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Date:   Mon, 2 Nov 2020 12:19:44 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/22] arm64: dts: allwinner: h6: Add HDMI audio node
To:     Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>
Cc:     Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
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Hi Maxime,

On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 11:21, Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 04:27:05PM +0100, Cl=C3=A9ment P=C3=A9ron wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 12:19, Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 04:27:42PM +0200, Cl=C3=A9ment P=C3=A9ron wro=
te:
> > > > On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 10:43, Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech> wro=
te:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 08:37:09PM +0200, Jernej =C5=A0krabec wro=
te:
> > > > > > Dne ponedeljek, 21. september 2020 ob 19:23:49 CEST je Cl=C3=A9=
ment P=C3=A9ron
> > > > > > napisal(a):
> > > > > > > Hi Maxime,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 at 15:59, Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tec=
h> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 12:27:18PM +0200, Cl=C3=A9ment P=C3=
=A9ron wrote:
> > > > > > > > > From: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@siol.net>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Add a simple-soundcard to link audio between HDMI and I2S=
.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@siol.net>
> > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Marcus Cooper <codekipper@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Cl=C3=A9ment P=C3=A9ron <peron.clem@gmail.=
com>
> > > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h6.dtsi | 33 ++++++=
++++++++++++++
> > > > > > > > >  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h6.dtsi=
 b/arch/arm64/
> > > > > > boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h6.dtsi
> > > > > > > > > index 28c77d6872f6..a8853ee7885a 100644
> > > > > > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h6.dtsi
> > > > > > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h6.dtsi
> > > > > > > > > @@ -67,6 +67,25 @@ de: display-engine {
> > > > > > > > >               status =3D "disabled";
> > > > > > > > >       };
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > +     hdmi_sound: hdmi-sound {
> > > > > > > > > +             compatible =3D "simple-audio-card";
> > > > > > > > > +             simple-audio-card,format =3D "i2s";
> > > > > > > > > +             simple-audio-card,name =3D "sun50i-h6-hdmi"=
;
> > > > > > > > > +             simple-audio-card,mclk-fs =3D <128>;
> > > > > > > > > +             simple-audio-card,frame-inversion;
> > > > > > > > > +             status =3D "disabled";
> > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > +             simple-audio-card,codec {
> > > > > > > > > +                     sound-dai =3D <&hdmi>;
> > > > > > > > > +             };
> > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > +             simple-audio-card,cpu {
> > > > > > > > > +                     sound-dai =3D <&i2s1>;
> > > > > > > > > +                     dai-tdm-slot-num =3D <2>;
> > > > > > > > > +                     dai-tdm-slot-width =3D <32>;
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > It looks weird to have both some TDM setup here, and yet th=
e format in
> > > > > > > > i2s?
> >
> >
> > I was looking at sound documentation regarding how I can properly
> > write the multi-lane I2S support.
> > And I think we made a wrong interpretation here.
> >
> > TDM slot-num and slot-width are not referencing the format called PCM
> > or DSP_A / DSP_B.
> > But really the physical time division representation of a format.
> >
> > For example Amlogic do the following representation for Multi-lane I2S:
> >
> > dai-link-7 {
> >     sound-dai =3D <&tdmif_b>;
> >     dai-format =3D "i2s";
> >     dai-tdm-slot-tx-mask-0 =3D <1 1>;
> >     dai-tdm-slot-tx-mask-1 =3D <1 1>;
> >     dai-tdm-slot-tx-mask-2 =3D <1 1>;
> >     dai-tdm-slot-tx-mask-3 =3D <1 1>;
> >     mclk-fs =3D <256>;
> >
> >     codec {
> >         sound-dai =3D <&tohdmitx TOHDMITX_I2S_IN_B>;
> >     };
> > };
> >
> > So i think for 2 channels HDMI using the simple sound card with TDM
> > property is not a hack but the correct way to represent it.
> >
> > Do you agree ?
> >
> > If so, can I resend the simple sound card for HDMI audio ?
>
> I mean, it's not less weird :)
>
> And like I said before we still have the option to write a card driver
> ourselves that doesn't take anything from the DT beside the phandle of
> the i2s controller and the HDMI controller.
>
> If it's a fixed configuration, I'm not sure why we bother trying to make
> it dynamic in the DT.

Ok I see what you mean here, as the link is hardcoded in the SoC it's
a better representation to hardcode it in the sound card driver than
having it dynamically represented in each board device-tree.

Sounds correct for me,
Thanks :)

>
> Maxime