Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mp-phyboard-pollux-peb-av-10: Fix SAI master assignment

[Primoz Fiser <primoz.fiser@norik.com>]

Hi,

On 8/27/26 10:56, Chancel Liu wrote:
>> The dailink_master label was incorrectly placed on the codec sub-node,
>> causing simple-audio-card to configure TLV320AIC3007 as the I2S bitclock
>> and frame master with SAI2 in consumer mode. This contradicts the SAI2
>> node configuration (assigned-clock-parents, assigned-clock-rates,
>> fsl,sai-mclk-direction-output) which requires provider/master mode.
> 
> Just a small question about the commit message. As far as I understand,
> these SAI2 node configurations only describe SAI2 providing MCLK to the
> codec. A topology where the SAI provides MCLK while the codec is the
> bclk/fs provider is common. So the original configuration seems
> self-consistent, not contradictory.
> 

You are right. Such configuration are possible.

However, on this board's wiring, SAI has to be bus master for BCLK/FSYNC.

Shall I reword commit message or is this explanation enough?

BR,
Primoz


> Regards,
> Chancel Liu
> 
>> Restore dailink_master to the CPU sub-node so SAI2 drives BCLK and LRCLK
>> with the codec operating as I2S slave. Also remove the spurious clocks
>> property from the codec sub-node which had no effect in this topology.
>>
>> This fixes the broken audio on PHYTEC phyBOARD-Pollux-i.MX8MP board with
>> PEB-AV-10 Audio/Video expansion board.
>>
>> Fixes: 7012f551081f ("arm64: dts: imx8mp pollux: add expansion board overlay")
>> Signed-off-by: Primoz Fiser <primoz.fiser@norik.com>
>> ---
>>  .../boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-phyboard-pollux-peb-av-10.dtsi | 5 ++---
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-phyboard-pollux-peb-av-10.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-phyboard-pollux-peb-av-10.dtsi
>> index bb740f845855..8957b24a7ad2 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-phyboard-pollux-peb-av-10.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-phyboard-pollux-peb-av-10.dtsi
>> @@ -77,13 +77,12 @@ sound {
>>  			"MIC3R", "Microphone Jack",
>>  			"Microphone Jack", "Mic Bias";
>>  
>> -		simple-audio-card,cpu {
>> +		dailink_master: simple-audio-card,cpu {
>>  			sound-dai = <&sai2>;
>>  		};
>>  
>> -		dailink_master: simple-audio-card,codec {
>> +		simple-audio-card,codec {
>>  			sound-dai = <&codec>;
>> -			clocks = <&clk IMX8MP_CLK_SAI2>;
>>  		};
>>  	};
>>  };
> 

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