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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: loongson: mark OF related data as maybe unused
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To:     Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>,
        YingKun Meng <mengyingkun@loongson.cn>, broonie@kernel.org,
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From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
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On 26/07/2023 09:20, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-07-26 at 15:06 +0800, YingKun Meng wrote:
>> The ASoC Sound Card driver can be compile tested with !CONFIG_OF
>> making 'loongson_asoc_dt_ids' unused:
>>
>> sound/soc/loongson/loongson_card.c:200:34: warning: unused variable
>> 'loongson_asoc_dt_ids' [-Wunused-const-variable]
> 
> Hmm, why not guard the definition with #ifdef CONFIG_OF instead?
> 
> Source text is first and foremost for the human reader, not for the
> compiler, and an ifdef clearly shows the condition when the definition
> is not used.

Rather drop of_match_ptr so this can be used also on ACPI.

Best regards,
Krzysztof