On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 12:53:49PM +0200, Jernej Škrabec wrote:
Dne sreda, 29. april 2020 ob 12:43:06 CEST je Robin Murphy napisal(a):
On 2020-04-29 9:17 am, Maxime Ripard wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 02:24:00PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 1:11 AM Robin Murphy robin.murphy@arm.com
wrote:
On 2020-04-28 5:49 pm, Clément Péron wrote:
Hi Mark, Rob,
On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 at 18:04, Maxime Ripard maxime@cerno.tech wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 10:54:00AM +0200, Clément Péron wrote: >> Hi Maxime, >> >> On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 at 10:00, Maxime Ripard maxime@cerno.tech
wrote:
>>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 02:04:39PM +0200, Clément Péron wrote: >>>> From: Marcus Cooper codekipper@gmail.com >>>> >>>> Add a simple-soundcard to link audio between HDMI and I2S. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Jernej Skrabec jernej.skrabec@siol.net >>>> Signed-off-by: Marcus Cooper codekipper@gmail.com >>>> Signed-off-by: Clément Péron peron.clem@gmail.com >>>> --- >>>> >>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64.dtsi | 21 >>>> +++++++++++++++++++ >>>> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64.dtsi >>>> b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64.dtsi index >>>> e56e1e3d4b73..08ab6b5e72a5 100644 >>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64.dtsi >>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64.dtsi >>>> @@ -102,6 +102,25 @@ >>>> >>>> status = "disabled"; >>>> >>>> }; >>>> >>>> + hdmi_sound: hdmi-sound { >>>> + compatible = "simple-audio-card"; >>>> + simple-audio-card,format = "i2s"; >>>> + simple-audio-card,name = "allwinner,hdmi"; >>> >>> I'm not sure what the usual card name should be like though. I would >>> assume that this should be something specific enough so that you're >>> able to differentiate between boards / SoC so that the userspace >>> can choose a different configuration based on it? >> >> I really don't know what we should use here, >> I just have a look at other SoC: >> rk3328: "HDMI" >> rk3399: "hdmi-sound" >> r8a774c0-cat874: "CAT874 HDMI sound" >> >> But maybe it's time to introduce proper name: >> What about : >> pat >> sun50i-h6-hdmi > > It's pretty much what we've been using for the other sound cards we > have, so it makes sense to me.
I have a question regarding the simple-audio-card,name. In this patch, I would like to introduce a simple-audio-card for the Allwinner A64 HDMI.
What should be the preferred name for this sound card? "sun50i-a64-hdmi" ? "allwinner, sun50i-a64-hdmi" ?
I can at least speak for RK3328, and the reasoning there was that as the user looking at what `aplay -l` says, I don't give a hoot about what the SoC may be called, I see two cards and I want to know, with the least amount of uncertainty, which one will make the sound come out of the port that's labelled "HDMI" on the box ;)
I agree. The user really doesn't care what SoC the system uses. The only real requirement is to be able to tell which output the card is related to, i.e. is it onboard or an external DAC, is it analog or HDMI, etc..
Yeah, but it's exactly the point.
If we also end up with "HDMI" as our card name, then the userspace has no way to tell anymore if it's running from an rk3328 or an allwinner SoC, or something else entirely. And therefore it cannot really configure anything to work out of the box anymore.
OK, you're a userspace audio application - enlighten me as to what exact chip you're running on here, and why you need to know:
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI]
or how about here?
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel]
Furthermore, your argument works both ways - if the equivalent (or in common cases like DesignWare IP blocks, exact same) thing across 3 different SoCs has 3 different names, then it's that much harder for userspace that wants to present a consistent behaviour. I don't know exactly why LibreELEC have downstream patches that standardise all the Rockchip ones to "HDMI", but I can't help noting that they do.
With simple-audio-card we're talking about trivial interfaces that often don't expose any controls at all, so there's unlikely to be much 'configuration' for userspace to do beyond choosing which card to output to.
Only difference is slightly different version of HDMI controller and different This combination (DesignWare HDMI controller + I2S) is same as on Rockchip. I2S core.
Well, that fact only is already information that is not carried on to the userspace. Think about it this way: let's say you run Debian, you just installed it without any configuration, and you don't have any knowledge about the hardware, you're just a user. Can the OS know how to configure that output based on the card name "HDMI" alone?
HDMI is an easy one compared to the i2s + codec combinations we might have, but it already has some interesting differences between hardwares. For example, the RPi iirc needs an IEC958 format, while this one works just fine with a standard PCM format.
Maxime