Hi Lars, On 09-04-2016 16:02, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote: > On 04/08/2016 06:12 PM, Jose Abreu wrote: > [...] >>> [...] >>>> +- adi,enable-audio: If set the ADV7511 driver will register a codec interface >>>> + into ALSA SoC. >>> This is not a description of the hardware. >> Is this okay: "adi,enable-audio: Set this boolean parameter if ADV7511 >> transmitter routes audio signals" ? > I don't think we need this property. There is no problem with registering > the audio part unconditionally. As long as there is no connection we wont > create a sound card that is exposed to userspace. > This change was suggested by Laurent Pinchart and was introduced in v3. Quoting Laurent: "The idea is that enabling support for ADV7511 audio in the kernel isn't coupled with whether the system includes audio support. It would be confusing, and would also waste resources, to create a Linux sound device when no sound channel is routed on the board." Should I revert this? Best regards, Jose Miguel Abreu _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
