linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] ASoC: select sysclk clock from mlck clock provider in wm8994 driver

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Message-ID: <20171220155000.GD17890@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:50:00 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Olivier MOYSAN <olivier.moysan@...com>
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        Arnaud POULIQUEN <arnaud.pouliquen@...com>,
        Benjamin GAIGNARD <benjamin.gaignard@...com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] ASoC: select sysclk clock from mlck clock
 provider in wm8994 driver

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 12:42:10PM +0000, Olivier MOYSAN wrote:

> As a generic machine, simple or audio graph cards are not able to manage 
> codec clock muxing.
> If we exclude the management of muxing through codec controls,
> the remaining solution is to handle it fully through clock framework.
> The current patch only supports a limited range of muxing capabilities 
> of the codec.
> To have a full management of the muxing, I think it is necessary to add
> a device tree node for each codec interface and to define an aif clock 
> in these nodes.
> Then parent clock assignment of these aif clocks would allow to handle 
> the muxing.

Controlling clocking through a clock API binding would be good, yes.
That'd solve a bunch of other problems with use of multi-purpose clocks
for audio as well.

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