixed typo in example usage.
> 
> Ah, one more property to the "simple" card. At what point in adding 
> properties is it not simple?

AFAIU, idea is to have a pure-device-tree-controlled audio device (i.e.
without dedicated machine driver).

Perhaps it should be just renamed at some point.

>> +- simple-audio-card,aux-devs		: List of phandles pointing to auxiliary devices, such
>> +					  as amplifiers, to be added to the sound card.
> 
> I think the property should be specific as to the type of device. What 
> if you have 2 amps? Maybe simple-card can't have 2 outputs. What if you 
> have a chain of devices and need to know the order of them?

snd_soc_card has unordered list of aux devices. Things you mention are
controlled are configured via routing.

Nikita