void *control_data; /* codec control (i2c/3wire) data */
        unsigned int (*read)(struct snd_soc_codec *, unsigned int);
        int (*write)(struct snd_soc_codec *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
+       int (*display_register)(struct snd_soc_codec *, char *,
+                               size_t, unsigned int);
        hw_write_t hw_write;
        hw_read_t hw_read;
        void *reg_cache;
 
                step = codec->reg_cache_step;
 
        count += sprintf(buf, "%s registers\n", codec->name);
-       for (i = 0; i < codec->reg_cache_size; i += step)
-               count += sprintf(buf + count, "%2x: %4x\n", i,
-                       codec->read(codec, i));
+       for (i = 0; i < codec->reg_cache_size; i += step) {
+               count += sprintf(buf + count, "%2x: ", i);
+               if (count >= PAGE_SIZE - 1)
+                       break;
+
+               if (codec->display_register)
+                       count += codec->display_register(codec, buf + count,
+                                                        PAGE_SIZE - count, i);
+               else
+                       count += snprintf(buf + count, PAGE_SIZE - count,
+                                         "%4x", codec->read(codec, i));
+
+               if (count >= PAGE_SIZE - 1)
+                       break;
+
+               count += snprintf(buf + count, PAGE_SIZE - count, "\n");
+               if (count >= PAGE_SIZE - 1)
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       /* Truncate count; min() would cause a warning */
+       if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
+               count = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
 
        return count;
 }