[PATCH 0/2] ASoC: qcom: remove the ipq806x Storm audio machine driver and binding

[PATCH 0/2] ASoC: qcom: remove the ipq806x Storm audio machine driver and binding

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

The Storm machine driver targets Google's IPQ806x-based Storm reference
board, wiring a MAX98357A DAC to the LPASS I2S bus. The board has never
had an upstream device tree, has no active users and has seen no
functional changes in years. Keeping the driver and its binding around
only adds maintenance burden for code that nobody exercises.

Drop the machine driver along with its Kconfig and Makefile entries, and
remove the now-orphaned google,storm-audio device tree binding.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
Dmitry Baryshkov (2):
      ASoC: qcom: remove ipq806x Storm machine driver
      dt-bindings: sound: remove google,storm-audio binding

 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/storm.txt |  23 ----
 sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig                            |   9 --
 sound/soc/qcom/Makefile                           |   2 -
 sound/soc/qcom/storm.c                            | 142 ----------------------
 4 files changed, 176 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: b9810cd75b9fb56a3425d391cba3f608502bd474
change-id: 20260721-drop-sound-storm-7226df1bc850

Best regards,
--  
With best wishes
Dmitry

[PATCH 1/2] ASoC: qcom: remove ipq806x Storm machine driver

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

The Storm board machine driver targets Google's IPQ806x-based Storm
reference board (a MAX98357A DAC wired to the LPASS I2S bus). This board
has no upstream device tree, no active users and has seen no functional
changes in years, so the driver is dead weight.

Remove the driver together with its Kconfig entry and Makefile rule.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig  |   9 ---
 sound/soc/qcom/Makefile |   2 -
 sound/soc/qcom/storm.c  | 142 ------------------------------------------------
 3 files changed, 153 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig
index e6e24f3b9922..68e3146bf230 100644
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig
@@ -47,15 +47,6 @@ config SND_SOC_LPASS_SC7280
 	select SND_SOC_LPASS_HDMI
 	select SND_SOC_LPASS_CDC_DMA
 
-config SND_SOC_STORM
-	tristate "ASoC I2S support for Storm boards"
-	depends on GPIOLIB
-	select SND_SOC_LPASS_IPQ806X
-	select SND_SOC_MAX98357A
-	help
-	  Say Y or M if you want add support for SoC audio on the
-	  Qualcomm Technologies IPQ806X-based Storm board.
-
 config SND_SOC_APQ8016_SBC
 	tristate "SoC Audio support for APQ8016 SBC platforms"
 	select SND_SOC_LPASS_APQ8016
diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/Makefile b/sound/soc/qcom/Makefile
index 985ce2ae286b..bcbb44d17303 100644
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/Makefile
+++ b/sound/soc/qcom/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_LPASS_SC7180) += snd-soc-lpass-sc7180.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_LPASS_SC7280) += snd-soc-lpass-sc7280.o
 
 # Machine
-snd-soc-storm-y := storm.o
 snd-soc-apq8016-sbc-y := apq8016_sbc.o
 snd-soc-apq8096-y := apq8096.o
 snd-soc-sc7180-y := sc7180.o
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ snd-soc-qcom-sdw-y := sdw.o
 snd-soc-x1e80100-y := x1e80100.o
 snd-soc-qcom-offload-utils-objs := usb_offload_utils.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_STORM) += snd-soc-storm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_APQ8016_SBC) += snd-soc-apq8016-sbc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_MSM8996) += snd-soc-apq8096.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SC7180) += snd-soc-sc7180.o
diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/storm.c b/sound/soc/qcom/storm.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e0eda8c24c4..000000000000
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/storm.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2011,2013-2015 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- *
- * storm.c -- ALSA SoC machine driver for QTi ipq806x-based Storm board
- */
-
-#include <linux/device.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/of.h>
-#include <linux/platform_device.h>
-#include <sound/pcm.h>
-#include <sound/pcm_params.h>
-#include <sound/soc.h>
-
-#define STORM_SYSCLK_MULT			4
-
-static int storm_ops_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
-		struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params)
-{
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *soc_runtime = snd_soc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
-	struct snd_soc_card *card = soc_runtime->card;
-	snd_pcm_format_t format = params_format(params);
-	unsigned int rate = params_rate(params);
-	unsigned int sysclk_freq;
-	int bitwidth, ret;
-
-	bitwidth = snd_pcm_format_width(format);
-	if (bitwidth < 0) {
-		dev_err(card->dev, "invalid bit width given: %d\n", bitwidth);
-		return bitwidth;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * as the CPU DAI is the I2S bus master and no system clock is needed by
-	 * the MAX98357a DAC, simply set the system clock to be a constant
-	 * multiple of the bit clock for the clock divider
-	 */
-	sysclk_freq = rate * bitwidth * 2 * STORM_SYSCLK_MULT;
-
-	ret = snd_soc_dai_set_sysclk(snd_soc_rtd_to_cpu(soc_runtime, 0), 0, sysclk_freq, 0);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(card->dev, "error setting sysclk to %u: %d\n",
-			sysclk_freq, ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static const struct snd_soc_ops storm_soc_ops = {
-	.hw_params	= storm_ops_hw_params,
-};
-
-SND_SOC_DAILINK_DEFS(hifi,
-	DAILINK_COMP_ARRAY(COMP_EMPTY()),
-	DAILINK_COMP_ARRAY(COMP_CODEC(NULL, "HiFi")),
-	DAILINK_COMP_ARRAY(COMP_EMPTY()));
-
-static struct snd_soc_dai_link storm_dai_link = {
-	.name		= "Primary",
-	.stream_name	= "Primary",
-	.ops		= &storm_soc_ops,
-	SND_SOC_DAILINK_REG(hifi),
-};
-
-static int storm_parse_of(struct snd_soc_card *card)
-{
-	struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_link = card->dai_link;
-	struct device_node *np = card->dev->of_node;
-
-	dai_link->cpus->of_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "cpu", 0);
-	if (!dai_link->cpus->of_node) {
-		dev_err(card->dev, "error getting cpu phandle\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	dai_link->platforms->of_node = dai_link->cpus->of_node;
-
-	dai_link->codecs->of_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "codec", 0);
-	if (!dai_link->codecs->of_node) {
-		dev_err(card->dev, "error getting codec phandle\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int storm_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	struct snd_soc_card *card;
-	int ret;
-
-	card = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*card), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!card)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	card->dev = &pdev->dev;
-	card->owner = THIS_MODULE;
-
-	ret = snd_soc_of_parse_card_name(card, "qcom,model");
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error parsing card name: %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	card->dai_link	= &storm_dai_link;
-	card->num_links	= 1;
-
-	ret = storm_parse_of(card);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error resolving dai links: %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_card(&pdev->dev, card);
-	if (ret)
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error registering soundcard: %d\n", ret);
-
-	return ret;
-
-}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_OF
-static const struct of_device_id storm_device_id[]  = {
-	{ .compatible = "google,storm-audio" },
-	{},
-};
-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, storm_device_id);
-#endif
-
-static struct platform_driver storm_platform_driver = {
-	.driver = {
-		.name = "storm-audio",
-		.of_match_table =
-			of_match_ptr(storm_device_id),
-	},
-	.probe = storm_platform_probe,
-};
-module_platform_driver(storm_platform_driver);
-
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("QTi IPQ806x-based Storm Machine Driver");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 1/2] ASoC: qcom: remove ipq806x Storm machine driver

[sashiko-bot]

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] Removing SND_SOC_STORM leaves SND_SOC_LPASS_IPQ806X without any selectors, rendering the IPQ806X LPASS CPU driver completely unbuildable and unreachable.
- [Low] The device tree binding documentation for the removed google,storm-audio driver was left behind.
--

--- Patch [1]: [PATCH 1/2] ASoC: qcom: remove ipq806x Storm machine driver ---
commit 76b009b0b947fd2197dab876d7f10fb5105c7935
Author: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>

ASoC: qcom: remove ipq806x Storm machine driver

The Storm board machine driver targets Google's IPQ806x-based Storm
reference board. This driver is removed together with its Kconfig
entry and Makefile rule since it has no upstream device tree and no
active users.

> diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> index e6e24f3b99222..68e3146bf2307 100644
> --- a/sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> +++ b/sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig
> @@ -47,15 +47,6 @@ config SND_SOC_LPASS_SC7280
>  	select SND_SOC_LPASS_HDMI
>  	select SND_SOC_LPASS_CDC_DMA
>  
> -config SND_SOC_STORM
> -	tristate "ASoC I2S support for Storm boards"
> -	depends on GPIOLIB
> -	select SND_SOC_LPASS_IPQ806X

[Severity: Medium]
Does removing SND_SOC_STORM leave SND_SOC_LPASS_IPQ806X without any selectors?

SND_SOC_LPASS_IPQ806X lacks a prompt in Kconfig, so without any selectors it
cannot be enabled manually or by COMPILE_TEST. This leaves the IPQ806X LPASS
CPU driver (sound/soc/qcom/lpass-ipq806x.c) and its Makefile entry as
unbuildable dead code.

Should SND_SOC_LPASS_IPQ806X and lpass-ipq806x.c be cleaned up in this patch as
well?

[ ... ]

> diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/storm.c b/sound/soc/qcom/storm.c
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 1e0eda8c24c4e..0000000000000
> --- a/sound/soc/qcom/storm.c
> +++ /dev/null

[ ... ]

> -#ifdef CONFIG_OF
> -static const struct of_device_id storm_device_id[]  = {
> -	{ .compatible = "google,storm-audio" },
> -	{},
> -};

[Severity: Low]
Does the device tree binding documentation for "google,storm-audio" still exist
in the tree?

Removing this compatible string might leave behind obsolete binding
documentation, such as Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/storm.txt.
Should the corresponding binding file be removed alongside the driver?

-- 
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260721-drop-sound-storm-v1-0-23ae4a689ffe@oss.qualcomm.com?part=1

Re: [PATCH 1/2] ASoC: qcom: remove ipq806x Storm machine driver

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 7/21/26 8:12 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> The Storm board machine driver targets Google's IPQ806x-based Storm
> reference board (a MAX98357A DAC wired to the LPASS I2S bus). This board
> has no upstream device tree, no active users and has seen no functional
> changes in years, so the driver is dead weight.
> 
> Remove the driver together with its Kconfig entry and Makefile rule.
> 
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8

Using AI to `git rm` is definitely tokenmaxxing!

> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>

Konrad

Re: [PATCH 1/2] ASoC: qcom: remove ipq806x Storm machine driver

[Christian Marangi]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 10:00:34AM +0200, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 7/21/26 8:12 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > The Storm board machine driver targets Google's IPQ806x-based Storm
> > reference board (a MAX98357A DAC wired to the LPASS I2S bus). This board
> > has no upstream device tree, no active users and has seen no functional
> > changes in years, so the driver is dead weight.
> > 
> > Remove the driver together with its Kconfig entry and Makefile rule.
> > 
> > Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> 
> Using AI to `git rm` is definitely tokenmaxxing!
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
> > ---
> 
> Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>
>

Honestly I'm pretty angry about the latest changes on ipq806x. First the
dtsi just because there weren't device (it's ok and understandable) now we
are starting to remove driver...

There are godzillion situation where there is a driver but absolutely no
dtsi. Lets remove the dwmac driver, usb phy, pcie and everything else at
this point and treat this soc like it's a 80-90 code...

I will post dtsi with actual device for the SoC but really I'm not
following all this hurry in cleaning code for device that still gets used
and actually some company even produced new one (even if it's EOL)

-- 
	Ansuel

Re: [PATCH 1/2] ASoC: qcom: remove ipq806x Storm machine driver

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 at 13:38, Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 10:00:34AM +0200, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> > On 7/21/26 8:12 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > > The Storm board machine driver targets Google's IPQ806x-based Storm
> > > reference board (a MAX98357A DAC wired to the LPASS I2S bus). This board
> > > has no upstream device tree, no active users and has seen no functional
> > > changes in years, so the driver is dead weight.
> > >
> > > Remove the driver together with its Kconfig entry and Makefile rule.
> > >
> > > Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> >
> > Using AI to `git rm` is definitely tokenmaxxing!
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
> > > ---
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>
> >
>
> Honestly I'm pretty angry about the latest changes on ipq806x. First the
> dtsi just because there weren't device (it's ok and understandable) now we
> are starting to remove driver...
>
> There are godzillion situation where there is a driver but absolutely no
> dtsi. Lets remove the dwmac driver, usb phy, pcie and everything else at
> this point and treat this soc like it's a 80-90 code...
>
> I will post dtsi with actual device for the SoC but really I'm not
> following all this hurry in cleaning code for device that still gets used
> and actually some company even produced new one (even if it's EOL)

We have no way to check that the device is being used other than the
DTSI present in the kernel, being updated from time to time with
non-trivial changes.

For the patchset in question, do you (or the community) actually use
OnHub? If so, please consider upstreaming DT files (and also updating
schema FWIW).
If not, the files will eventually go away. Just having unused drivers
_adds_ a burden. I stumbled upon the driver while reviewing a patch
changing the driver (for the sake of changing the ASoC API).

And FWIW the series doesn't touch the IPQ806x LPASS driver (which has
a DT counterpart).

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry

[PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: sound: remove google,storm-audio binding

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

With the ipq806x Storm machine driver gone, the accompanying device tree
binding describing the "google,storm-audio" sound complex is no longer
used by any driver or device tree. Remove it.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/storm.txt | 23 -----------------------
 1 file changed, 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/storm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/storm.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 062a4c185fa9..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/storm.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-* Sound complex for Storm boards
-
-Models a soundcard for Storm boards with the Qualcomm Technologies IPQ806x SOC
-connected to a MAX98357A DAC via I2S.
-
-Required properties:
-
-- compatible	: "google,storm-audio"
-- cpu		: Phandle of the CPU DAI
-- codec		: Phandle of the codec DAI
-
-Optional properties:
-
-- qcom,model	: The user-visible name of this sound card.
-
-Example:
-
-sound {
-	compatible = "google,storm-audio";
-	qcom,model = "ipq806x-storm";
-	cpu = <&lpass_cpu>;
-	codec = <&max98357a>;
-};

-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: sound: remove google,storm-audio binding

[sashiko-bot]

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] Incomplete cleanup leaves the IPQ806x LPASS driver as unreachable dead code.
--

--- Patch [2]: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: sound: remove google,storm-audio binding ---
commit 4f1f4fbba8c2f852f688a4151731bed0fe4a61f1
Author: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>

dt-bindings: sound: remove google,storm-audio binding

This commit removes the device tree binding for the "google,storm-audio"
sound complex. The removal is done because the accompanying ipq806x Storm
machine driver is no longer present.

> With the ipq806x Storm machine driver gone, the accompanying device tree
> binding describing the "google,storm-audio" sound complex is no longer
> used by any driver or device tree. Remove it.

[Severity: Medium]
Since the ipq806x Storm machine driver is gone, does this leave the
IPQ806x LPASS driver as unreachable dead code?

Looking at sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig, SND_SOC_LPASS_IPQ806X is a hidden
Kconfig symbol:

config SND_SOC_LPASS_IPQ806X
	tristate
	select SND_SOC_LPASS_CPU
	select SND_SOC_LPASS_PLATFORM

If the machine driver was the only config that selected it, this symbol can
no longer be enabled. This would mean the compilation target in
sound/soc/qcom/Makefile can no longer be reached:

obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_LPASS_IPQ806X) += snd-soc-lpass-ipq806x.o

Should this incomplete cleanup be addressed by removing the orphaned config
and driver file as well?

> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/storm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/storm.txt
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 062a4c185fa9d..0000000000000
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/storm.txt
> +++ /dev/null
[ ... ]

-- 
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260721-drop-sound-storm-v1-0-23ae4a689ffe@oss.qualcomm.com?part=2

Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: sound: remove google,storm-audio binding

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 7/21/26 8:12 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> With the ipq806x Storm machine driver gone, the accompanying device tree
> binding describing the "google,storm-audio" sound complex is no longer
> used by any driver or device tree. Remove it.
> 
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---

"by any driver" goes against the sense of dt-bindings (i.e. Linux
doesn't have to support it but we agree on bindings anyway), but
the "board may as well not exist" is a very convincing argument

Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>

Konrad

Re: [PATCH 0/2] ASoC: qcom: remove the ipq806x Storm audio machine driver and binding

[Srinivas Kandagatla]

On 7/21/26 7:12 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> The Storm machine driver targets Google's IPQ806x-based Storm reference
> board, wiring a MAX98357A DAC to the LPASS I2S bus. The board has never
> had an upstream device tree, has no active users and has seen no
> functional changes in years. Keeping the driver and its binding around
> only adds maintenance burden for code that nobody exercises.
> 
> Drop the machine driver along with its Kconfig and Makefile entries, and
> remove the now-orphaned google,storm-audio device tree binding.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> Dmitry Baryshkov (2):
>       ASoC: qcom: remove ipq806x Storm machine driver
>       dt-bindings: sound: remove google,storm-audio binding


thanks for the cleanup Dmitry.

Reviewed-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@oss.qualcomm.com>


--srini

> 
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/storm.txt |  23 ----
>  sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig                            |   9 --
>  sound/soc/qcom/Makefile                           |   2 -
>  sound/soc/qcom/storm.c                            | 142 ----------------------
>  4 files changed, 176 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: b9810cd75b9fb56a3425d391cba3f608502bd474
> change-id: 20260721-drop-sound-storm-7226df1bc850
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> With best wishes
> Dmitry
>