[alsa-devel] [Device-drivers-devel] [PATCH] ASoC: ad74111: new codec driver

[Mike Frysinger]

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 09:43, Mark Brown wrote:
>  - Follow up promptly on reviews - I'm rarely seeing updates to patches
>   that involve any domain specific changes, and where there is followup
>   it's often at the next release.  This interacts badly with the
>   submission against old code issues as that means you're likely to
>   require some fairly straightforward API updates but waiting to
>   resubmit means that you'll often end up requiring further updates
>   next time around.
>
> For example, the SSM2604 driver you're submitting now was originally
> sent last August and you sent patches for ADAV801/3, ADAU1361, ADAU1381
> and ADAU1761 at the end of last year which mostly just needed fairly
> straightforward updates for old kernel issues but which haven't been
> resubmitted since.  None of these devices look like they should be hard
> to get support integrated into mainline but the above issues are making
> that harder work than it needs to be.

atm, it's basically lack of developer time.  technically, ADI codecs
are no longer my job (they were marginally so in the past).  i do any
updates that i can slap together in my off time, but as soon as you
start talking about real issues (such as exposing registers or
programming the part differently), it's beyond my experience.  most of
the TLA's you throw around i have to look up ;).

so basically yes, i agree it's currently screwed up.
-mike