linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 07/20] ASoC: tegra20: spdif: Set FIFO trigger level

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Date:   Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:53:52 +0300
From:   Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Agneli <poczt@...tonmail.ch>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 07/20] ASoC: tegra20: spdif: Set FIFO trigger level

25.11.2021 15:28, Mark Brown пишет:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 03:04:35PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>> 25.11.2021 15:02, Mark Brown пишет:
>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 01:00:44AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>>>> Program FIFO trigger level properly to fix x4 accelerated playback.
> 
>>> Fixes like this should really go before any new stuff so they can be
>>> sent as fixes and backported.
> 
>> This driver never worked before this patchset, hence there is nothing to
>> backport, this is explained in the cover letter. But in general you're
>> correct.
> 
> That's not going to stop the stable people backporting things, and I'd
> guess it might've worked at some point on some systems - I'm not seeing
> anything that jumps out as making the driver completely unworkable in
> your patches.
> 

I can change commit message with the "fix" word removed, this should
prevent patch from backporting.

This driver never worked in mainline because S/PDIF device was never
created, thus driver was never bound. Driver doesn't work properly
without this patch. Nobody used this driver as-is before this patchset.