Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] ASoC: dt-bindings: fsl_rpmsg: Add binding doc for rpmsg cpu dai driver

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Mar 09 2021 - 21:49:37 EST


On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 09:22:27PM +0800, Shengjiu Wang wrote:
> fsl_rpmsg cpu dai driver is driver for rpmsg audio, which is mainly used

Bindings describe h/w blocks, not drivers.

> for getting the user's configuration from device tree and configure the
> clocks which is used by Cortex-M core. So in this document define the
> needed property.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl,rpmsg.yaml | 118 ++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 118 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl,rpmsg.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl,rpmsg.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl,rpmsg.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..5731c1fbc0a6
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/fsl,rpmsg.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/sound/fsl,rpmsg.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: NXP Audio RPMSG CPU DAI Controller
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Shengjiu Wang <shengjiu.wang@xxxxxxx>
> +
> +description: |
> + fsl_rpmsg cpu dai driver is virtual driver for rpmsg audio, which doesn't
> + touch hardware. It is mainly used for getting the user's configuration
> + from device tree and configure the clocks which is used by Cortex-M core.
> + So in this document define the needed property.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + enum:
> + - fsl,imx7ulp-rpmsg
> + - fsl,imx8mn-rpmsg
> + - fsl,imx8mm-rpmsg
> + - fsl,imx8mp-rpmsg
> +
> + model:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
> + description: User specified audio sound card name
> +
> + clocks:
> + items:
> + - description: Peripheral clock for register access
> + - description: Master clock
> + - description: DMA clock for DMA register access
> + - description: Parent clock for multiple of 8kHz sample rates
> + - description: Parent clock for multiple of 11kHz sample rates
> + minItems: 5

If this doesn't touch hardware, what are these clocks for?

You don't need 'minItems' unless it's less than the number of 'items'.

> +
> + clock-names:
> + items:
> + - const: ipg
> + - const: mclk
> + - const: dma
> + - const: pll8k
> + - const: pll11k
> + minItems: 5
> +
> + power-domains:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + fsl,audioindex:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> + enum: [0, 1]
> + default: 0
> + description: Instance index for sound card in
> + M core side, which share one rpmsg
> + channel.

We don't do indexes in DT. What's this numbering tied to?

> +
> + fsl,version:

version of what?

This seems odd at best.

> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> + enum: [1, 2]

You're going to update this with every new firmware version?

> + default: 2
> + description: The version of M core image, which is
> + to make driver compatible with different image.
> +
> + fsl,buffer-size:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> + description: pre allocate dma buffer size

How can you have DMA, this doesn't touch h/w?

> +
> + fsl,enable-lpa:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> + description: enable low power audio path.
> +
> + fsl,rpmsg-out:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> + description: |
> + This is a boolean property. If present, the transmitting function
> + will be enabled.
> +
> + fsl,rpmsg-in:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> + description: |
> + This is a boolean property. If present, the receiving function
> + will be enabled.
> +
> + fsl,codec-type:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> + enum: [0, 1, 2]
> + default: 0
> + description: Sometimes the codec is registered by
> + driver not by the device tree, this items
> + can be used to distinguish codecs.

How does one decide what value to use?

> +
> + audio-codec:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
> + description: The phandle of the audio codec

The codec is controlled from the Linux side?

> +
> + memory-region:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
> + description: phandle to the reserved memory nodes
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - fsl,audioindex
> + - fsl,version
> + - fsl,buffer-size
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + rpmsg_audio: rpmsg_audio {
> + compatible = "fsl,imx8mn-rpmsg";
> + fsl,audioindex = <0> ;
> + fsl,version = <2>;
> + fsl,buffer-size = <0x6000000>;
> + fsl,enable-lpa;

How does this work? Don't you need somewhere to put the 'rpmsg' data?

> + };
> --
> 2.27.0
>