[PATCH v4 3/6] ASoC: audio-graph-card: Support setting component plls and sysclks

[Richard Fitzgerald]

On 12/01/2021 01:35, Kuninori Morimoto wrote:
> 
> Hi Richard
> 
>> Some codecs need plls and/or sysclks to be configured using the
>> snd_soc_component_set_[sysclk|pll] functions. These drivers cannot
>> necessarily be converted to use the clock framework. If the codec is on
>> a I2C/SPI bus, a nested clk_get would be needed to enable the bus clock.
>> But the clock framework does not support nested operations and this would
>> deadlock.
>>
>> This patch adds new dt properties that list phandles of components with
>> the pll/sysclk settings to be applied. Multiple settings can be given for
>> the same phandle to allow for components with multiple clocks and plls.
>> The plls and sysclks are enabled when the card bias level moves to STANDBY
>> and disabled when it moves to OFF.
>>
>> The implementation does not attempt to handle specifying complex clock
>> ordering interdependencies between components. The plls and sysclks are
>> applied to a component as it is passed to the card set_bias_level/
>> set_bias_level_post callbacks. It follows from this that the order
>> components are configured is the order that they are passed to those
>> callbacks.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Fitzgerald <rf at opensource.cirrus.com>
>> ---
> 
> As I mentioned in v3, adding *general* pll to common card driver is
> maybe difficult.

You did say that. But you did not say why.
Can you be more specific about what problem you see with adding it
to the generic driver?

> Using your own customized audio-graph-card driver is better idea,
> instead of adding code to common driver.

I just don't want to duplicate code without good reason.

> 
> I think Sameer's Tegra driver (= [3/6]) is good sample for you ?
> 
> 	https://lore.kernel.org/r/1606413823-19885-1-git-send-email-spujar@nvidia.com
> 
> Thank you for your help !!
> 
> Best regards
> ---
> Kuninori Morimoto
>