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+ASoC Codec Driver
+=================
+
+The codec driver is generic and hardware independent code that configures the
+codec to provide audio capture and playback. It should contain no code that is
+specific to the target platform or machine. All platform and machine specific
+code should be added to the platform and machine drivers respectively.
+
+Each codec driver *must* provide the following features:-
+
+ 1) Codec DAI and PCM configuration
+ 2) Codec control IO - using I2C, 3 Wire(SPI) or both API's
+ 3) Mixers and audio controls
+ 4) Codec audio operations
+
+Optionally, codec drivers can also provide:-
+
+ 5) DAPM description.
+ 6) DAPM event handler.
+ 7) DAC Digital mute control.
+
+It's probably best to use this guide in conjuction with the existing codec
+driver code in sound/soc/codecs/
+
+ASoC Codec driver breakdown
+===========================
+
+1 - Codec DAI and PCM configuration
+-----------------------------------
+Each codec driver must have a struct snd_soc_codec_dai to define it's DAI and
+PCM's capablities and operations. This struct is exported so that it can be
+registered with the core by your machine driver.
+
+e.g.
+
+struct snd_soc_codec_dai wm8731_dai = {
+ .name = "WM8731",
+ /* playback capabilities */
+ .playback = {
+ .stream_name = "Playback",
+ .channels_min = 1,
+ .channels_max = 2,
+ .rates = WM8731_RATES,
+ .formats = WM8731_FORMATS,},
+ /* capture capabilities */
+ .capture = {
+ .stream_name = "Capture",
+ .channels_min = 1,
+ .channels_max = 2,
+ .rates = WM8731_RATES,
+ .formats = WM8731_FORMATS,},
+ /* pcm operations - see section 4 below */
+ .ops = {
+ .prepare = wm8731_pcm_prepare,
+ .hw_params = wm8731_hw_params,
+ .shutdown = wm8731_shutdown,
+ },
+ /* DAI operations - see DAI.txt */
+ .dai_ops = {
+ .digital_mute = wm8731_mute,
+ .set_sysclk = wm8731_set_dai_sysclk,
+ .set_fmt = wm8731_set_dai_fmt,
+ }
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wm8731_dai);
+
+
+2 - Codec control IO
+--------------------
+The codec can ususally be controlled via an I2C or SPI style interface (AC97
+combines control with data in the DAI). The codec drivers will have to provide
+functions to read and write the codec registers along with supplying a register
+cache:-
+
+ /* IO control data and register cache */
+ void *control_data; /* codec control (i2c/3wire) data */
+ void *reg_cache;
+
+Codec read/write should do any data formatting and call the hardware read write
+below to perform the IO. These functions are called by the core and alsa when
+performing DAPM or changing the mixer:-
+
+ unsigned int (*read)(struct snd_soc_codec *, unsigned int);
+ int (*write)(struct snd_soc_codec *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
+
+Codec hardware IO functions - usually points to either the I2C, SPI or AC97
+read/write:-
+
+ hw_write_t hw_write;
+ hw_read_t hw_read;
+
+
+3 - Mixers and audio controls
+-----------------------------
+All the codec mixers and audio controls can be defined using the convenience
+macros defined in soc.h.
+
+ #define SOC_SINGLE(xname, reg, shift, mask, invert)
+
+Defines a single control as follows:-
+
+ xname = Control name e.g. "Playback Volume"
+ reg = codec register
+ shift = control bit(s) offset in register
+ mask = control bit size(s) e.g. mask of 7 = 3 bits
+ invert = the control is inverted
+
+Other macros include:-
+
+ #define SOC_DOUBLE(xname, reg, shift_left, shift_right, mask, invert)
+
+A stereo control
+
+ #define SOC_DOUBLE_R(xname, reg_left, reg_right, shift, mask, invert)
+
+A stereo control spanning 2 registers
+
+ #define SOC_ENUM_SINGLE(xreg, xshift, xmask, xtexts)
+
+Defines an single enumerated control as follows:-
+
+ xreg = register
+ xshift = control bit(s) offset in register
+ xmask = control bit(s) size
+ xtexts = pointer to array of strings that describe each setting
+
+ #define SOC_ENUM_DOUBLE(xreg, xshift_l, xshift_r, xmask, xtexts)
+
+Defines a stereo enumerated control
+
+
+4 - Codec Audio Operations
+--------------------------
+The codec driver also supports the following alsa operations:-
+
+/* SoC audio ops */
+struct snd_soc_ops {
+ int (*startup)(struct snd_pcm_substream *);
+ void (*shutdown)(struct snd_pcm_substream *);
+ int (*hw_params)(struct snd_pcm_substream *, struct snd_pcm_hw_params *);
+ int (*hw_free)(struct snd_pcm_substream *);
+ int (*prepare)(struct snd_pcm_substream *);
+};
+
+Please refer to the alsa driver PCM documentation for details.
+http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/writing-an-alsa-driver/c436.htm
+
+
+5 - DAPM description.
+---------------------
+The Dynamic Audio Power Management description describes the codec's power
+components, their relationships and registers to the ASoC core. Please read
+dapm.txt for details of building the description.
+
+Please also see the examples in other codec drivers.
+
+
+6 - DAPM event handler
+----------------------
+This function is a callback that handles codec domain PM calls and system
+domain PM calls (e.g. suspend and resume). It's used to put the codec to sleep
+when not in use.
+
+Power states:-
+
+ SNDRV_CTL_POWER_D0: /* full On */
+ /* vref/mid, clk and osc on, active */
+
+ SNDRV_CTL_POWER_D1: /* partial On */
+ SNDRV_CTL_POWER_D2: /* partial On */
+
+ SNDRV_CTL_POWER_D3hot: /* Off, with power */
+ /* everything off except vref/vmid, inactive */
+
+ SNDRV_CTL_POWER_D3cold: /* Everything Off, without power */
+
+
+7 - Codec DAC digital mute control.
+------------------------------------
+Most codecs have a digital mute before the DAC's that can be used to minimise
+any system noise. The mute stops any digital data from entering the DAC.
+
+A callback can be created that is called by the core for each codec DAI when the
+mute is applied or freed.
+
+i.e.
+
+static int wm8974_mute(struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
+ struct snd_soc_codec_dai *dai, int mute)
+{
+ u16 mute_reg = wm8974_read_reg_cache(codec, WM8974_DAC) & 0xffbf;
+ if(mute)
+ wm8974_write(codec, WM8974_DAC, mute_reg | 0x40);
+ else
+ wm8974_write(codec, WM8974_DAC, mute_reg);
+ return 0;
+}