Re: Nokia N900 - audio TPA6130A2 problems

[Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>]

On 07/25/2015 12:28 PM, Pali Rohár wrote:
> Hello,
>
> sometimes after rebooting Nokia N900 initializing alsa audio fails.
> Here output from dmesg log when it happen:
>
> [    6.925140] tpa6130a2 2-0060: Write failed
> [    6.929534] tpa6130a2 2-0060: Failed to initialize chip
> [    6.935272] tpa6130a2: probe of 2-0060 failed with error -121
> [    7.624237] rx51-audio n900-audio: Failed to add TPA6130A2 controls
> [    7.635101] rx51-audio n900-audio: ASoC: failed to init TLV320AIC34: -19
> [    7.645874] rx51-audio n900-audio: ASoC: failed to instantiate card -19
> [    7.665740] rx51-audio n900-audio: snd_soc_register_card failed (-19)
> [    8.063049] ALSA device list:
> [    8.070343]   No soundcards found.
>
> Any idea what to do?

Looks like the chip is not responding. Try to add a small delay after 
powerup to give the device to be fully ready, something like the following:

--- a/sound/soc/codecs/tpa6130a2.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/tpa6130a2.c
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ static int tpa6130a2_power(u8 power)
  		if (data->power_gpio >= 0)
  			gpio_set_value(data->power_gpio, 1);

+		msleep(5);
+
  		data->power_state = 1;
  		ret = tpa6130a2_initialize();
  		if (ret < 0) {