Re: [PATCH 3/6] ASoC: amd: SND_SOC_RT5682_I2C does not build rt5682

[Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@linux.intel.com>]

On 7/28/20 7:07 AM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 06:59:50AM +0000, RAVULAPATI, VISHNU VARDHAN RAO wrote:
> 
>> So Actually for rt5682 codec Now in 5.8 there are three flags :
>> SND_SOC_RT5682
>> SND_SOC_RT5682_I2C
>> SND_SOC_RT5682_SDW
> 
>> But till 5.7.8 we have
>> SND_SOC_RT5682
>> SND_SOC_RT5682_SDW
> 
>> So in our design we were using SND_SOC_RT5682 which build snd_soc_rt5682.ko
>> Creates the respective codec_dais as defined in that .ko
> 
>> If we use SND_SOC_RT5682_I2C we get snd_soc_rt5682_I2c.ko , it is not creating the expected codec_dai links.
> 
> Could you be more specific about the way in which "it is not creating
> the expected codec_dai links" please?  What are you expecting to happen
> and what happens instead?  Do you see any error messages for example?
> 
>> As there are three flags defined in codecs, I expect that previous one which we were using(SND_SOC_RT5682) is not a wrong flag and I expect to use
>> SND_SOC_RT5682 as it is still available.
> 
> Given that the core module does not register with any bus it is
> difficult to see how that could possibly work - the core module doesn't
> contain a driver at all.  Have you tested this change?

I share Mark's point. Have you tested this change on top of Mark's tree, 
or only on top of the stable kernel?