Re: [PATCH V3 1/3] arm64: dts: imx8mp: Add easrc node

[Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>]

On 9/1/23 13:02, Adam Ford wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 4:52 PM Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 8/31/23 06:44, Adam Ford wrote:
>>> The i.MX8MP has an asynchronous sample rate converter which seems
>>> to be the same as what is available on the i.MX8M Nano.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>> V3:  No Change.  The dt-binding update was already accepted into the sound tree, so that patch
>>>        was dropped from the series
>>>
>>> V2:  No Change.
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp.dtsi
>>> index 83d907294fbc..3167706d81e1 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp.dtsi
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp.dtsi
>>> @@ -1459,6 +1459,26 @@ sai7: sai@30c80000 {
>>>                                        interrupts = <GIC_SPI 111 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
>>>                                        status = "disabled";
>>>                                };
>>> +
>>> +                             easrc: easrc@30c90000 {
>>> +                                     compatible = "fsl,imx8mp-easrc", "fsl,imx8mn-easrc";
>>> +                                     reg = <0x30c90000 0x10000>;
>>> +                                     interrupts = <GIC_SPI 122 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
>>> +                                     clocks = <&audio_blk_ctrl IMX8MP_CLK_AUDIOMIX_ASRC_IPG>;
>>> +                                     clock-names = "mem";
>>> +                                     dmas = <&sdma2 16 23 0> , <&sdma2 17 23 0>,
>>> +                                            <&sdma2 18 23 0> , <&sdma2 19 23 0>,
>>> +                                            <&sdma2 20 23 0> , <&sdma2 21 23 0>,
>>> +                                            <&sdma2 22 23 0> , <&sdma2 23 23 0>;
>>> +                                     dma-names = "ctx0_rx", "ctx0_tx",
>>> +                                                 "ctx1_rx", "ctx1_tx",
>>> +                                                 "ctx2_rx", "ctx2_tx",
>>> +                                                 "ctx3_rx", "ctx3_tx";
>>> +                                     firmware-name = "imx/easrc/easrc-imx8mn.bin";
>>
>> Should the firmware name really be imx8mn or should it be imx8mp ?
> 
> The firmware blobs provided by NXP only has easrc-imx8mn.bin and would
> be concerned that having a different name might confuse people if they
> try to go look for it and they only find easrc-imx8mn.bin.  To me,
> this is no different than the SDMA driver using firmware called
> sdma-imx7d.bin

On the other hand, there is "fsl,imx8mp-easrc" compatible string -- to 
differentiate between IPs in case some difference between the IPs that 
cannot be predicted so far is found later on.

>> I think the later is better, you can always add a symlink for the
>> firmware name, and you can discern mx8mn/mp firmwares on the same rootfs
>> in case that was ever needed in the future.

Which is what this part of my comment ^ is all about.