Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] ASoC: simple-card: Support custom DAI system clock IDs

[Mark Brown]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 12:17:25AM +0100, Aidan MacDonald wrote:
> Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > We already have clock bindings, if we need to configure clocks we should
> > be using those to configure there.

> The existing clock bindings are only useful for setting rates, and
> .set_sysclk() does more than that. See my reply to Krzysztof if you
> want an explanation, check nau8821 or tas2552 codecs for an example
> of the kind of thing I'm talking about.

I thought there was stuff for muxes, but in any case if you are adding a
new binding here you could just as well add one to the clock bindings.

> I picked those codecs at random, but they are fairly representative:
> often a codec will allow the system clock to be derived from another
> I2S clock (eg. BCLK), or provided directly, or maybe generated from an
> internal PLL. In cases like that you need to configure the codec with
> .set_sysclk() to select the right input. Many card drivers need to do
> this, it's just as important as .set_fmt() or .hw_params().

There is a strong case for saying that all the clocking in CODECs might
fit into the clock API, especially given the whole DT thing.

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