Re: snd soc spi read/write

Takashi Iwai
2011-08-10T15:15:21Z

At Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:03:18 +0900,
Mark Brown wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 05:00:50PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Mark Brown wrote:
>
> > > That would fall within the definition of "teach the register map about
> > > this stuff"...
>
> > Yeah, I expected that. But it also would include the changes of
> > register definitions in the codec driver, right?
>
> The idea is that the CODEC drivers will end up using regmap directly
> once it gets cache support migrated over to it. There's nothing ALSA
> specific about the cache support. Though right just not bothering to
> cache this device (it has readback support after all) is probably good
> enough.

OK, I like the idea, but it sounds a bit like a long way to go.
I guess the cache-in-regmap won't be merged in 3.1 cycle?

Basically I don't care too much about this, but the fact we leave this
being broken over two release cycles doesn't appear nice, especially
when there is a quick-n-easy fix...

thanks,

Takashi