Re: [PATCH RFC 2/3] ASoC: audio-graph-card2: support explicitly disabled links

[Kuninori Morimoto]

Hi Laurentiu

> so, the problem with this is the fact that (assuming you've used a DT overlay
> for the PLUGIN) you won't be able to use the DT overlay on other boards because
> you've also added the "Headphone0", "Codec0" route which is specific to BASE's
> Codec0. We have multiple boards so our system would look like this:
> 
> 	BASE0			  PLUGIN
> 	+-----------------+
> 	| CPU0 <-> Codec0 |     +--------+
> 	| CPU1		  | <-> | Codec1 |
> 	+-----------------+     +--------+
> 
> 
> 	BASE1			  PLUGIN
> 	+-----------------+
> 	| CPU0 <-> Codec3 |     +--------+
> 	| CPU1		  | <-> | Codec1 |
> 	+-----------------+     +--------+
> 
> 
> The plugin is the same. The only difference between BASE1 and BASE0 is the fact that CPU0
> is connected to Codec0 on BASE0, while, on BASE1, CPU0 is connected to a different codec: Codec3.

Ah, OK, that it the reason why you added the route on BASE side...

Hmm... I think my previous suggested idea (new flag) is reasonable, but you
mentioned that you want to check whether it was "disabled" or not.
So, how about to add "plugin-route" and "plugin-links" instead ?

BASE
	my_card: card {
		links = <&cpu0>;
		routing = "Headphone0", "Codec0"; /* for CPU0-Codec0 */
	};

PLUGIN
	&my_card {
		plugin-links = <&cpu1>, <&cpu2>
		plugin-routing = "Headphone1", "Codec1", /* for CPU1-Codec1 */
		^^^^^^		 "Headphone2", "Codec2"; /* for CPU2-Codec2 */
	};

Audio Card2 parses "links" + "plugin-links", and
"routing" + "plugin-routing". It is more intuitive ?

> > 	BASE			  PLUGIN
> > 	+-----------------+			^
> > 	| CPU0 <-> Codec0 |			| Card1
> > 	|		  |			v
> > 	|		  |     +--------+	^
> > 	| CPU1		  | <-> | Codec1 |	| Card2
> > 	| CPU2		  | <-> | Codec2 |	|
> > 	+-----------------+     +--------+	v
> 
> one important thing to note here is the fact that we can only
> have 1 sound card because all DAIs (CPU0, CPU1, CPU2) belong
> to the same component.

Indeed it depens on the CPU side driver style.
I have updated my driver to allow to be multi components by checking DT.

I'm not sure which one (= use plugin-xxx flag or use multi Cards) is
more intuitive, but supporting both is not bad idea ?

Thank you for your help !!

Best regards
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Kuninori Morimoto