11 Nov
2010
11 Nov
'10
9:18 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 02:21:07PM -0600, Jesse Marroquin wrote:
This patch adds the initial driver for the MAX98089 CODEC.
I've not read this properly yet but on a first quick scan through this bears a more than passing resemblance to the MAX98088 driver - are there sufficient incompatibilities between the chips to warrant having a separate driver? http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX98088.pdf would suggest not...
Keeping a single driver means less code to maintain, which is generally a win. Variations between the parts can be accommodated by registering different controls and so on based on the I2C device ID that the system registers.