Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] ASoC: audio-graph-card: Support setting component plls and sysclks

From: Kuninori Morimoto
Date: Mon Jan 11 2021 - 20:36:33 EST



Hi Richard

> Some codecs need plls and/or sysclks to be configured using the
> snd_soc_component_set_[sysclk|pll] functions. These drivers cannot
> necessarily be converted to use the clock framework. If the codec is on
> a I2C/SPI bus, a nested clk_get would be needed to enable the bus clock.
> But the clock framework does not support nested operations and this would
> deadlock.
>
> This patch adds new dt properties that list phandles of components with
> the pll/sysclk settings to be applied. Multiple settings can be given for
> the same phandle to allow for components with multiple clocks and plls.
> The plls and sysclks are enabled when the card bias level moves to STANDBY
> and disabled when it moves to OFF.
>
> The implementation does not attempt to handle specifying complex clock
> ordering interdependencies between components. The plls and sysclks are
> applied to a component as it is passed to the card set_bias_level/
> set_bias_level_post callbacks. It follows from this that the order
> components are configured is the order that they are passed to those
> callbacks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

As I mentioned in v3, adding *general* pll to common card driver is
maybe difficult.
Using your own customized audio-graph-card driver is better idea,
instead of adding code to common driver.

I think Sameer's Tegra driver (= [3/6]) is good sample for you ?

https://lore.kernel.org/r/1606413823-19885-1-git-send-email-spujar@xxxxxxxxxx

Thank you for your help !!

Best regards
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Kuninori Morimoto