On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:25:40 +0100
Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org> wrote:
> > + request_module("snd-soc-hdmi-codec");
> > + pdev = platform_device_register_resndata(&priv->hdmi->dev,
> > + "hdmi-audio-codec",
> > + PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE,
> > + NULL, 0,
> > + &tda998x_hdmi_data,
> > + sizeof tda998x_hdmi_data);
>
> Why is this request_module() needed? If there is a good reason for it
> we should have some documentation.
The reason is simple: as the HDMI CODEC is not declared in the DT, the
associated module must be loaded in memory.
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