Re: [PATCH v3] arm64: dts: imx8mq: Add sai3 and sai6 nodes

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On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 6:58 PM Lucas Stach <l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Am Mittwoch, den 03.07.2019, 16:25 +0300 schrieb Daniel Baluta:
> > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 4:12 PM Angus Ainslie <angus@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Daniel,
> > >
> > > On 2019-07-03 07:10, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 4:01 PM Angus Ainslie <angus@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Andra,
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried this out on linux-next and I'm not able to record or play
> > > > > sound.
> > > > >
> > > > > I also added the sai2 entry to test out our devkit and get a PCM
> > > > > timeout
> > > > > with that.
> > > >
> > > > Hi Angus,
> > > >
> > > > There are still lots of SAI patches that need to be upstream. Me and
> > > > Andra
> > > > will be working on that over this summer.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2019-07-02 07:23, Andra Danciu wrote:
> > > > > > SAI3 and SAI6 nodes are used to connect to an external codec.
> > > > > > They have 1 Tx and 1 Rx dataline.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Cc: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Andra Danciu <andradanciu1997@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > Changes since v2:
> > > > > >       - removed multiple new lines
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Changes since v1:
> > > > > >       - Added sai3 node because we need it to enable audio on pico-pi-8m
> > > > > >       - Added commit description
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi | 29
> > > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > >  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi
> > > > > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi
> > > > > > index d09b808eff87..736cf81b695e 100644
> > > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi
> > > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi
> > > > > > @@ -278,6 +278,20 @@
> > > > > >                       #size-cells = <1>;
> > > > > >                       ranges = <0x30000000 0x30000000 0x400000>;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > +                     sai6: sai@30030000 {
> > > > > > +                             compatible = "fsl,imx8mq-sai",
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't find this compatible string in sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c. Aren't
> > > > > the registers at a different offset from "fsl,imx6sx-sai".
> > > >
> > > > Yes, you are right on this. We are trying to slowly push all our
> > > > internal-tree
> > > > patches to mainline. Obviously, with started with low hanging fruits,
> > > > DTS
> > > > nodes and small SAI fixes.
> > > >
> > > > Soon, we will start to send patches for SAI IP ipgrade for imx8.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > How is this supposed to work ?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > For the moment it won't work unless we will upstream all our SAI
> > > > internal patches.
> > > > But we will get there hopefully this summer.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Shouldn't a working driver be upstream before enabling it in the
> > > devicetree ?
> >
> > I see your point here and maybe your suggestion is the ideal
> > way to do things.
> >
> > Anyhow, I don't see a problem with adding the node in dts
> > because CONFIG_FSL_SAI is not set in the default config.
> >
> > We try to speedup the upstreaming process giving the fact
> > that SAI patches will go through audio maintainer's tree and
> > the DTS patches will most likely go through Shawn's tree.
>
> I've also looked at adding audio support to one of the custom boards I
> have here and was caught a bit off guard by the fact that the SAI
> driver is totally broken for i.MX8M due to missing patches, as I
> assumed the necessary bits are in place before the DT patches are
> landed. It's certainly not how things are usually done.
>
> This also means the DT description of the SAI nodes is wrong, as they
> are actually not compatible to the "fsl,imx6sx-sai". The register
> layout is moved around, so there is no point in claiming any backwards
> compat with the old SAI version.
>
> Do you have an ETA when the necessary patches for the i.MX8M SAI will
> be available for test and review?

No ETA for this. Sorry! We try to upstream it as soon as possible



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