Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] ASoC: sun4i-i2s: Add support for loopback

From: Maxime Ripard
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 10:03:23 EST


On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 01:39:44PM +0000, Chris Obbard wrote:
> >> +- loopback: if this property is present then the dai is configured in
> >> + loopback mode where the output fifo is redirected to the input
> >> + fifo.
> >
> > This really doesn't seem like something that ought to go into the DT
> > and hence ABI given that there's obviously no reason to use this in
> > production. Just make it be a #define in the code or something.
>
> It would be nice to have this as an optional devicetree property so
> when testing JACK latency etc I don't have to manually re-compile a
> kernel...

Another one might also argue that having to recompile the DT and
reflash the whole firmware or EEPROM is overkill for just testing JACK
latency.

Can't we create a module parameter for it?

Maxime

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