Re: [PATCH 0/3] ASoC: cs35l41/cs35l45/cs4265: sort the reg_defaults tables

On 05/08/2026 12:00, Richard Fitzgerald wrote:
>> Wow. Would it make sense to have a regmap helper to double-check the
>> addresses are indeed in-order in those reg_default tables?
>> I am not sure how this requirement can be enforced by just inspection, a
>> warning would help detect this sort of issues on more platforms.
>>
> It does seem probable that anything that relies on people just
> remembering to keep a large table sorted is prone to breaking,
> especially if the addresses are provided by named constant instead of
> a list of hardcoded numbers.

We have seen these 'soundwire_intel.link.0: Msg ignored for Slave 6'
type off messages in random cases, but with a series which check the
regcache_sync return value some codec's resume started to fail.
"*: Propagate regcache_sync() errors"

So, yes, register values generated by magic macros are hard to keep in
order, I completely agree.

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