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Date:   Fri, 3 Mar 2023 12:43:07 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
Cc:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Viorel Suman <viorel.suman@....com>,
        Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: clarify that SND_SOC_IMX_SGTL5000 is the old driver

On Fri, Mar 03, 2023 at 10:34:10AM +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Both SND_SOC_IMX_SGTL5000 and SND_SOC_FSL_ASOC_CARD implement the
> fsl,imx-audio-sgtl5000 compatible string, which is confusing. It took a
> little research to find out that the latter is much newer and it is
> supposed to be the preferred choice since several years.
> 
> Add a clarification note to avoid wasting time for future readers.

Perhaps it's time to just retire the old driver?

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