Hey!

Thanks for Your input!

I've created that patch because our validation is actually checking if values in SDnFMT are matching their expectations, and they've found  it indicates 32 bits in 32 container while playing 24 bits in 32 container. This could be fixed without touching checks of maxbps:

switch (snd_pcm_format_width(format)) { case 8: val |= AC_FMT_BITS_8; break; case 16: val |= AC_FMT_BITS_16; break; case 20: val |= AC_FMT_BITS_20; break; case 24: if (maxbps >= 24) val |= AC_FMT_BITS_24; else val |= AC_FMT_BITS_20; break; case 32: if (maxbps >= 32 || format == SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_FLOAT_LE) val |= AC_FMT_BITS_32; else if (maxbps >= 24) val |= AC_FMT_BITS_24; else val |= AC_FMT_BITS_20; break; default: return 0; }

I've simplified that because maxbps seems redundant here - thansk for catching Kai! Although reason of  usage maxbps is still not clear (at least for me).

On 8/25/2020 10:25 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote:

On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:16:26 +0200, Kai Vehmanen wrote:

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Hey,

On Mon, 24 Aug 2020, Pawel Harlozinski wrote:

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Set SDnFMT depending on which format was given, as maxbps only describes container size.

hmm, I'm not entirely sure that is correct. Usage may be a bit varied, but most places in existing code, "maxbps" is treated as number of significant bits, not the container size. E.g. in hdac_hda.c:

» if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK) » » maxbps = dai->driver->playback.sig_bits; » else » » maxbps = dai->driver->capture.sig_bits;

It would seem "maxbps" is a bit superfluous given the same information can be relayed in "format" as well. But currently it's still used. E.g. if you look at snd_hdac_query_supported_pcm(), if codec reports 24bit support, format is always set to SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_LE even if only 24bit are valid.

So, for me looks like place where we can align with actual format, right ?

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So snd_pcm_format_width() will not return the expected significant bits info, but you have to use "maxbps". So original code seems correct (or at least you'd need to update both places).

Hm, we need to check the call pattern, then. The maxbps passed to this function was supposed to be the value obtained from snd_hdac_query_supported_pcm(), i.e. the codec capability.

Here I'm also not sure if we should just "cut" format  in snd_hdac_calc_stream_format (eg. 32 to 24) if codec does not support 32?

But, basically this patch wouldn't change any practical behavior. In the current code, snd_pcm_format_width() can be never 20 or 24, because the 24 and 24bit supports are also with SNDRV_PCM_FMT_S32_LE. That is, the cases 20 and 24 there are superfluous from the beginning (although the checks of maxbps are still needed

Instead, what we could improve is:

• Set up the proper msbits hw_constraint to reflect the maxbps value
• Choose the right AC_FMT_BITS_* depending on the hw_params msbitsWe may change the query function not to return a single maxbps value

but rather storing the raw PCM parameter value (AC_SUPPCM_*), and pass it at re-encoding the format value, too, if we want to make

thanks,

Takashi