Re: [PATCH v6] ASoC: Add MediaTek MT6660 Speaker Amp Driver

[Takashi Iwai]

On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:48:24 +0100,
jeff_chang(åää) wrote:
> 
> Dear Takashi:
> 
> Thank for your replying.
> 
> 1.> +static int mt6660_component_get_volsw(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
> > +  struct snd_ctl_elem_value *ucontrol) {
> > +struct snd_soc_component *component =
> > +snd_soc_kcontrol_component(kcontrol);
> > +struct mt6660_chip *chip = (struct mt6660_chip *)
> > +snd_soc_component_get_drvdata(component);
> > +int ret = -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +if (!strcmp(kcontrol->id.name, "Chip Rev")) {
> > +ucontrol->value.integer.value[0] = chip->chip_rev & 0x0f;
> > +ret = 0;
> > +}
> > +return ret;
> 
> So, "T0 SEL" control gets always an error when reading?
> Then can't we pass simply NULL for get ops instead?
> 
> Jeff : T0 SEL use snd_soc_get_volsw, it will not use this function.

Then what's the reason of this hackish check?


> 2. So here both 24 and 32 bits data are handled equally, and...
> 
> ....
> > +ret = snd_soc_component_update_bits(dai->component,
> > +MT6660_REG_TDM_CFG3, 0x3f0, word_len << 4);
> 
> ... word_len is same for both S32 and S24 formats, so there can be no difference between S24 and S32 format handling in the code.
> Meanwhile, the supported formats are:
> 
> > +#define STUB_FORMATS(SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S16_LE | \
> > +SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U16_LE | \
> > +SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S24_LE | \
> > +SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U24_LE | \
> > +SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_LE | \
> > +SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_U32_LE)
> 
> Are you sure that S24_* formats really work properly?
> 
> Also, the code has no check / setup of the format signedness.
> Do unsigned formats (U16, U24, etc) really work as expected, too?
> 
> 
> Jeff :  Yes, it works.

So, for the codec, it doesn't matter at all about the signedness and
the alingment of 32bit / 24bit of the incoming signals, but magically
handled as is?  Interesting...


thanks,

Takashi