On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 06:23:27PM +0300, Daniel Baluta wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 11:22 PM Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 10:24:25PM +0300, Daniel Baluta wrote: > > > SAI supports up to 8 Rx/Tx data lines which can be enabled > > > using TCE/RCE bits of TCR3/RCR3 registers. > > > > > > Data lines to be enabled are read from DT fsl,dl-mask property. > > > By default (if no DT entry is provided) only data line 0 is enabled. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c | 11 ++++++++++- > > > sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.h | 4 +++- > > > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c > > > index 637b1d12a575..5e7cb7fd29f5 100644 > > > --- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c > > > +++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c > > > @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static int fsl_sai_startup(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, > > > > > > regmap_update_bits(sai->regmap, FSL_SAI_xCR3(tx), > > > FSL_SAI_CR3_TRCE_MASK, > > > - FSL_SAI_CR3_TRCE); > > > + FSL_SAI_CR3_TRCE(sai->soc_data->dl_mask[tx]); > > > > > > ret = snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list(substream->runtime, 0, > > > SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_RATE, &fsl_sai_rate_constraints); > > > @@ -888,6 +888,15 @@ static int fsl_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > > > } > > > } > > > > > > + /* > > > + * active data lines mask for TX/RX, defaults to 1 (only the first > > > + * data line is enabled > > > + */ > > > + sai->dl_mask[RX] = 1; > > > + sai->dl_mask[TX] = 1; > > > + of_property_read_u32_index(np, "fsl,dl-mask", RX, &sai->dl_mask[RX]); > > > + of_property_read_u32_index(np, "fsl,dl-mask", TX, &sai->dl_mask[TX]); > > > > Just curious what if we enable 8 data lines through DT bindings > > while an audio file only has 1 or 2 channels. Will TRCE bits be > > okay to stay with 8 data channels configurations? Btw, how does > > DMA work for the data registers? ESAI has one entry at a fixed > > address for all data channels while SAI seems to have different > > data registers. > > Hi Nicolin, > > I have sent v3 and removed this patch from the series because we > need to find a better solution. Ack. I was in that private mail thread. So it's totally fine. > > I think we should enable TCE based on the number of available datalines > and the number of active channels. Will come with a RFC patch later. Yea, that's exactly what I suspected during patch review and what I suggested previously too. Look forward to your patch. > Pasting here the reply of SAI Audio IP owner regarding to your question above, > just for anyone to have more info of our private discussion: > > If all 8 datalines are enabled using TCE then the transmit FIFO for > all 8 datalines need to be serviced, otherwise a FIFO underrun will be > generated. > Each dataline has a separate transmit FIFO with a separate register to > service the FIFO, so each dataline can be serviced separately. Note > that configuring FCOMB=2 would make it look like ESAI with a common > address for all FIFOs. > When performing DMA transfers to multiple datalines, there are a > couple of options: > * Use 1 DMA channel to copy first slot for each dataline to each > FIFO and then update the destination address back to the first > register. > * Configure separate DMA channel for each dataline and trigger the > first one by the DMA request and the subsequent channels by DMA > linking or scatter/gather. > * Configure FCOMB=2 and treat it the same as the ESAI. This is > almost the same as 1, but don’t need to update the destination > address. > > Thanks, > Daniel.