Re: [bug report] ASoC: Intel: mrfld - create separate module for pci part

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On Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 10:37:07PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 07:46:04AM -0600, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
> > On 12/3/21 4:13 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > Hello Vinod Koul,
> > > 
> > > The patch f533a035e4da: "ASoC: Intel: mrfld - create separate module
> > > for pci part" from Nov 4, 2014, leads to the following Smatch static
> > > checker warning:

...

> > > Surely there should be a "return 0;" before the do_release_regions:
> > > label?  How does this code work?
> > 
> > Thanks for reporting this Dan. Yes this doesn't look good at all.
> > 
> > This PCI part is only used on Merrifield/Tangier, and I am not sure if
> > anyone ever managed to make audio work with the upstream version of this
> > driver. It's my understanding that this platform is no longer maintained
> > by Intel, and the Edison Yocto code uses the SOF driver.
> > 
> > The Kconfig updated in 2018 hints at those limitations:
> > 
> > config SND_SST_ATOM_HIFI2_PLATFORM_PCI
> > 	tristate "PCI HiFi2 (Merrifield) Platforms"
> > 	depends on X86 && PCI
> > 	select SND_SST_ATOM_HIFI2_PLATFORM
> > 	help
> > 	  If you have a Intel Merrifield/Edison platform, then
> > 	  enable this option by saying Y or m. Distros will typically not
> > 	  enable this option: while Merrifield/Edison can run a mainline
> > 	  kernel with limited functionality it will require a firmware file
> > 	  which is not in the standard firmware tree
> > 
> > I would guess that indeed a return 0; is missing, but maybe it's time to
> > remove this PCI code completely. I can't think of any user of the PCI
> > parts of this driver.
> > 
> > Andy, Hans, Mark, Takashi, what do you think?
> 
> The Edison platform and actually some more based on Intel Merrifield are still
> alive and on the (second hand) market. But yes, I would rather focus on making
> SOF working there, but via PCI bus (or with ACPI, ASL code for which one should
> actually write down, currently it's a device with PCI interface only).

That said, Pierre, have you been able to setup your Edison to see anything on
I2S with SOF?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko





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