[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v5] drm/i915: pass ELD to HDMI/DP audio driver

[Wu Fengguang]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 07:04:50PM +0800, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:14:00 +0800, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu at intel.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 08:08:37PM +0800, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > > On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 05:15:10 +0800, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu at intel.com> wrote:
> > > This patch should be split between adding the core drm functionality to
> > > build the ELD and the introduction of i915 support.
> > 
> > OK. I didn't do this because I was not sure if it's OK to just add the
> > drm_*() functions without any code to call them..
> 
> Right, we don't introduce new interfaces without users - but it is
> acceptable to say "... which will be used by i915 in a following patch" if
> you want to clarify the need for the interface. It just helps to
> compartmentalize the damage should we find something goes horribly wrong
> later.

Sounds pretty reasonable. And the logical split may help make a bit
easier to review :)

Fengguang