Re: [alsa-devel] ASoC: Device tree binding to dummy codec

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:56:27PM -0400, jonsmirl@gmail.com wrote:

So devicetree... external-amp = phandle;

then internally I'll hook it up to the aux_dev instead of replacing my codec. And yes, codec is not completely empty it has widgets for the possible output pins.

Right, and also allow the user to specify some DAPM links to connect the amplifier to the CODEC otherwise it'll never get powered on.