[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ASoC: fsl-asoc-card: add wm8960 support

[Nicolin Chen]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 09:19:18PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 03:38:16PM +0800, Zidan Wang wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > ccm ----->1------------------>2<------------>3
> > > > > 	  |                   |
> > > > >     	  |                   |		
> > > > > 	  4 SAIx MCLK1        5 SAIx MCLK2
> > > > > 
> > > > > If this bit is set, the clock route is ccm->1->2->3, 2 to 5 is disconnect.
> > > > > If this bit is clear, the clock route is 3->2->5, 1 to 2 is disconnect.
> > > > Suppose 1 and 2 are clock MUXs that we can't specifically touch
> > > > via registers. And 3 is an IO PAD that can either output a clock
> > > > from CCM or input a clock from an external source outside SoC.
> > > > Both 4 and 5 are two clock sources for one single SAI, SAI2 for
> > > > example.
> > > > 
> > > > There is a bit in the GPR register to control above routes. And
> > > > my question is where should be the best place to put this bit.
> > > 
> > > If this route selection is a decision of board design, it should fit
> > > device tree quite well.  As the platform maintainer, I surely hope we
> > > can handle this in audio driver.  But if there is really no place better
> > > than platform code to handle it, I can accept it.
> > 
> > I understand your concern. This route decides the source of mclk2,
> > 
> > 955                         sai1: sai at 021d4000 {
> > 956                                 compatible = "fsl,imx6sx-sai";
> > 957                                 reg = <0x021d4000 0x4000>;
> > 958                                 interrupts = <GIC_SPI 97 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> > 959                                 clocks = <&clks IMX6SX_CLK_SAI1_IPG>,
> > 960                                          <&clks IMX6SX_CLK_SAI1>,
> > 961                                          <&clks 0>, <&clks 0>;
> > 962                                 clock-names = "bus", "mclk1", "mclk2", "mclk3";
> > 
> > So it doesn't make sense to me if putting it in the audio driver as
> > it then would be out of the clock tree.
> > 
> > I'm not familiar with the current platform code. Is that possible we
> > put it in the clock tree? Would you please give me and Zidan another
> > hint for the implementation?
> 
> The platform code we generally mean is the code in arch/arm/mach-imx,
> mostly these mach-imx*.c files.  I guess you would need to define a
> device tree property to reflect the board design on this mclk2 route,
> and parse the property in platform code and set up the GPR register
> accordingly.

I see. I noticed that the clock related files have been moved out of
that directory. But I think we may still be able to register clocks
in the clock files and call a set of clk_set_parent() in the platform
code depending on the DT property right? -- As I'd love to see this
clock route being included in the clock tree so that the mclk2 would
have a corresponding rate in order to normally take part in the bclk
and fsclk calculations.