[PATCH v3] soundwire: SDCA: add helper macro to access controls

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Fri Oct 30 12:56:28 CET 2020


On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 11:24:35AM +0000, Liao, Bard wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 5:37 PM
> > To: Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao at linux.intel.com>
> > Cc: alsa-devel at alsa-project.org; vkoul at kernel.org; vinod.koul at linaro.org;
> > linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org; jank at cadence.com;
> > srinivas.kandagatla at linaro.org; rander.wang at linux.intel.com;
> > ranjani.sridharan at linux.intel.com; hui.wang at canonical.com; pierre-
> > louis.bossart at linux.intel.com; Kale, Sanyog R <sanyog.r.kale at intel.com>; Lin,
> > Mengdong <mengdong.lin at intel.com>; Liao, Bard <bard.liao at intel.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] soundwire: SDCA: add helper macro to access
> > controls
> > 
> > On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 04:49:55AM +0800, Bard Liao wrote:
> > > From: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart at linux.intel.com>
> > >
> > > The upcoming SDCA (SoundWire Device Class Audio) specification defines
> > > a hierarchical encoding to interface with Class-defined capabilities.
> > >
> > > The specification is not yet accessible to the general public but this
> > > information is released with explicit permission from the MIPI Board
> > > to avoid delays with SDCA support on Linux platforms.
> > >
> > > A block of 64 MBytes of register addresses are allocated to SDCA
> > > controls, starting at address 0x40000000. The 26 LSBs which identify
> > > individual controls are set based on the following variables:
> > >
> > > - Function Number. An SCDA device can be split in up to 8 independent
> > >   Functions. Each of these Functions is described in the SDCA
> > >   specification, e.g. Smart Amplifier, Smart Microphone, Simple
> > >   Microphone, Jack codec, HID, etc.
> > >
> > > - Entity Number.  Within each Function,  an Entity is  an identifiable
> > >   block.  Up   to  127  Entities   are  connected  in   a  pre-defined
> > >   graph  (similar to  USB), with  Entity0 reserved  for Function-level
> > >   configurations.  In  contrast  to  USB, the  SDCA  spec  pre-defines
> > >   Function Types, topologies, and allowed  options, i.e. the degree of
> > >   freedom  is not  unlimited to  limit  the possibility  of errors  in
> > >   descriptors leading to software quirks.
> > >
> > > - Control Selector. Within each Entity, the SDCA specification defines
> > >   48 controls such as Mute, Gain, AGC, etc, and 16 implementation
> > >   defined ones. Some Control Selectors might be used for low-level
> > >   platform setup, and other exposed to applications and users. Note
> > >   that the same Control Selector capability, e.g. Latency control,
> > >   might be located at different offsets in different entities, the
> > >   Control Selector mapping is Entity-specific.
> > >
> > > - Control Number. Some Control Selectors allow channel-specific values
> > >   to be set, with up to 64 channels allowed. This is mostly used for
> > >   volume control.
> > >
> > > - Current/Next values. Some Control Selectors are
> > >   'Dual-Ranked'. Software may either update the Current value directly
> > >   for immediate effect. Alternatively, software may write into the
> > >   'Next' values and update the SoundWire 1.2 'Commit Groups' register
> > >   to copy 'Next' values into 'Current' ones in a synchronized
> > >   manner. This is different from bank switching which is typically
> > >   used to change the bus configuration only.
> > >
> > > - MBQ. the Multi-Byte Quantity bit is used to provide atomic updates
> > >   when accessing more that one byte, for example a 16-bit volume
> > >   control would be updated consistently, the intermediate values
> > >   mixing old MSB with new LSB are not applied.
> > >
> > > These 6 parameters are used to build a 32-bit address to access the
> > > desired Controls. Because of address range, paging is required, but
> > > the most often used parameter values are placed in the lower 16 bits
> > > of the address. This helps to keep the paging registers constant while
> > > updating Controls for a specific Device/Function.
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Rander Wang <rander.wang at linux.intel.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski
> > > <guennadi.liakhovetski at linux.intel.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Kai Vehmanen <kai.vehmanen at linux.intel.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart
> > > <pierre-louis.bossart at linux.intel.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao at linux.intel.com>
> > > ---
> > > Changelog:
> > >
> > > v2:
> > >  - add SDW_SDCA_MBQ_CTL
> > >
> > > v3:
> > >  - add SDW_SDCA_NEXT_CTL
> > >
> > > ---
> > >  include/linux/soundwire/sdw_registers.h | 32
> > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/soundwire/sdw_registers.h
> > > b/include/linux/soundwire/sdw_registers.h
> > > index f420e8059779..e14dff9a9c7f 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/soundwire/sdw_registers.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/soundwire/sdw_registers.h
> > > @@ -298,4 +298,36 @@
> > >  #define SDW_CASC_PORT_MASK_INTSTAT3		1
> > >  #define SDW_CASC_PORT_REG_OFFSET_INTSTAT3	2
> > >
> > > +/*
> > > + * v1.2 device - SDCA address mapping
> > > + *
> > > + * Spec definition
> > > + *	Bits		Contents
> > > + *	31		0 (required by addressing range)
> > > + *	30:26		0b10000 (Control Prefix)
> > > + *	25		0 (Reserved)
> > > + *	24:22		Function Number [2:0]
> > > + *	21		Entity[6]
> > > + *	20:19		Control Selector[5:4]
> > > + *	18		0 (Reserved)
> > > + *	17:15		Control Number[5:3]
> > > + *	14		Next
> > > + *	13		MBQ
> > > + *	12:7		Entity[5:0]
> > > + *	6:3		Control Selector[3:0]
> > > + *	2:0		Control Number[2:0]
> > > + */
> > > +
> > > +#define SDW_SDCA_CTL(fun, ent, ctl, ch)		(BIT(30) |
> > 		\
> > > +						 (((fun) & 0x7) << 22) |	\
> > > +						 (((ent) & 0x40) << 15) |	\
> > > +						 (((ent) & 0x3f) << 7) |	\
> > > +						 (((ctl) & 0x30) << 15) |	\
> > > +						 (((ctl) & 0x0f) << 3) |	\
> > > +						 (((ch) & 0x38) << 12) |	\
> > > +						 ((ch) & 0x07))
> > > +
> > > +#define SDW_SDCA_MBQ_CTL(reg)			((reg) | BIT(13))
> > > +#define SDW_SDCA_NEXT_CTL(reg)			((reg) | BIT(14))
> > > +
> > >  #endif /* __SDW_REGISTERS_H */
> > 
> > 
> > No users of these macros?
> 
> SDW_SDCA_CTL is used in sdca codec drivers which are not upstream yet.
> SDW_SDCA_MBQ_CTL will be used in a new regmap method.
> SDW_SDCA_NEXT_CTL can be used in sdca codec drivers, too.

Then submit the users with the macro, otherwise it makes no sense to try
to review something that we do not see being used.

We do not add apis or code to the kernel that is not used, otherwise it
is impossible to maintain over time.

thanks,

greg k-h


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