[alsa-devel] Using simple-card to replace kirkwood-t5325.c

[Andrew Lunn]

> > >static int t5325_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
> > >        	   struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params)
> > >{
> 
> > >This seems a lot less common requirements. All the Marvell SoCs need
> > >it, but not many others. So i don't think it makes sense to add it
> > >directly to simple-card, otherwise simple-card quickly becomes
> > >complex-card as everybody else wants there quirks adding.
> 
> > Maybe the drivers can be reworked to not require this anymore. The CODEC
> > driver may be able to figure this out on its own.
> 
> I don't think it can, that looks like the CODEC MCLK being supplied by
> the SoC (it's nothing to do with a requirement from the SoC really).
> Ideally this would be handled through the clock API but that's a bit
> fail at the minute for architecture neutral code.  It's a bit of a hack
> but specifying the ratio in the DT (which I thought we supported in
> simple-card already but don't seem to) would sidestep the issue.

I can go the hack route and add the ratio as a DT property. I just
thought i would ask now, rather than get a NACK later when i submit
the patch.

    Thanks
	Andrew