Re: [PATCH 5/6] ASoC: codecs: aw88166: remove async start

[Aaron Kling]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 9:13 AM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 02:47:33AM -0500, Aaron Kling via B4 Relay wrote:
> > From: Aaron Kling <webgeek1234@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Codec drivers are not supposed to do anything like this. The result was
> > that the first second or so of playback was essentially inaudible, and
> > very short alert sounds could be missed entirely. Let's not do this.
>
> Again, are you sure this isn't a workaround for terrible hardware?

It's possible, I suppose. But this is copied from the already accepted
aw88261 series. And it has real effects on my devices. On an AYN Thor
without these changes, if I start a video, it will play for 1-2
seconds without audio, then I'll start hearing audio. With this
change, audio and video start at the same time.

Aaron