If the imx-pcm-dma is required we need to have the module enabled. For all NXP/FSL sound cards using the ASoC architecture this is the case but in case of using the simple-audio-card sound card this isn't the case. In such case the driver probe fails silently and the card isn't available. It took a while to find the missing Kconfig. Make this easier for others by printing a error if this the module isn't available but required by the HW. Signed-off-by: Marco Felsch <m.felsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c index 3e54f1f71c1e..2371da814b09 100644 --- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c +++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c @@ -1152,8 +1152,11 @@ static int fsl_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) */ if (sai->soc_data->use_imx_pcm) { ret = imx_pcm_dma_init(pdev); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_IMX_PCM_DMA)) + dev_err(dev, "Error: You must enable the imx-pcm-dma support!\n"); goto err_pm_get_sync; + } } else { ret = devm_snd_dmaengine_pcm_register(dev, NULL, 0); if (ret) -- 2.30.2