From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bo Shen Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH v2 1/3] ASoC: codecs: wm8904: add dt ids table Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:35:13 +0800 Message-ID: <54C6EB51.80005@atmel.com> References: <1418614273-2303-1-git-send-email-voice.shen@atmel.com> <20150115115425.GX3043@sirena.org.uk> <54B866B9.8000900@atmel.com> <54C65C36.9050106@atmel.com> <20150126164229.GB21293@sirena.org.uk> <54C67007.6000708@metafoo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <54C67007.6000708-Qo5EllUWu/uELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Lars-Peter Clausen , Mark Brown , Nicolas Ferre Cc: devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, alsa-devel-K7yf7f+aM1XWsZ/bQMPhNw@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-sound-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Alexander Morozov , linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Hi Mark, Lars-Perter, On 01/27/2015 12:49 AM, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote: > On 01/26/2015 05:42 PM, Mark Brown wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 04:24:38PM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote: >>> Le 16/01/2015 02:17, Bo Shen a =E9crit : >> >>>>> Does this end up in the i2c_driver_id driver data or do we need s= ome >>>>> extra code when devtype is assigned to check for an of_node and >>>>> look at >>>>> the DT data instead? That certainly used to be the case... >> >>>> At the beginning I think as the same as you, and also add the code= to >>>> get the data as I do in . However, as I >>>> remember, I2C seems only use the compatible string after the comma= , >>>> that >>>> means only for "wlf,wm8904", it uses "wm8904" to match. So, I remo= ve >>>> all >>>> the code I added, and just keep these, and it can get the device t= ype >>>> correctly. >> >>>> So, when I submit the patch and keep the code as simple as possibl= e. >> >>> I don't understand what's keeping this patch from being applied. Vo= ice, >>> do you mind re-sending? >> >> I need to convince myself that the above actually works and is doing= the >> right thing; the above explanation sounds like if it works it might = be >> relying on a bug. > > I'd call it a undocumented feature. But I wouldn't rely on it being > around for ever. In my opinion to be future proof the driver should > explicitly handle the OF case in the probe function. > I will add this into probe function in next version. Thanks. Best Regards, Bo Shen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" i= n the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html