Re: [PATCH 6/9] ASoC: dt-bindings: bcm2835-rpi: add onboard audio bindings

[Stefan Wahren]

Hi Nicolas,

Am 16.10.2018 um 17:02 schrieb Nicolas Saenz Julienne:
> Adds a device tree binding file for Raspberry pi's Headphones and HDMI
> audio output devices.
>
> Based on raspberry's downstream kernel implementation:
> https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/blob/rpi-4.14.y/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2708-rpi.dtsi
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../bindings/sound/brcm,bcm2835-audio.txt         | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/brcm,bcm2835-audio.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/brcm,bcm2835-audio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/brcm,bcm2835-audio.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ee6fa085aaa9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/brcm,bcm2835-audio.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> +Broadcom BCM283x audio device
> +
> +Required properties:
> +
> +- compatible: Should be "brcm,bcm2835-audio"
> +- brcm,pwm-channels: number of PWM channels, they are behind RPi's Video Core
> +		     IV, not actual Linux PWM devices.
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +audio: audio {
> +	compatible = "brcm,bcm2835-audio";
> +	brcm,pwm-channels = <8>;
> +};
> +

i apologize but it seems to me that the TODO mentioned in the cover
letter isn't update to date anymore.

Phil Elwell posted an important bugfix for vchiq before [1], but only
the driver part has been applied yet. After applying the DT changes i'm
not sure if it still works.

AFAIK the audio driver uses VCHIQ as a software interface and the
binding doesn't describe the real hardware.

Since the camera driver will be registered as a platform device [2], i
prefer this way for the audio driver, too.

I'm actually working on this here [3] (currently only compile tested).

Stefan

[1] - https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/cover/970434/
[2] - https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/904411/
[3] - https://github.com/anholt/linux/commits/bcm2835-audio