On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 09:17:28AM +0100, Jean-Francois Moine wrote: > The 2nd syntax is simpler and clearer, but the properties of the CPU > DAI and of the CODEC DAI are the same in the container (format, clock > and PCM slots). Is this a problem? Yes, things like clocks might be different. We need a way to specify DAI specific properties. > BTW, there is a 'dai_fmt' in the DAI link, but this format is not used > in the simple-card. Why? Could you be more specific please? If you mean the dai_fmt feature of the generic dai_link struct then because of the confusion about what the DAI formats mean which you'll have seen on the list.