linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ASoC: tlv320aic32x4: prepare driver for different device variants

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Date:   Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:30:08 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Claudius Heine <ch@...x.de>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>,
        Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@...esas.com>,
        Sia Jee Heng <jee.heng.sia@...el.com>,
        Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>,
        Michael Sit Wei Hong <michael.wei.hong.sit@...el.com>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Annaliese McDermond <nh6z@...z.net>,
        Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@...tq-group.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ASoC: tlv320aic32x4: prepare driver for different
 device variants

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 02:06:30PM +0200, Claudius Heine wrote:
> On 2021-06-15 13:54, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 11:49:30AM +0200, Claudius Heine wrote:

> > > With this change it will be possible to add different code paths for
> > > similar devices.

> > > -	{ "tlv320aic32x4", 0 },
> > > -	{ "tlv320aic32x6", 1 },
> > > +	{ "tlv320aic32x4", (kernel_ulong_t)AIC32X4_TYPE_AIC32X4 },
> > > +	{ "tlv320aic32x6", (kernel_ulong_t)AIC32X4_TYPE_AIC32X6 },
> > >   	{ /* sentinel */ }

> > It appears that the device already supports multiple variants?

> Those values aren't used anywhere as far as I can see.

The point here is that you need a better changelog, the driver clearly
already supports multiple devices so we need a few more words to explain
what this is doing.

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