Re: Question about simple-audio-card with dummy CODEC

From: Adam Ford
Date: Sun Aug 27 2023 - 08:17:15 EST


On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 6:54 AM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 11:15:30PM -0500, Adam Ford wrote:
>
> > I am asking what is the best way to let simple-audio-card use a dummy
> > codec? If the dummy codec is the better option, what compatible name
> > should I use?
>
> We have a driver for DMICs, dmic.c - you should use that. In general

Thank you. This looks like exactly what I need. I just didn't know
what it was called.

> you should never use the dummy CODEC, you should use a driver for the
> specific thing on the board which will at least describe the
> capabilities of the hardware even if it doesn't have any ops that do
> anything.

I thought the dummy codec was a bad idea based on my searching. I
appreciate the quick response.

adam