On 05.10.2020 14:59, Primoz Fiser wrote:
Hi Mark,
On 5. 10. 20 13:49, Mark Brown wrote:
On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 01:16:43PM +0200, Primoz Fiser wrote:
bits. But in summary, when SSI operates in AC'97 variable mode of operation, CODECs can sometimes send SLOTREQ bits for non-existent audio slots which then "stick" in SSI and completely break audio output.
If this is something that happens based on the CODEC shouldn't we be doing this by quirking based on the CODEC the system has rather than requiring people set a separate DT property?
To be totally honest, we are not 100% sure if this is only CODEC's fault or something else might be causing these issues.
For example, it could be some EMI/noise that causes SLOTREQ bits to flip spuriously. Or it could even be the buggy SSI itself (taking into account all the issues with channel slipping, slot filtering, AC'97 reg reading/writing, etc)?
We are just referencing commit 01ca485171e3 ("ASoC: fsl_ssi: only enable proper channel slots in AC'97 mode"), as we saw that UDOO board had the same problems. I added commit author to CC.
We were able to overcome those by programming SSI in AC'97 fixed mode which driver up to now completely ignored (it was using only AC'97 variable mode).
Additionally, we are using WM9712 codec and UDOO board is using VT1613, right? So these issues might not be CODEC related at all.
I remember that the AC'97 mode in SSI was riddled with bugs to a level of being barely usable.
Not only the channel slots would enable on their own, but the CODEC registers got randomly trashed from time to time (I think a register would get zeroed spontaneously).
This happened even if an external CODEC, different than the boards VT1613, was connected. So these were definitely SSI problems, not CODEC ones.
That's why probably pretty much every board other than UDOO uses SSI in the I²S mode.
Maciej