[PATCH v3 3/7] ASoC: codecs: aw88261: reduce log spam

From: Val Packett

Date: Fri May 29 2026 - 16:15:21 EST


This driver would create a wall of logspam during initialization due to
e.g. the PLL not being ready while waiting for it to stabilize. Change
intermediate dev_err() calls to dev_dbg() to reduce the noise.

While here, log the detected chip ID when that check fails.

Signed-off-by: Val Packett <val@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c b/sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c
index d6a6173d8af4..a20b66239d50 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/aw88261.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static int aw88261_dev_get_iis_status(struct aw_device *aw_dev)
if (ret)
return ret;
if ((reg_val & AW88261_BIT_PLL_CHECK) != AW88261_BIT_PLL_CHECK) {
- dev_err(aw_dev->dev, "check pll lock fail,reg_val:0x%04x", reg_val);
+ dev_dbg(aw_dev->dev, "check pll lock fail,reg_val:0x%04x", reg_val);
return -EINVAL;
}

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static int aw88261_dev_check_pll(struct aw_device *aw_dev)
for (i = 0; i < AW88261_DEV_SYSST_CHECK_MAX; i++) {
ret = aw88261_dev_get_iis_status(aw_dev);
if (ret) {
- dev_err(aw_dev->dev, "mode1 iis signal check error");
+ dev_dbg(aw_dev->dev, "mode1 iis signal check error");
usleep_range(AW88261_2000_US, AW88261_2000_US + 10);
} else {
return ret;
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static int aw88261_dev_check_sysst(struct aw_device *aw_dev)
check_val = reg_val & (~AW88261_BIT_SYSST_CHECK_MASK)
& AW88261_BIT_SYSST_CHECK;
if (check_val != AW88261_BIT_SYSST_CHECK) {
- dev_err(aw_dev->dev, "check sysst fail, reg_val=0x%04x, check:0x%x",
+ dev_dbg(aw_dev->dev, "check sysst fail, reg_val=0x%04x, check:0x%x",
reg_val, AW88261_BIT_SYSST_CHECK);
usleep_range(AW88261_2000_US, AW88261_2000_US + 10);
} else {
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static int aw88261_dev_start(struct aw88261 *aw88261)
int ret;

if (aw_dev->status == AW88261_DEV_PW_ON) {
- dev_info(aw_dev->dev, "already power on");
+ dev_dbg(aw_dev->dev, "already power on");
return 0;
}

@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static int aw88261_dev_start(struct aw88261 *aw88261)

ret = aw88261_dev_configure_syspll(aw88261);
if (ret) {
- dev_err(aw_dev->dev, "pll check failed cannot start");
+ dev_dbg(aw_dev->dev, "pll check failed");
goto pll_check_fail;
}

@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ static int aw88261_dev_start(struct aw88261 *aw88261)
/* check i2s status */
ret = aw88261_dev_check_sysst(aw_dev);
if (ret) {
- dev_err(aw_dev->dev, "sysst check failed");
+ dev_dbg(aw_dev->dev, "sysst check failed");
goto sysst_check_fail;
}

@@ -677,18 +677,22 @@ static void aw88261_start_pa(struct aw88261 *aw88261)
for (i = 0; i < AW88261_START_RETRIES; i++) {
ret = aw88261_reg_update(aw88261, aw88261->phase_sync);
if (ret) {
- dev_err(aw88261->aw_pa->dev, "fw update failed, cnt:%d\n", i);
+ dev_dbg(aw88261->aw_pa->dev,
+ "aw88261_reg_update failed, cnt:%d, ret:%d\n", i, ret);
continue;
}
ret = aw88261_dev_start(aw88261);
if (ret) {
- dev_err(aw88261->aw_pa->dev, "aw88261 device start failed. retry = %d", i);
+ dev_dbg(aw88261->aw_pa->dev,
+ "aw88261_dev_start failed, cnt:%d, ret:%d\n", i, ret);
continue;
} else {
- dev_info(aw88261->aw_pa->dev, "start success\n");
+ dev_dbg(aw88261->aw_pa->dev, "start success\n");
break;
}
}
+ if (ret != 0)
+ dev_err(aw88261->aw_pa->dev, "start failure (%d)\n", ret);
}

static void aw88261_startup_work(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -1431,7 +1435,7 @@ static int aw88261_init(struct aw88261 *aw88261, struct i2c_client *i2c, struct
return ret;
}
if (chip_id != AW88261_CHIP_ID) {
- dev_err(&i2c->dev, "unsupported device");
+ dev_err(&i2c->dev, "unsupported device id = %x", chip_id);
return -ENXIO;
}

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2.53.0