Re: [PATCHv4 9/9] ASoC: dt-bindings: fsl-asoc-card: add compatible for generic codec

[Elinor Montmasson]

From: "Mark Brown" <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, 31 May, 2024 15:14:13

> On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 08:48:04AM -0400, Elinor Montmasson wrote:
> 
>> Then maybe it's not be a good idea to make this compatible generic
>> for this contribution.
>> The original intention is to bring support for the S/PDIF,
>> so maybe the contribution should focus on this use case?
>> In that case, would changing the compatible for "fsl,imx-audio-spdif-card"
>> be acceptable?
>> "fsl,imx-audio-spdif" is already used for the `imx-spdif.c`
>> which does not use the ASRC.
> 
> Why not just use the existing compatible - why would someone not want to
> be able to use the ASRC if it's available in their system?

That's true but it will be a problem if both `fsl-asoc-card.c` and
`imx-spdif.c` drivers have the same compatible, and they don't
have the same DT properties.