On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 03:00:25PM +0100, Steffen Trumtrar wrote:

+static int imx_wm8974_dai_init(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd) +{

• struct imx_wm8974_data *data = container_of(rtd->card,

• 			struct imx_wm8974_data, card);
  

• struct device *dev = rtd->card->dev;
• int ret;
• /* the pll stability peaks at N=8 and around 90MHz.

• * This values are best reached with a 12.288MHz or
  

• * 11.289MHz clock. As the first is closer to N=8 in
  

• * more situations, chose 12.288MHz as the target clock
  

• * (ref: datasheet section "Master Clock and Phase Locked Loop")*/
  

• ret = snd_soc_dai_set_pll(rtd->codec_dai, 0, 0, data->clk_frequency,

• 12288000);
  

This seems far from ideal - it's starting the PLL at system boot and just leaving it running. This will be power inefficient when the system is not playing audio as the PLL will be consuming power but not used for anything. You could also do the same thing with the MCLK.

Note also that a 12.288MHz clock is only suitable for 8kHz based sample rates, for CD audio 44.1kHz based rates like most media files 11.2896MHz should be chosen. The driver may want to switch dynamically at runtime to support the widest possible range of rates.

• data->codec_clk = clk_get(&codec_pdev->dev, NULL);
• if (IS_ERR(data->codec_clk)) {

devm_clk_get() - this'd free the clock that's leaked on removal.