[PATCH v2 1/6] ASoC: Allow device tree to specify a card's name

[Olof Johansson]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 03:13:41PM -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
> If a card's device was instantiated from device tree, and the device tree
> has a "user-visible-name" property, use that as the card's name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren at nvidia.com>
> ---
> v2: New patch implementing new functionality
> 
> Re: the binding documentation:
> * "SoC" here refers to the fact this is a binding oriented at System-on-
>   chip audio complexes, rather than having to do with "ASoC"; both names
>   were derived from the same root.
> * Do we need a compatible property for this "base class" binding at all?
>   I think it's a good idea, even though the code doesn't actually rely
>   on it.
> * Should the vendor field in the compatible property be "generic",
>   "linux", or absent? I've tried to make these bindings generic and
>   applicable to other OSs, so "linux," seems wrong.

Just drop "generic," in my opinion. Rob? Grant? Segher? 

> * Should the property "user-visible-name" have a "generic," prefix or
>   similar?

The root node uses "model" for the same purpose, to describe the machine
model with a user-visible string. Maybe just use that name here?


-Olof