[PATCH] ASoC: imx-rpmsg: Add DSD format support with dynamic DAI format switching

From: Chancel Liu

Date: Thu Mar 26 2026 - 01:57:15 EST


Add hw_params callback to dynamically switch DAI format between I2S
and PDM based on audio stream format. When DSD formats are detected,
the DAI format is switched to PDM mode.

Signed-off-by: Chancel Liu <chancel.liu@xxxxxxx>
---
sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
index 76a8e68c1b62..40e0043cfe15 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-rpmsg.c
@@ -30,6 +30,53 @@ static const struct snd_soc_dapm_widget imx_rpmsg_dapm_widgets[] = {
SND_SOC_DAPM_MIC("Main MIC", NULL),
};

+static int imx_rpmsg_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+ struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params)
+{
+ struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = snd_soc_substream_to_rtd(substream);
+ struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai = snd_soc_rtd_to_codec(rtd, 0);
+ struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = snd_soc_rtd_to_cpu(rtd, 0);
+ snd_pcm_format_t format = params_format(params);
+ struct device *dev = rtd->card->dev;
+ unsigned int fmt = rtd->dai_link->dai_fmt;
+ bool format_is_dsd = false;
+ int ret;
+
+ switch (format) {
+ case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_DSD_U8:
+ case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_DSD_U16_LE:
+ case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_DSD_U16_BE:
+ case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_DSD_U32_LE:
+ case SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_DSD_U32_BE:
+ format_is_dsd = true;
+ break;
+ default:
+ format_is_dsd = false;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (format_is_dsd)
+ fmt = (rtd->dai_link->dai_fmt & ~SND_SOC_DAIFMT_FORMAT_MASK) |
+ SND_SOC_DAIFMT_PDM;
+
+ ret = snd_soc_dai_set_fmt(cpu_dai, fmt);
+ if (ret && ret != -ENOTSUPP) {
+ dev_err(dev, "failed to set cpu dai fmt: %d\n", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ ret = snd_soc_dai_set_fmt(codec_dai, fmt);
+ if (ret && ret != -ENOTSUPP) {
+ dev_err(dev, "failed to set codec dai fmt: %d\n", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct snd_soc_ops imx_rpmsg_ops = {
+ .hw_params = imx_rpmsg_hw_params,
+};
+
static int imx_rpmsg_late_probe(struct snd_soc_card *card)
{
struct imx_rpmsg *data = snd_soc_card_get_drvdata(card);
@@ -135,6 +182,7 @@ static int imx_rpmsg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
data->dai.dai_fmt = SND_SOC_DAIFMT_I2S |
SND_SOC_DAIFMT_NB_NF |
SND_SOC_DAIFMT_CBC_CFC;
+ data->dai.ops = &imx_rpmsg_ops;

/*
* i.MX rpmsg sound cards work on codec slave mode. MCLK will be
--
2.50.1