[alsa-devel] Applied "ASoC: soc-core: add .num_platform for dai_link" to the asoc tree

[Kuninori Morimoto]

Hi Mark

> >    I think "platform" settings is not mandatory in this case.
> >    So we can allow "no platform" in modern style.
> >    But what do you think ?
> 
> Yes, I think that's fine especially when you start looking at things
> like CODEC<->CODEC links.

Yeah, indeed.
I will investigate it

> > 2) On legacy style, if sound card dirver doesn't indicate specific "platform",
> >    then, "snd-soc-dummy" platform will be selected automatically.
> >    It is implemented on snd_soc_init_platform() today.
> >    In modern style, we can force to indicate necessary platform,
> >    or, not allow implicit snd-soc-dummy platform selection.
> >    But what do you think ?
> 
> IIRC the goal with dummy was twofold.  One was to avoid having to list
> dummy in things like DT bindings where we don't want platform specifics
> (but I'm sure we could arrange something there).  The other was to
> ensure that we always have something there so we don't need to test for
> platform operations being there outside of init which again we could
> deal with I think.

Thanks.
Current implementation is that all CPU/Codec/Platform are
listed component, and it is selected via dai_link settings, I think.
So, maybe above concerns are no longer needed.
But, I want to investigate more.

Best regards
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Kuninori Morimoto