Re: [PATCH 0/4] ASoC: fsl_asrc: allow selecting arbitrary clocks

Arnaud Ferraris
2020-07-17T11:17:48Z

Hi Nic,

Le 02/07/2020 à 20:42, Nicolin Chen a écrit :
> Hi Arnaud,
>
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 04:22:31PM +0200, Arnaud Ferraris wrote:
>> The current ASRC driver hardcodes the input and output clocks used for
>> sample rate conversions. In order to allow greater flexibility and to
>> cover more use cases, it would be preferable to select the clocks using
>> device-tree properties.
>
> We recent just merged a new change that auto-selecting internal
> clocks based on sample rates as the first option -- ideal ratio
> mode is the fallback mode now. Please refer to:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?h=next-20200702&id=d0250cf4f2abfbea64ed247230f08f5ae23979f0

While working on fixing the automatic clock selection (see my v3), I
came across another potential issue, which would be better explained
with an example:
- Input has sample rate 8kHz and uses clock SSI1 with rate 512kHz
- Output has sample rate 16kHz and uses clock SSI2 with rate 1024kHz

Let's say my v3 patch is merged, then the selected input clock will be
SSI1, while the selected output clock will be SSI2. In that case, it's
all good, as the driver will calculate the dividers right.

Now, suppose a similar board has the input wired to SSI2 and output to
SSI1, meaning we're now in the following case:
- Input has sample rate 8kHz and uses clock SSI2 with rate 512kHz
- Output has sample rate 16kHz and uses clock SSI1 with rate 1024kHz
(the same result is achieved during capture with the initial example
setup, as input and output properties are then swapped)

In that case, the selected clocks will still be SSI1 for input (just
because it appears first in the clock table), and SSI2 for output,
meaning the calculated dividers will be:
- input: 512 / 16 => 32 (should be 64)
- output: 1024 / 8 => 128 (should be 64 here too)

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I can't see how the clock selection algorithm could be made smart enough
to cover cases such as this one, as it would need to be aware of the
exact relationship between the sample rate and the clock rate (my
example demonstrates a case where the "sample rate to clock rate"
multiplier is identical for both input and output, but this can't be
assumed to be always the case).

Therefore, I still believe being able to force clock selection using
optional DT properties would make sense, while still using the
auto-selection by default.

Regards,
Arnaud

>
> Having a quick review at your changes, I think the DT part may
> not be necessary as it's more likely a software configuration.
> I personally like the new auto-selecting solution more.
>
>> This series also fix register configuration and clock assignment so
>> conversion can be conducted effectively in both directions with a good
>> quality.
>
> If there's any further change that you feel you can improve on
> the top of mentioned change after rebasing, I'd like to review.
>
> Thanks
> Nic
>