Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] ASoC: dt-bindings: qcom,qaif-cpu: Add binding

From: Harendra Gautam

Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 06:12:53 EST


On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM Srinivas Kandagatla <srini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 8/26/26 10:55 AM, Harendra Gautam wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 3:13 PM Srinivas Kandagatla
> > <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> On 8/26/26 10:39 AM, Harendra Gautam wrote:
> >>>>> + * CIF (Codec Interface) VA TX DAI IDs -- capture from voice activity codec.
> >>>>> + * WRDMA channels collect audio from the VA codec and write it to memory.
> >>>>> + */
> >>>>> +#define QAIF_CDC_DMA_VA_TX0 246
> >>>>> +#define QAIF_CDC_DMA_VA_TX1 247
> >>>>> +#define QAIF_CDC_DMA_VA_TX2 248
> >>>>> +#define QAIF_CDC_DMA_VA_TX3 249
> >>>>> +#define QAIF_CDC_DMA_VA_TX4 250
> >>>>> +#define QAIF_CDC_DMA_VA_TX5 251
> >>>>> +#define QAIF_CDC_DMA_VA_TX6 252
> >>>>> +#define QAIF_CDC_DMA_VA_TX7 253
> >>>>> +#define QAIF_CDC_DMA_VA_TX8 254
> >>>>> +#define QAIF_CDC_DMA_VA_TX9 255
> >>>>> +
> >>>> These DAI IDs exceed the LPASS_MAX_PORT limit, which will cause sound
> >>>> card registration to fail.
> >>>>
> >>>> Check sound/soc/qcom/common.c, as the current indices (246-255) are
> >>>> beyond the supported LPASS port range.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best Regards,
> >>>> Rafi.
> >>> Thanks for pointing this out. We can either add the range check for
> >>> min/max QAIF DAI IDs in qcom/common.c or introduce a common helper in
> >>> qcom/common.h to validate the supported DAI IDs across Qualcomm
> >>> platforms.
> >>
> >> You should add these ids to
> >> include/dt-bindings/sound/qcom,q6dsp-lpass-ports.h instead to avoid
> >> conflicts with common code.
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> >> --srini
> > Thanks for the suggestion. qcom,q6dsp-lpass-ports.h is specific to Q6
> > DSP/AFE virtual port IDs. Since QAIF is a direct MMIO driver with no
> > Q6 DSP involvement, would adding QAIF IDs there not be misleading?
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> These are IDs that will be reused across both dsp and non-dsp solution.
> So it makes more sense to keep it in one single place to allow the
> hardware description (DT) unchanged across different software solutions.
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> > would it be better to update the range check in common.c/common.h to
> > accommodate both LPASS and QAIF DAI ID ranges instead?
> No, that does not make sense because these numbering might conflicting
> with other ports in future.
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> --srini
Thanks for the clarification. Will add QAIF DAI IDs in qcom,q6dsp-lpass-ports.h.
-Harendra
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> THat
> > -Harendra
> >>> -Harendra
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