From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Brownell Subject: Re: [PATCH] OMAP general SOC driver. Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:03:18 -0800 Message-ID: <200811261403.18464.david-b@pacbell.net> References: <1227696478-8354-1-git-send-email-stanley.miao@windriver.com> <200811261233.13259.david-b@pacbell.net> <20081126211614.GA6514@sirena.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp124.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (smtp124.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [69.147.64.97]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with SMTP id F35EC243A4 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:03:21 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20081126211614.GA6514@sirena.org.uk> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Mark Brown Cc: "Stanley.Miao" , alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, Jarkko Nikula List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Wednesday 26 November 2008, Mark Brown wrote: > > I wonder if > > it shouldn't suffice just to provide a mask of capabilities > > that are wired up on a given board. > > It's possible - if the differences can be handled by marking some pins > as connected or disconnected and possible specifying a different system > clock rate to the chip then that approach was what I was expecting. > If there is more substantial differences such as having the clocking > arranged differently then separate drivers start to make more sense. OK, from my non-expert perspective it sounds eminently do-able. By someone else. :)