Re: [PATCH 2/2] ASoC: cs35l56: Read firmware uuid from a device property instead of _SUB

From: Mark Brown
Date: Wed Aug 16 2023 - 13:04:19 EST


On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 05:49:06PM +0100, Richard Fitzgerald wrote:
> From: Maciej Strozek <mstrozek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Use a device property "cirrus,firmware-uid" to get the unique firmware
> identifier instead of using ACPI _SUB.
>
> There will not usually be a _SUB in Soundwire nodes. The ACPI can use a
> _DSD section for custom properties.
>
> There is also a need to support instantiating this driver using software
> nodes. This is for systems where the CS35L56 is a back-end device and the
> ACPI refers only to the front-end audio device - there will not be any ACPI
> references to CS35L56.

Are there any existing systems (or might there be given that the driver
is in released kernels already) which rely on _SUB?

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