[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ASoC drivers for the Freescale MPC8610 SoC

[Grant Likely]

On 1/3/08, Timur Tabi <timur at freescale.com> wrote:
> Grant Likely wrote:
>
> > Make the compatible property tell you!  :-)  If it's connected to an
> > I2S codec, then it could be compatible = "fsl,mpc8610-ssi,i2s".  Or
> > for AC7, compatible = "fsl,mpc8610-ssi,ac97"
>
> That won't work.  There are too many variations.  I think a separate property
> just makes more sense.  Frankly, I don't see what's wrong with it.

Sure it will, that's exactly what I'm doing with the 5200, but I won't
argue the point.  My *opinion* is that using compatible is a more
elegant approach for this type of multifunction device, but using a
mode property is neither wrong or bad.

g.

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