From: Harendra Gautam <harendra.gautam@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Srinivas Kandagatla <srini@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>,
linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
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Prasad Kumpatla <prasad.kumpatla@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Sarath Ganapathiraju <sarath.ganapathiraju@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Kumar Anurag Singh <kumar.singh@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Mohammad Rafi Shaik <mohammad.rafi.shaik@oss.qualcomm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/9] ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF driver for Shikra audio platform
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:06:18 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260824063627.3595610-1-harendra.gautam@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
Hardware IP Overview
====================
QAIF (Qualcomm Audio Interface) is a fully configurable DMA-based audio
subsystem used to transmit and receive audio data over serial audio
interfaces (PCM, TDM, MI2S) and to provide a DMA interface for internal
codec connections. It manages two independent data paths:
Unified Audio Interface (AIF): Serialises and deserialises PCM audio
between system memory and external serial audio peripherals. Each
interface supports up to 8 independent data lanes, each configurable
as TX (speaker) or RX (mic). All lanes of an interface share a single
bit clock and frame sync. The AUD_INTFa hardware block controls the
serial protocol -- sync source (master/slave), sync mode (short/long
PCM, TDM, MI2S), sync delay and inversion, slot and sample widths,
active slot masks, lane enable/direction, mono/stereo mode and
full-cycle path support for long chip-to-chip connections.
Codec DMA Interface (CIF): Provides a parallel DMA interface to the
internal Bolero digital codec. The RDDMA path carries playback data
to Bolero and the WRDMA path carries capture data from Bolero. Each
channel has an INTF_CFG register controlling the active channel enable
mask, frame-sync selection, frame-sync delay, frame-sync output gating,
dynamic clock gating and 16-bit packing/unpacking.
DMA Engine: Read DMAs (RDDMA) fetch audio from DDR/TCM/LPM into a
shared on-chip SRAM latency buffer (SHRAM) and drain it to the
interface. Write DMAs (WRDMA) collect data from the interface into
SHRAM and write it to memory. Each DMA channel owns a private SHRAM
region. Two QSB master ports (QXM0 and QXM1) provide the memory
fabric. Burst sizes of 1/2/4/8/16 beats and up to 4 outstanding
transactions per DMA are supported.
Execution Environments (EE): Resources (DMAs, audio interfaces,
interface groups) are partitioned among up to 5 EEs via map registers.
Each EE receives an independent interrupt output. The interrupt
hierarchy has two levels: a summary register identifies the event class
(DMA period, underflow/overflow, error response, AUD_INTF
underflow/overflow, group done, rate detector, VFR), and per-resource
status registers identify the specific channel and event type.
Interface Grouping (Bonding): Multiple AIF and CIF interfaces can be
bonded into a group to start synchronously and align their DMA period
interrupts within half a frame duration using the RDDMA padding feature.
Rate Detector: Two rate detector blocks measure the frequency of
incoming frame sync or word select signals and generate interrupts on
rate change, undetected rate or sync timeout.
Block Diagram
=============
System Memory (DDR / LPM / TCM)
+---------------------------------+
| Circular Buffers (ping-pong) |
+----------+----------+-----------+
| ^
64-bit AXI 64-bit AXI
| |
+----------v----------+-----------+
| QSB Master Ports |
| +----------+ +----------+ |
| | QXM0 | | QXM1 | |
| +----+-----+ +-----+----+ |
+-------|--------------|----------+
| |
+-------v--------------v----------+
| Shared RAM (SHRAM) |
| +------------+ +------------+ |
| | QXM0 Read | | QXM0 Write | |
| | SHRAM | | SHRAM | |
| +------------+ +------------+ |
| +------------+ +------------+ |
| | QXM1 Read | | QXM1 Write | |
| | SHRAM | | SHRAM | |
| +------------+ +------------+ |
+---+--------+--------+-------+---+
| | | |
+---v--+ +--v---+ +--v---+ +-v----+
|RDDMA | |RDDMA | |WRDMA | |WRDMA |
| AIF | | CIF | | AIF | | CIF |
|[0..n]| |[0..n]| |[0..n]| |[0..n]|
+--+---+ +--+---+ +--+---+ +-+----+
| | ^ ^
| TX | TX | RX | RX
v v | |
+--+--------------------+ +----+----------+
| Unified Audio Intf | | Codec DMA |
| (AIF 0..12) | | Interface |
| | | (CIF) |
| AUD_INTFa block: | | |
| - Serializer (TX) | | RDDMA: DDR -> |
| - De-serializer (RX) | | internal |
| - Sync gen/detect | | codec |
| - Up to 8 data lanes | | WRDMA: codec |
| - PCM / TDM / MI2S | | -> DDR |
| - Near Pad Logic | | Up to 16 ch |
+--+--------------------+ +----+----------+
| Lane 0..7 (TX/RX) | Parallel bus
| Bit clk + Frame sync | + Frame sync
v v
+--+--------+ +------+------+
| External | | Internal |
| Serial | | Digital |
| Peripherals| | Codec |
| (PCM/TDM/ | | (Bolero/ |
| MI2S) | | WCD) |
+-----------+ +-------------+
Software Design
===============
The driver follows the standard ALSA SoC split:
qaif-cpu.c: CPU DAI component. Manages clocks, implements DAI ops
(startup/shutdown/hw_free/hw_params/trigger) for both AIF and CIF
paths using direct regmap_update_bits() calls with address macros from
qaif-reg.h, registers an of_xlate_dai_name callback so that sound-dai
references using non-sequential DAI IDs resolve correctly, and parses
per-interface AIF configuration from DT child nodes. AIF child nodes
use standard properties (dai-format, dai-tdm-slot-*, qcom,qaif-aif-
lane-map) without a compatible string; the protocol is identified by
dai-format and set_fmt() is called by the machine driver.
qaif-platform.c: PCM platform component. Handles DMA buffer allocation
(dma_alloc_pages()), PCM ops (open/close/hw_params/prepare/trigger/
pointer/mmap/copy), table-driven two-level IRQ dispatch with
period-elapsed notification, and component suspend/resume across power
collapse.
qaif-shikra.c: Shikra SoC-specific variant descriptor. Provides
register base addresses, DMA channel counts, SHRAM geometry, clock
names and the DAI driver array. This abstraction keeps the core driver
portable across future QAIF integrations.
qaif.h / qaif-reg.h: Shared data structures, constants and the complete
MMIO register address map consumed by both the CPU and platform drivers.
soc-core.c: This series adds snd_soc_of_xlate_dai_name() as a generic
ASoC helper that resolves a sound-dai phandle argument to a DAI name by
searching the component DAI list by ID. Both lpass-cpu.c and qaif-cpu.c
assign it directly as .of_xlate_dai_name, removing their private
implementations.
The series is split by functionality to aid review -- register map and
data structures first, then CPU DAI ops with regmap and DT parsing, the
of_xlate helper, PCM ops, IRQ handling and finally the Shikra variant
glue.
Link to v2:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260701105757.2779738-1-harendra.gautam@oss.qualcomm.com/
Link to v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260605103739.3557573-1-harendra.gautam@oss.qualcomm.com/
Changes in v3:
- series restructured: replace regmap_field abstraction with direct
regmap_update_bits(); merge CIF/AIF DAI ops and regmap/DT/init into
single CPU DAI patch; move of_xlate_dai_name to soc-core.c (was
qcom/common.c); split Shikra variant into qaif-shikra.c; add
Kconfig/Makefile and MAINTAINERS entries
- binding: rename aif-interface@N to aif@N; remove compatible from
child nodes; replace custom qcom,qaif-aif-sync-*/qcom,qaif-aif-lane-*
properties with standard dai-format and dai-tdm-slot-*; fix example
to aif@d7/reg=<215>; allow hex unit addresses; fix CIF channel count
to 10; clarify QAIF_CDC_DMA_* IDs are sound-dai references only
- qcom,qaif.h: replace QAIF_MI2S_TDM_AIF0..12 with separate
QAIF_MI2S_AIF* (200-212) and QAIF_TDM_AIF* (213-225); renumber CIF
IDs to RX (226-235), TX (236-245), VA_TX (246-255)
- qaif.h: add qaif_ prefix to is_cif_dma_port() and new is_mi2s_port(),
is_tdm_port(), is_aif_port() helpers; add QAIF_MI2S_SLOTS; add
comments on smmu_csid_bits and ee fields
- qaif-reg.h: rename CODEC_ prefix to CDC_; rename UF/OF IRQ macros;
add _REG suffix to CDC debug/status macros
- qaif-cpu.c: fix MI2S sync config per HPG; replace custom sync/lane
DT properties with set_fmt()/set_tdm_slot() DAI ops; replace
clk_prepare/clk_enable pairs with clk_prepare_enable; remove codec
DAI set_tdm_slot/set_sysclk from hw_params(); use devm unwind
- qaif-shikra.c: new file; separate MI2S and TDM DMA maps; restrict
MI2S formats to S16|S32; widen TDM AIF constraints; rename VA DAI
names to "CDC DMA VA_TX*"
- soc-core.c: move of_xlate_dai_name helper from qcom/common.c to
soc-core.c as snd_soc_of_xlate_dai_name() generic ASoC helper
- lpass-cpu.c: remove local xlate wrapper; use snd_soc_of_xlate_dai_name()
- qaif-platform.c: move dma_set_mask_and_coherent() to probe; fix IRQ
dispatch READ_ONCE() race; add synchronize_irq() via .sync_stop;
always proceed to IRQ_DISABLE in trigger(STOP) if dynclk fails
Changes in v2:
- Rename YAML file to qcom,qaif-cpu.yaml, add qcom,qaif-cpu compatible
- Merge DAI ID header into binding patch, drop _clk suffix from
clock-names, add enum constraints, remove status: true (Krzysztof)
- Fix dt_binding_check failure in binding example (Rob)
- Fix IRQ storm: client status register bitmask missing BIT(16)
- Fix race: use test_and_set_bit for DMA bitmap allocation
- Fix regmap_config: use non-const with dynamic max_register
- Use dev_err_probe() in probe path, sizeof(*var) in kzalloc (Krzysztof)
- Add kerneldoc for all EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL functions (Krzysztof)
- Use goto-based error cleanup in pcmops_open()
- Move MAINTAINERS entry to last patch (Krzysztof)
- Add shared asoc_qcom_of_xlate_dai_name() helper used by lpass-cpu
and qaif-cpu
- Fix checkpatch --strict warnings and alignment issues
Harendra Gautam (9):
ASoC: dt-bindings: qcom,qaif-cpu: Add binding
ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF shared data structures and variant interface
ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF hardware register map
ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF CPU DAI ops, regmap, DT parsing and platform init
ASoC: soc-core: Add snd_soc_of_xlate_dai_name() generic helper
ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF PCM operations
ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF IRQ handling, suspend/resume and platform
register
ASoC: qcom: Add Shikra QAIF support
MAINTAINERS: Add Qualcomm QAIF driver entry
.../bindings/sound/qcom,qaif-cpu.yaml | 307 ++++++
MAINTAINERS | 10 +
include/dt-bindings/sound/qcom,qaif.h | 97 ++
include/sound/soc.h | 3 +
sound/soc/qcom/Kconfig | 10 +
sound/soc/qcom/Makefile | 3 +
sound/soc/qcom/lpass-cpu.c | 23 +-
sound/soc/qcom/qaif-cpu.c | 877 ++++++++++++++++
sound/soc/qcom/qaif-platform.c | 935 ++++++++++++++++++
sound/soc/qcom/qaif-reg.h | 458 +++++++++
sound/soc/qcom/qaif-shikra.c | 425 ++++++++
sound/soc/qcom/qaif.h | 302 ++++++
sound/soc/soc-core.c | 33 +
13 files changed, 3461 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/qcom,qaif-cpu.yaml
create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/sound/qcom,qaif.h
create mode 100644 sound/soc/qcom/qaif-cpu.c
create mode 100644 sound/soc/qcom/qaif-platform.c
create mode 100644 sound/soc/qcom/qaif-reg.h
create mode 100644 sound/soc/qcom/qaif-shikra.c
create mode 100644 sound/soc/qcom/qaif.h
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next reply other threads:[~2026-08-24 6:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-24 6:36 Harendra Gautam [this message]
2026-08-24 6:36 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] ASoC: dt-bindings: qcom,qaif-cpu: Add binding Harendra Gautam
2026-08-24 6:46 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-24 8:39 ` Manuel Ebner
2026-08-24 9:14 ` Harendra Gautam
2026-08-25 5:59 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-08-26 8:31 ` Mohammad Rafi Shaik
2026-08-26 9:39 ` Harendra Gautam
2026-08-26 9:43 ` Srinivas Kandagatla
2026-08-26 9:55 ` Harendra Gautam
2026-08-26 10:01 ` Srinivas Kandagatla
2026-08-26 10:06 ` Harendra Gautam
2026-08-26 10:25 ` Harendra Gautam
2026-08-26 23:32 ` Mark Brown
2026-08-27 4:00 ` Harendra Gautam
2026-08-24 6:36 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF shared data structures and variant interface Harendra Gautam
2026-08-24 6:36 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF hardware register map Harendra Gautam
2026-08-24 6:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-24 6:36 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF CPU DAI ops, regmap, DT parsing and platform init Harendra Gautam
2026-08-24 6:49 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-24 6:36 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] ASoC: soc-core: Add snd_soc_of_xlate_dai_name() generic helper Harendra Gautam
2026-08-25 4:20 ` Kuninori Morimoto
2026-08-24 6:36 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF PCM operations Harendra Gautam
2026-08-24 6:53 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-24 9:25 ` Markus Elfring
2026-08-24 10:10 ` Harendra Gautam
2026-08-25 6:07 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-08-24 6:36 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] ASoC: qcom: Add QAIF IRQ handling, suspend/resume and platform register Harendra Gautam
2026-08-24 6:53 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-24 6:36 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] ASoC: qcom: Add Shikra QAIF support Harendra Gautam
2026-08-26 8:35 ` Mohammad Rafi Shaik
2026-08-26 8:58 ` Harendra Gautam
2026-08-26 10:13 ` Srinivas Kandagatla
2026-08-26 10:37 ` Harendra Gautam
2026-08-24 6:36 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] MAINTAINERS: Add Qualcomm QAIF driver entry Harendra Gautam
2026-08-24 8:22 ` Abel Vesa
2026-08-24 8:31 ` Harendra Gautam
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