linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] ASoC: meson: add hdmitx glue support

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Message-ID: <7h7eard0uq.fsf@baylibre.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 May 2019 11:33:17 -0700
From:   Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>
To:     Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>
Cc:     Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] ASoC: meson: add hdmitx glue support

Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com> writes:

> On the Amlogic SoC, there is a glue between the SoC audio outputs and the
> input of the embedded Synopsys HDMI controller.
>
> On the g12a, this glue is mostly a couple of muxes to select the i2s and
> spdif inputs of the hdmi controller. Each of these inputs may have
> different hw_params and fmt which makes our life a little bit more
> interesting, especially when switching between to active inputs.
>
> This glue is modeled as codec driver and uses codec-to-codec links to
> connect to the Synopsys controller. This allows to use the regular
> hdmi-codec driver (used by dw-hdmi i2s).
>
> To avoid glitches while switching input, the trick is to temporarily
> force a disconnection of the mux output, which shutdowns the output dai
> link. This also ensure that the stream parameters and fmt are updated
> when the output is connected back.

Tested-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>