[alsa-devel] [PATCH 10/10] ASoC: Add codec component for AD242x nodes

[Pierre-Louis Bossart]

> Yes, the driver currently only models the SOC-facing side, and that
> follows the 'reverse' clocking scheme:
> 
> * The master node always receives the clock on the SOC-facing side, and
> produces the clock on the bus-facing side.
> * The slave node always receives the clock on the bus-facing side, and
> produces the clock on the SOC-facing side.

I thought the SOC would always be connected to a master node since all 
bus allocation/configurations required a bit of intelligence. Does your 
driver model the case when an SOC would run an ALSA/ASoC driver handling 
data produced/consumed by a A2B slave? Who would control the A2B master 
then?

> I currently don't see a reason for modelling the bus-facing side in the
> ASoC topology at all, but of course that could be added.
> 
> But for the SOC-facing side on *slave* nodes, the currently implemented
> logic should be correct, no? Do you think it makes sense to add the
> bus-side as well?
> 
>> Likewise the master has an 'SOC-facing' interface and a bus-facing
>> interface. it *could* be master on both if ASRC was supported. The point
>> is that the bus-facing interface is not clock slave.
> 
> That's right, I need to look into the modes for the master node again.
> Maybe the check needs to be relaxed on that end.

Your questions are interesting, I am not sure I have answers.

the ASoC clock definitions are usually 'codec-centric', but when a slave 
acts as a bridge and has soc- and audio-facing interfaces, and the 
latter one connects to say an amplifier, then what is the reference 
point? Or should all segments be considered independent?