Message ID | s5hy47jpfmc.wl-tiwai@suse.de (mailing list archive) |
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State | New, archived |
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On Mo, 2016-05-09 at 14:42 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > Basically, the reconfig itself may be performed without hwdep in the > recent version, e.g. triggered by the patch firmware. So, the commit > decoupled the hwdep and the reconfig parts individually. If people > needs the manual reconfig via sysfs, it still needs SND_HDA_HWDEP, > yes. But it's not mandatory for doing the reconfig via patch. > > That said, reverting the kconfig dependency doesn't sound right in > this case. Instead, we need to correct and enhance the help text in > Kconfig for avoiding the misunderstanding. > > Does the patch below clarify enough? > That's fine. It will help build custom kernels like I have to do. Thanks. -Jochen
On Mon, 09 May 2016 17:46:52 +0200, Jochen Henneberg wrote: > > On Mo, 2016-05-09 at 14:42 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > Basically, the reconfig itself may be performed without hwdep in the > > recent version, e.g. triggered by the patch firmware. So, the commit > > decoupled the hwdep and the reconfig parts individually. If people > > needs the manual reconfig via sysfs, it still needs SND_HDA_HWDEP, > > yes. But it's not mandatory for doing the reconfig via patch. > > > > That said, reverting the kconfig dependency doesn't sound right in > > this case. Instead, we need to correct and enhance the help text in > > Kconfig for avoiding the misunderstanding. > > > > Does the patch below clarify enough? > > > > That's fine. It will help build custom kernels like I have to do. OK, I'll queue the patch. thanks, Takashi
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/Kconfig b/sound/pci/hda/Kconfig index bb02c2d48fd5..7f3b5ed81995 100644 --- a/sound/pci/hda/Kconfig +++ b/sound/pci/hda/Kconfig @@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ config SND_HDA_RECONFIG bool "Allow dynamic codec reconfiguration" help Say Y here to enable the HD-audio codec re-configuration feature. - This adds the sysfs interfaces to allow user to clear the whole - codec configuration, change the codec setup, add extra verbs, - and re-configure the codec dynamically. + It allows user to clear the whole codec configuration, change the + codec setup, add extra verbs, and re-configure the codec dynamically. + + Note that this item alone doesn't provide the sysfs interface, but + enables the feature just for the patch loader below. + If you need the traditional sysfs entries for the manual interaction, + turn on CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP as well. config SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP bool "Support digital beep via input layer"