Hi Andy Glad to answer your question. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2024 9:34 PM > To: Ding, Shenghao <shenghao-ding@xxxxxx> > Cc: broonie@xxxxxxxxxx; lgirdwood@xxxxxxxxx; perex@xxxxxxxx; pierre- > louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 13916275206@xxxxxxx; zhourui@xxxxxxxxxx; > alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Salazar, Ivan <i-salazar@xxxxxx>; > liam.r.girdwood@xxxxxxxxx; Yue, Jaden <jaden-yue@xxxxxx>; yung- > chuan.liao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Rao, Dipa <dipa@xxxxxx>; yuhsuan@xxxxxxxxxx; > Lo, Henry <henry.lo@xxxxxx>; tiwai@xxxxxxx; Xu, Baojun <baojun.xu@xxxxxx>; > Baojun.Xu@xxxxxxx; judyhsiao@xxxxxxxxxx; Navada Kanyana, Mukund > <navada@xxxxxx>; cujomalainey@xxxxxxxxxx; Kutty, Aanya <aanya@xxxxxx>; > Mahmud, Nayeem <nayeem.mahmud@xxxxxx>; > savyasanchi.shukla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; flaviopr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ji, Jesse <jesse- > ji@xxxxxx>; darren.ye@xxxxxxxxxxxx; antheas.dk@xxxxxxxxx; > Jerry2.Huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jim.shil@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v1] ASoC: tas2781: mark const variables > tas2563_dvc_table as __maybe_unused > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 02: 24: 17AM +0000, Ding, Shenghao wrote: > > From: > Andy Shevchenko <andriy. shevchenko@ linux. intel. com> > > Sent: Thursday, > August 22, 2024 9: 37 PM > > To: Ding, Shenghao <shenghao-ding@ ti. com> > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This message was sent from outside of Texas > Instruments. > Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the source of this > email and know the content is safe. > <https://us-phishalarm- > ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/G3vK!uBdnVXyjfyERgskkNHnsf5Dc4Bsz5NHYOuS > CAlM-ECmPvE_-JJDdyUZvDKmnC7E4RAAbEbIHMFCFDpmf6-o$> > Report Suspicious > > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd > On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 02:24:17AM +0000, Ding, Shenghao wrote: > > > From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2024 9:37 PM > > > To: Ding, Shenghao <shenghao-ding@xxxxxx> On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at > > > 02:32:02PM +0800, Shenghao Ding wrote: > > ... > > > > > /* pow(10, db/20) * pow(2,30) */ > > > > -static const unsigned char tas2563_dvc_table[][4] = { > > > > +static const __maybe_unused unsigned char tas2563_dvc_table[][4] > > > > += { > > > > { 0X00, 0X00, 0X00, 0X00 }, /* -121.5db */ > > > > { 0X00, 0X00, 0X03, 0XBC }, /* -121.0db */ > > > > { 0X00, 0X00, 0X03, 0XF5 }, /* -120.5db */ > > > > > > As far as I can see in the latest Linux Next the above mentioned > > > table is used solely in sound/soc/codecs/tas2781-i2c.c. Why not > > > moving it to the C file instead? > > We have a big plan to implement the digital gain for tas2563 in the > > side codec driver too, so abstracted this table into a separated header file. > > So, this __maybe_unused is a temporary stub, correct? Just don't forget to > remove it when the mentioned functionality will be ready. > > Thanks for the explanation. To add __maybe_unused is not temporary, because this driver support both tas2563 and tas2781, if the hardware only contains tas2781 chips, tas2563_dvc_table is obviously useless, so marked it as __maybe_unused. > > -- > With Best Regards, > Andy Shevchenko >