Re: [RFC PATCH v2 3/6] ASoC: dt-bindings: Extend clock bindings of rt5659

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 28/03/2022 15:19, Sameer Pujar wrote:
> 
> On 28-03-2022 13:37, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 28/03/2022 09:58, Sameer Pujar wrote:
>>> On 28-03-2022 12:36, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 28/03/2022 08:14, Sameer Pujar wrote:
>>>>> The rt5658 or rt5659 CODEC system clock (SYSCLK) can be derived from
>>>>> various clock sources. For example it can be derived either from master
>>>>> clock (MCLK) or by internal PLL. The internal PLL again can take input
>>>>> clock references from bit clocks (BCLKs) and MCLK. To enable a flexible
>>>>> clocking configuration the DT binding is extended here.
>>>>>
>>>>> It makes use of standard clock bindings and sets up the clock relation
>>>>> via DT.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Sameer Pujar <spujar@nvidia.com>
>>>>> Cc: Oder Chiou <oder_chiou@realtek.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    .../devicetree/bindings/sound/realtek,rt5659.yaml  | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++--
>>>>>    1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/realtek,rt5659.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/realtek,rt5659.yaml
>>>>> index b0485b8..0c2f3cb 100644
>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/realtek,rt5659.yaml
>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/realtek,rt5659.yaml
>>>>> @@ -29,12 +29,28 @@ properties:
>>>>>        maxItems: 1
>>>>>
>>>>>      clocks:
>>>>> -    items:
>>>>> -      - description: Master clock (MCLK) to the CODEC
>>>>> +    description: |
>>>>> +      CODEC can receive multiple clock inputs like Master
>>>>> +      clock (MCLK), I2S bit clocks (BCLK1, BCLK2, BCLK3,
>>>>> +      BCLK4). The CODEC SYSCLK can be generated from MCLK
>>>>> +      or internal PLL. In turn PLL can reference from MCLK
>>>>> +      and BCLKs.
>>>>>
>>>>>      clock-names:
>>>>> -    items:
>>>>> -      - const: mclk
>>>>> +    description: |
>>>>> +      The clock names can be combination of following:
>>>>> +        "mclk"        : Master clock
>>>>> +        "pll_ref"     : Reference to CODEC PLL clock
>>>>> +        "sysclk"      : CODEC SYSCLK
>>>>> +        "^bclk[1-4]$" : Bit clocks to CODEC
>>>> No, that does not look correct. You allow anything as clock input (even
>>>> 20 clocks, different names, any order). That's not how DT schema should
>>>> work and that's not how hardware looks like.
>>>> Usually the clock inputs are always there which also you mentioned in
>>>> description - "multiple clock inputs". All these clocks should be
>>>> expected, unless really the wires (physical wires) can be left disconnected.
>>> The CODEC can receive multiple clocks but all the input clocks need not
>>> be present or connected always. If a specific configuration is needed
>>> and platform supports such an input, then all these inputs can be added.
>>> I don't know how to define this detail in the schema. If I make all of
>>> them expected, then binding check throws errors. If I were to list all
>>> the possible combinations, the list is going to be big (not sure if this
>>> would be OK?).
>> Thanks for explanation. Please differentiate between these two:
>> 1. clock inputs connected, but unused (not needed for driver or for
>> particular use case),
>> 2. clock inputs really not connected.
>>
>> For the 1. above, such clock inputs should still be listed in the
>> bindings and DTS. For the 2. above, such clocks should actually not be
>> there.
> 
> Thank you for the suggestion.
> 
>> How to achieve this depends on number of your combinations. IOW,
>> how many clocks are physically optional.
> 
>  From CODEC point of view all these clock inputs are possible and a 
> platform may choose to connect a subset of it depending on the 
> application. The binding is expected to support all such cases. To 
> support all possibilities, the total combinations can be very big (100+).
> 
>> For some small number of
>> variations this can be:
>> oneOf:
>>   - const: mclk
>>   - items:
>>     - const: mclk
>>     - enum:
>>         - bclk1
>>         - bclk2
>>         - bclk3
>>         - bclk4
>>   - items:
>>     - const: mclk
>>     - const: pll_ref
>>     - enum:
>>         - bclk1
>>         - bclk2
>>         - bclk3
>>         - bclk4
>>
>> For a total flexibility that any clock input can be disconnected, this
>> should be a list of enums I guess (with minItems). However please find
>> the clocks always connected and include them if possible in a fixed way
>> (like this oneOf above).
> 
> May be I can list the most commonly required combinations like below and 
> extend it whenever there is a need for specific combination?

Yes, this would work. Relaxing such constraints is possible.


Best regards,
Krzysztof