linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ASoC: dt-bindings: everest,es8316: Document routing strings

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Message-ID: <c280310a-d9cf-4bc5-989c-0fb8093f714d@sirena.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:05:55 +0100
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc: Jihed Chaibi <jihed.chaibi.dev@...il.com>, linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
	lgirdwood@...il.com, robh@...nel.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org,
	conor+dt@...nel.org, drake@...lessm.com, katsuhiro@...suster.net,
	matteomartelli3@...il.com, zhoubinbin@...ngson.cn,
	KCHSU0@...oton.com, patches@...nsource.cirrus.com,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	shuah@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ASoC: dt-bindings: everest,es8316: Document routing
 strings

On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 09:40:20AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 09/08/2025 17:18, Jihed Chaibi wrote:
> > The es8316 driver defines several DAPM widget names that are used for
> > audio routing in the device tree. However, these strings are not
> > documented in the binding file.

> > This forces developers to read the C source to discover the valid
> > names, which can be inefficient and error-prone.

> Reading free form text is as inefficient and error-prone as reading the
> driver.

On the one hand, yes.  On the other hand this is better than what we had
before so seems useful.  Ideally at some point someone will add a
binding for this but that's a much bigger piece of work.

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