Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750926AbdCNHxX (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:53:23 -0400 Received: from bhuna.collabora.co.uk ([46.235.227.227]:45638 "EHLO bhuna.collabora.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750829AbdCNHxV (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:53:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm: dw_hdmi: Gate audio sampler clock from the enablement functions To: Jose Abreu , Russell King - ARM Linux References: <20170310093509.19044-1-romain.perier@collabora.com> <25ad96a7-d907-2bcb-3a96-15a2956e7652@baylibre.com> <20170313093630.GE21222@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> <724d599e-7285-3feb-9a18-d3fbc4000eb5@synopsys.com> <20170313131053.GI21222@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> <296108ae-1720-63f1-1eed-ed5dbe1b8bad@synopsys.com> Cc: Neil Armstrong , Archit Taneja , David Airlie , Heiko Stuebner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org From: Romain Perier Message-ID: <56e51c49-176e-3316-bd8c-f947061732bf@collabora.com> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:53:16 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <296108ae-1720-63f1-1eed-ed5dbe1b8bad@synopsys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4435 Lines: 101 Hi, Le 13/03/2017 ? 19:49, Jose Abreu a ?crit : > Hi Russell, > > > On 13-03-2017 13:10, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:55:58PM +0000, Jose Abreu wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> On 13-03-2017 09:36, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: >>>> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 10:27:08AM +0100, Neil Armstrong wrote: >>>>> On 03/10/2017 10:35 AM, Romain Perier wrote: >>>>>> Currently, the audio sampler clock is enabled from dw_hdmi_setup() at >>>>>> step E. and is kept enabled for later use. This clock should be enabled >>>>>> and disabled along with the actual audio stream and not always on (that >>>>>> is bad for PM). Futhermore, this might cause sound glitches with some >>>>>> HDMI devices, as the CTS+N is forced to zero when the stream is disabled >>>>>> while the audio clock is still running. >>>>>> >>>>>> This commit adds a parameter to hdmi_audio_enable_clk() that controls >>>>>> when the audio sample clock must be enabled or disabled. Then, it moves >>>>>> the call to this function into dw_hdmi_audio_enable() and >>>>>> dw_hdmi_audio_disable(). >>>>>> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Romain Perier >>>>>> --- >>>>>> drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/dw-hdmi.c | 15 +++++++++------ >>>>>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >>>>>> >>>>> Hi Romain, Russell, Jose, >>>>> >>>>> This is a little out of scope, but I was wondering why the CTS calculation >>>>> was not left in AUTO mode in the dw-hdmi driver ? >>>> There is no indication in the iMX6 manuals that the iMX6 supports >>>> automatic CTS calculation. Bits 7:4 of the AUD_CTS3 register are >>>> marked as "reserved". >>>> >>>> We're reliant on the information in the iMX6 manuals as we don't have >>>> access to Synopsis' databooks for these parts (I understand you have >>>> to be a customer to have access to that.) >>>> >>> (Synopsis -> Synopsys :)) >>> >>> Trying to catch up with the conversation: >>> >>> 1) In AHB audio mode the bits are always reserved. >>> 2) I think we should enable/disable clock instead of just forcing >>> N/CTS, though, I don't know what could be the implications for >>> iMX platform. I remember at the time I tested this using I2S >>> (I've never used AHB), and HDMI protocol analyzers were >>> complaining about the N/CTS being forced to zero. >> What you're recommending is to basically ignore the published workaround, >> which, presumably, was arrived at by proper analysis of the issue both >> by Freescale engineers and Synopsys engineers, and instead try some other >> solution. >> >> I'm not sure that's a good idea. Only those with knowledge of the IP can >> say what effect disabling the audio clock will have: will it still allow >> the FIFO to be loaded, as required by the errata? If not, it's not a >> solution that AHB can use. I would imagine that _if_ it was as simple as >> disabling the audio clock, that simple approach would have been documented >> in Freescale's errata documents, rather than the rather more complex >> method of zeroing the CTS/N values. > I'm just following what the user guide says: the final step of > configuration is enabling the audio clock. There is no reference > neither in datasheet neither in user guide about this behavior > but, as I said, I've never used AHB so I can't prove what is the > best solution. Could it be platform specific? And that's precisely why I am enabling it > >> I think there are two choices here: >> >> 1) get some definitive information about the IP and the errata for AHB, >> and determine whether the solution you propose would work. (That's >> out of scope for me, I've no contacts with FSL/NXP and I'm not a >> Synopsys customer.) > This is the right thing to do but if you can't test in the > Freescale platform then we have not much else to do. > > Best regards, > Jose Miguel Abreu > >> 2) the I2S audio support stops re-using the AHB audio support functions, >> switching to their own implementation that behaves correctly for them. >> (Remember, it was I2S's choice to re-use the AHB audio support functions >> I added which we're now discussing - they didn't have to do that, and >> regressing AHB audio just for I2S is not something we should ever >> consider doing.) >> The workaround looks AHB specific in any cases and does not seem to work with I2S. The I2S variant should not used the same functions, at least for enabling/disabling audio stream. Regards, Romain