Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] dt-bindings: sound: qcom: add Tambora WCD9378 SDCA codec

From: Konrad Dybcio

Date: Thu Jul 23 2026 - 05:16:44 EST


On 7/23/26 1:42 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> Describe the WCD9378 SDCA peripheral node (compatible sdw20217011000)
> driven by the wcd9378-sdca codec driver for headphone playback, headset
> mic capture and jack detection via the SimpleJack SDCA function type.
>
> WCD9378 codec can be wired up in 2 different modes.
> "mobile mode" on phone/tablet SoCs is enumerated as tx and rx device,
> each of which has dedicated control and data lines.
> "compute mode" on compute platforms such as Glymur is enumerated as
> single standard MIPI SDCA class device.

Does this require a different hardware wiring, or is that just a
difference for the driver? If the latter, can we choose whichever
mode we want (i.e. use compute mode on the Fairphone or use mobile
mode on a laptop, depending on what the OS supports)?

Konrad