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Series ASoC: mchp-pdmc: fix poc noises when starting capture | expand

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Claudiu Beznea Feb. 14, 2023, 4:14 p.m. UTC
To start capture on Microchip PDMC the enable bits for each supported
microphone need to be set. After this bit is set the PDMC starts to
receive data from microphones and it considers this data as valid data.
Thus if microphones are not ready the PDMC captures anyway data from its
lines. This data is interpreted by the human ear as poc noises.

To avoid this the following software workaround need to be applied when
starting capture:
1/ enable PDMC channel
2/ wait 150ms
3/ execute 16 dummy reads from RHR
4/ clear interrupts
5/ enable interrupts
6/ enable DMA channel

For this workaround to work step 6 need to be executed at the end.
For step 6 was added patch 1/3 from this series. With this, driver sets
its struct snd_dmaengine_pcm_config::start_dma_last = 1 and proper
action is taken based on this flag when starting DAI trigger vs DMA.

The other solution that was identified for this was to extend the already
existing mechanism around struct snd_soc_dai_link::stop_dma_first. The downside
of this was that a potential struct snd_soc_dai_link::start_dma_last
would have to be populated on sound card driver thus, had to be taken
into account in all sound card drivers. At the moment, the mchp-pdmc is used
only with simple-audio-card. In case of simple-audio-card a new DT
binding would had to be introduced to specify this action on dai-link
descriptions (as of my investigation).

Please advice what might be the best approach.

Thank you,
Claudiu Beznea

Claudiu Beznea (3):
  ASoC: soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm: add option to start DMA after DAI
  ASoC: dt-bindings: sama7g5-pdmc: add microchip,startup-delay-us
    binding
  ASoC: mchp-pdmc: fix poc noise at capture startup

 .../sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml         |  6 ++
 include/sound/dmaengine_pcm.h                 |  1 +
 include/sound/soc-component.h                 |  2 +
 sound/soc/atmel/mchp-pdmc.c                   | 55 +++++++++++++++++--
 sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c         |  8 ++-
 sound/soc/soc-pcm.c                           | 27 +++++++--
 6 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Comments

Krzysztof Kozlowski Feb. 16, 2023, 10:04 a.m. UTC | #1
On 14/02/2023 17:14, Claudiu Beznea wrote:
> Add microchip,startup-delay-us binding to let PDMC users to specify
> startup delay.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@microchip.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml   | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
> index c4cf1e5ab84b..9b40268537cb 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
> @@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ properties:
>      maxItems: 4
>      uniqueItems: true
>  
> +  microchip,startup-delay-us:
> +    description: |
> +      Specifies the delay in microseconds that needs to be applied after
> +      enabling the PDMC microphones to avoid unwanted noise due to microphones
> +      not being ready.

Is this some hardware delay? Or OS? If OS, why Linux specific delay is
put into DT?

Best regards,
Krzysztof
Claudiu Beznea Feb. 16, 2023, 10:15 a.m. UTC | #2
On 16.02.2023 12:04, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
> 
> On 14/02/2023 17:14, Claudiu Beznea wrote:
>> Add microchip,startup-delay-us binding to let PDMC users to specify
>> startup delay.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@microchip.com>
>> ---
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml   | 6 ++++++
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>> index c4cf1e5ab84b..9b40268537cb 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>> @@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ properties:
>>      maxItems: 4
>>      uniqueItems: true
>>
>> +  microchip,startup-delay-us:
>> +    description: |
>> +      Specifies the delay in microseconds that needs to be applied after
>> +      enabling the PDMC microphones to avoid unwanted noise due to microphones
>> +      not being ready.
> 
> Is this some hardware delay? Or OS? If OS, why Linux specific delay is
> put into DT?

It's the delay used in software workaround that IP needs to filter noises.
The IP is not fully featured to do this kind of filtering on its own thus
this software workaround. This delay may depend on used microphones thus
for different kind of setups (PDMC + different microphones) I introduced
this in DT.

> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>
Krzysztof Kozlowski Feb. 16, 2023, 10:18 a.m. UTC | #3
On 16/02/2023 11:15, Claudiu.Beznea@microchip.com wrote:
> On 16.02.2023 12:04, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
>>
>> On 14/02/2023 17:14, Claudiu Beznea wrote:
>>> Add microchip,startup-delay-us binding to let PDMC users to specify
>>> startup delay.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@microchip.com>
>>> ---
>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml   | 6 ++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>>> index c4cf1e5ab84b..9b40268537cb 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>>> @@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ properties:
>>>      maxItems: 4
>>>      uniqueItems: true
>>>
>>> +  microchip,startup-delay-us:
>>> +    description: |
>>> +      Specifies the delay in microseconds that needs to be applied after
>>> +      enabling the PDMC microphones to avoid unwanted noise due to microphones
>>> +      not being ready.
>>
>> Is this some hardware delay? Or OS? If OS, why Linux specific delay is
>> put into DT?
> 
> It's the delay used in software workaround that IP needs to filter noises.

Then this sounds like OS? Linux related properties usually do not belong
to DT.

> The IP is not fully featured to do this kind of filtering on its own thus
> this software workaround. This delay may depend on used microphones thus
> for different kind of setups (PDMC + different microphones) I introduced
> this in DT.

I understand your driver needs delay and I am not questioning this. I am
questioning why this is suitable for DT?


Best regards,
Krzysztof
Claudiu Beznea Feb. 16, 2023, 10:41 a.m. UTC | #4
On 16.02.2023 12:18, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
> 
> On 16/02/2023 11:15, Claudiu.Beznea@microchip.com wrote:
>> On 16.02.2023 12:04, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
>>>
>>> On 14/02/2023 17:14, Claudiu Beznea wrote:
>>>> Add microchip,startup-delay-us binding to let PDMC users to specify
>>>> startup delay.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@microchip.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml   | 6 ++++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>>>> index c4cf1e5ab84b..9b40268537cb 100644
>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>>>> @@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ properties:
>>>>      maxItems: 4
>>>>      uniqueItems: true
>>>>
>>>> +  microchip,startup-delay-us:
>>>> +    description: |
>>>> +      Specifies the delay in microseconds that needs to be applied after
>>>> +      enabling the PDMC microphones to avoid unwanted noise due to microphones
>>>> +      not being ready.
>>>
>>> Is this some hardware delay? Or OS? If OS, why Linux specific delay is
>>> put into DT?
>>
>> It's the delay used in software workaround that IP needs to filter noises.
> 
> Then this sounds like OS? Linux related properties usually do not belong
> to DT.
> 
>> The IP is not fully featured to do this kind of filtering on its own thus
>> this software workaround. This delay may depend on used microphones thus
>> for different kind of setups (PDMC + different microphones) I introduced
>> this in DT.
> 
> I understand your driver needs delay and I am not questioning this. I am
> questioning why this is suitable for DT?

Because that delay may depend on the microphones that are used with PDMC.
Different boards may come with different microphones, thus the default
delay may not fit to fully filter the noise. Due to this I chose to add it
in DT.

> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>
Krzysztof Kozlowski Feb. 16, 2023, 10:43 a.m. UTC | #5
On 16/02/2023 11:41, Claudiu.Beznea@microchip.com wrote:
> On 16.02.2023 12:18, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
>>
>> On 16/02/2023 11:15, Claudiu.Beznea@microchip.com wrote:
>>> On 16.02.2023 12:04, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
>>>>
>>>> On 14/02/2023 17:14, Claudiu Beznea wrote:
>>>>> Add microchip,startup-delay-us binding to let PDMC users to specify
>>>>> startup delay.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@microchip.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml   | 6 ++++++
>>>>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>>>>> index c4cf1e5ab84b..9b40268537cb 100644
>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/microchip,sama7g5-pdmc.yaml
>>>>> @@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ properties:
>>>>>      maxItems: 4
>>>>>      uniqueItems: true
>>>>>
>>>>> +  microchip,startup-delay-us:
>>>>> +    description: |
>>>>> +      Specifies the delay in microseconds that needs to be applied after
>>>>> +      enabling the PDMC microphones to avoid unwanted noise due to microphones
>>>>> +      not being ready.
>>>>
>>>> Is this some hardware delay? Or OS? If OS, why Linux specific delay is
>>>> put into DT?
>>>
>>> It's the delay used in software workaround that IP needs to filter noises.
>>
>> Then this sounds like OS? Linux related properties usually do not belong
>> to DT.
>>
>>> The IP is not fully featured to do this kind of filtering on its own thus
>>> this software workaround. This delay may depend on used microphones thus
>>> for different kind of setups (PDMC + different microphones) I introduced
>>> this in DT.
>>
>> I understand your driver needs delay and I am not questioning this. I am
>> questioning why this is suitable for DT?
> 
> Because that delay may depend on the microphones that are used with PDMC.
> Different boards may come with different microphones, thus the default
> delay may not fit to fully filter the noise. Due to this I chose to add it
> in DT.

Ah, ok, that's good explanation. Thank you.


Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof
Mark Brown Feb. 16, 2023, 2:46 p.m. UTC | #6
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 11:18:16AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 16/02/2023 11:15, Claudiu.Beznea@microchip.com wrote:

> >>> +  microchip,startup-delay-us:
> >>> +    description: |
> >>> +      Specifies the delay in microseconds that needs to be applied after
> >>> +      enabling the PDMC microphones to avoid unwanted noise due to microphones
> >>> +      not being ready.

> >> Is this some hardware delay? Or OS? If OS, why Linux specific delay is
> >> put into DT?

> > It's the delay used in software workaround that IP needs to filter noises.

> Then this sounds like OS? Linux related properties usually do not belong
> to DT.

This is a hardware property, it's the time needed for the input
to settle.