Mark, On Tue, 7 Dec 2021 13:08:33 +0000 Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 09:47:32AM +0100, Köry Maincent wrote: > > Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Why is one device registering multiple components in the first place? > > > Because the sound components are more and more complex. Why they shouldn't? > > > > In what way are they more complex? The sound hardware components add more and more features. > > > It seems to be already the case: > > sound/soc/codecs/cros_ec_codec.c > > sound/soc/fsl/fsl_easrc.c > > sound/soc/mediatek/mt*/mt*-afe-pcm.c > > sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-codec.c > > sound/soc/soc-utils.c > > Quite a few (I think all?) of these are quite old and and are the result > of refactoring from pre-component code rather than modern drivers, it's > likely there is no concrete reason for them to behave as they do. I am a beginner in the kernel sound stack, alright then, the issue comes from the drivers. Thanks, Regards
