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2Audio Stream in SoundWire
3=========================
4
5An audio stream is a logical or virtual connection created between
6
7  (1) System memory buffer(s) and Codec(s)
8
9  (2) DSP memory buffer(s) and Codec(s)
10
11  (3) FIFO(s) and Codec(s)
12
13  (4) Codec(s) and Codec(s)
14
15which is typically driven by a DMA(s) channel through the data link. An
16audio stream contains one or more channels of data. All channels within
17stream must have same sample rate and same sample size.
18
19Assume a stream with two channels (Left & Right) is opened using SoundWire
20interface. Below are some ways a stream can be represented in SoundWire.
21
22Stream Sample in memory (System memory, DSP memory or FIFOs) ::
23
24	-------------------------
25	| L | R | L | R | L | R |
26	-------------------------
27
28Example 1: Stereo Stream with L and R channels is rendered from Master to
29Slave. Both Master and Slave is using single port. ::
30
31	+---------------+                    Clock Signal  +---------------+
32	|    Master     +----------------------------------+     Slave     |
33	|   Interface   |                                  |   Interface   |
34	|               |                                  |       1       |
35	|               |                     Data Signal  |               |
36	|    L  +  R    +----------------------------------+    L  +  R    |
37	|     (Data)    |     Data Direction               |     (Data)    |
38	+---------------+  +----------------------->       +---------------+
39
40
41Example 2: Stereo Stream with L and R channels is captured from Slave to
42Master. Both Master and Slave is using single port. ::
43
44
45	+---------------+                    Clock Signal  +---------------+
46	|    Master     +----------------------------------+     Slave     |
47	|   Interface   |                                  |   Interface   |
48	|               |                                  |       1       |
49	|               |                     Data Signal  |               |
50	|    L  +  R    +----------------------------------+    L  +  R    |
51	|     (Data)    |     Data Direction               |     (Data)    |
52	+---------------+  <-----------------------+       +---------------+
53
54
55Example 3: Stereo Stream with L and R channels is rendered by Master. Each
56of the L and R channel is received by two different Slaves. Master and both
57Slaves are using single port. ::
58
59	+---------------+                    Clock Signal  +---------------+
60	|    Master     +---------+------------------------+     Slave     |
61	|   Interface   |         |                        |   Interface   |
62	|               |         |                        |       1       |
63	|               |         |           Data Signal  |               |
64	|    L  +  R    +---+------------------------------+       L       |
65	|     (Data)    |   |     |    Data Direction      |     (Data)    |
66	+---------------+   |     |   +------------->      +---------------+
67	                    |     |
68	                    |     |
69	                    |     |                        +---------------+
70	                    |     +----------------------> |     Slave     |
71	                    |                              |   Interface   |
72	                    |                              |       2       |
73	                    |                              |               |
74	                    +----------------------------> |       R       |
75	                                                   |     (Data)    |
76	                                                   +---------------+
77
78Example 4: Stereo Stream with L and R channels is rendered by
79Master. Both of the L and R channels are received by two different
80Slaves. Master and both Slaves are using single port handling
81L+R. Each Slave device processes the L + R data locally, typically
82based on static configuration or dynamic orientation, and may drive
83one or more speakers. ::
84
85	+---------------+                    Clock Signal  +---------------+
86	|    Master     +---------+------------------------+     Slave     |
87	|   Interface   |         |                        |   Interface   |
88	|               |         |                        |       1       |
89	|               |         |           Data Signal  |               |
90	|    L  +  R    +---+------------------------------+     L + R     |
91	|     (Data)    |   |     |    Data Direction      |     (Data)    |
92	+---------------+   |     |   +------------->      +---------------+
93	                    |     |
94	                    |     |
95	                    |     |                        +---------------+
96	                    |     +----------------------> |     Slave     |
97	                    |                              |   Interface   |
98	                    |                              |       2       |
99	                    |                              |               |
100	                    +----------------------------> |     L + R     |
101	                                                   |     (Data)    |
102	                                                   +---------------+
103
104Example 5: Stereo Stream with L and R channel is rendered by two different
105Ports of the Master and is received by only single Port of the Slave
106interface. ::
107
108	+--------------------+
109	|                    |
110	|     +--------------+                             +----------------+
111	|     |             ||                             |                |
112	|     |  Data Port  ||  L Channel                  |                |
113	|     |      1      |------------+                 |                |
114	|     |  L Channel  ||           |                 +-----+----+     |
115	|     |   (Data)    ||           |   L + R Channel ||    Data |     |
116	| Master  +----------+           | +---+---------> ||    Port |     |
117	| Interface          |           |                 ||     1   |     |
118	|     +--------------+           |                 ||         |     |
119	|     |             ||           |                 +----------+     |
120	|     |  Data Port  |------------+                 |                |
121	|     |      2      ||  R Channel                  |     Slave      |
122	|     |  R Channel  ||                             |   Interface    |
123	|     |   (Data)    ||                             |       1        |
124	|     +--------------+         Clock Signal        |     L  +  R    |
125	|                    +---------------------------> |      (Data)    |
126	+--------------------+                             |                |
127							   +----------------+
128
129Example 6: Stereo Stream with L and R channel is rendered by 2 Masters, each
130rendering one channel, and is received by two different Slaves, each
131receiving one channel. Both Masters and both Slaves are using single port. ::
132
133	+---------------+                    Clock Signal  +---------------+
134	|    Master     +----------------------------------+     Slave     |
135	|   Interface   |                                  |   Interface   |
136	|       1       |                                  |       1       |
137	|               |                     Data Signal  |               |
138	|       L       +----------------------------------+       L       |
139	|     (Data)    |     Data Direction               |     (Data)    |
140	+---------------+  +----------------------->       +---------------+
141
142	+---------------+                    Clock Signal  +---------------+
143	|    Master     +----------------------------------+     Slave     |
144	|   Interface   |                                  |   Interface   |
145	|       2       |                                  |       2       |
146	|               |                     Data Signal  |               |
147	|       R       +----------------------------------+       R       |
148	|     (Data)    |     Data Direction               |     (Data)    |
149	+---------------+  +----------------------->       +---------------+
150
151Example 7: Stereo Stream with L and R channel is rendered by 2
152Masters, each rendering both channels. Each Slave receives L + R. This
153is the same application as Example 4 but with Slaves placed on
154separate links. ::
155
156	+---------------+                    Clock Signal  +---------------+
157	|    Master     +----------------------------------+     Slave     |
158	|   Interface   |                                  |   Interface   |
159	|       1       |                                  |       1       |
160	|               |                     Data Signal  |               |
161	|     L + R     +----------------------------------+     L + R     |
162	|     (Data)    |     Data Direction               |     (Data)    |
163	+---------------+  +----------------------->       +---------------+
164
165	+---------------+                    Clock Signal  +---------------+
166	|    Master     +----------------------------------+     Slave     |
167	|   Interface   |                                  |   Interface   |
168	|       2       |                                  |       2       |
169	|               |                     Data Signal  |               |
170	|     L + R     +----------------------------------+     L + R     |
171	|     (Data)    |     Data Direction               |     (Data)    |
172	+---------------+  +----------------------->       +---------------+
173
174Example 8: 4-channel Stream is rendered by 2 Masters, each rendering a
1752 channels. Each Slave receives 2 channels. ::
176
177	+---------------+                    Clock Signal  +---------------+
178	|    Master     +----------------------------------+     Slave     |
179	|   Interface   |                                  |   Interface   |
180	|       1       |                                  |       1       |
181	|               |                     Data Signal  |               |
182	|    L1 + R1    +----------------------------------+    L1 + R1    |
183	|     (Data)    |     Data Direction               |     (Data)    |
184	+---------------+  +----------------------->       +---------------+
185
186	+---------------+                    Clock Signal  +---------------+
187	|    Master     +----------------------------------+     Slave     |
188	|   Interface   |                                  |   Interface   |
189	|       2       |                                  |       2       |
190	|               |                     Data Signal  |               |
191	|     L2 + R2   +----------------------------------+    L2 + R2    |
192	|     (Data)    |     Data Direction               |     (Data)    |
193	+---------------+  +----------------------->       +---------------+
194
195Note1: In multi-link cases like above, to lock, one would acquire a global
196lock and then go on locking bus instances. But, in this case the caller
197framework(ASoC DPCM) guarantees that stream operations on a card are
198always serialized. So, there is no race condition and hence no need for
199global lock.
200
201Note2: A Slave device may be configured to receive all channels
202transmitted on a link for a given Stream (Example 4) or just a subset
203of the data (Example 3). The configuration of the Slave device is not
204handled by a SoundWire subsystem API, but instead by the
205snd_soc_dai_set_tdm_slot() API. The platform or machine driver will
206typically configure which of the slots are used. For Example 4, the
207same slots would be used by all Devices, while for Example 3 the Slave
208Device1 would use e.g. Slot 0 and Slave device2 slot 1.
209
210Note3: Multiple Sink ports can extract the same information for the
211same bitSlots in the SoundWire frame, however multiple Source ports
212shall be configured with different bitSlot configurations. This is the
213same limitation as with I2S/PCM TDM usages.
214
215SoundWire Stream Management flow
216================================
217
218Stream definitions
219------------------
220
221  (1) Current stream: This is classified as the stream on which operation has
222      to be performed like prepare, enable, disable, de-prepare etc.
223
224  (2) Active stream: This is classified as the stream which is already active
225      on Bus other than current stream. There can be multiple active streams
226      on the Bus.
227
228SoundWire Bus manages stream operations for each stream getting
229rendered/captured on the SoundWire Bus. This section explains Bus operations
230done for each of the stream allocated/released on Bus. Following are the
231stream states maintained by the Bus for each of the audio stream.
232
233
234SoundWire stream states
235-----------------------
236
237Below shows the SoundWire stream states and state transition diagram. ::
238
239	+-----------+     +------------+     +----------+     +----------+
240	| ALLOCATED +---->| CONFIGURED +---->| PREPARED +---->| ENABLED  |
241	|   STATE   |     |    STATE   |     |  STATE   |     |  STATE   |
242	+-----------+     +------------+     +---+--+---+     +----+-----+
243	                                         ^  ^              ^
244				                 |  |              |
245				               __|  |___________   |
246				              |                 |  |
247	                                      v                 |  v
248	         +----------+           +-----+------+        +-+--+-----+
249	         | RELEASED |<----------+ DEPREPARED |<-------+ DISABLED |
250	         |  STATE   |           |   STATE    |        |  STATE   |
251	         +----------+           +------------+        +----------+
252
253NOTE: State transitions between ``SDW_STREAM_ENABLED`` and
254``SDW_STREAM_DISABLED`` are only relevant when then INFO_PAUSE flag is
255supported at the ALSA/ASoC level. Likewise the transition between
256``SDW_DISABLED_STATE`` and ``SDW_PREPARED_STATE`` depends on the
257INFO_RESUME flag.
258
259NOTE2: The framework implements basic state transition checks, but
260does not e.g. check if a transition from DISABLED to ENABLED is valid
261on a specific platform. Such tests need to be added at the ALSA/ASoC
262level.
263
264Stream State Operations
265-----------------------
266
267Below section explains the operations done by the Bus on Master(s) and
268Slave(s) as part of stream state transitions.
269
270SDW_STREAM_ALLOCATED
271~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
272
273Allocation state for stream. This is the entry state
274of the stream. Operations performed before entering in this state:
275
276  (1) A stream runtime is allocated for the stream. This stream
277      runtime is used as a reference for all the operations performed
278      on the stream.
279
280  (2) The resources required for holding stream runtime information are
281      allocated and initialized. This holds all stream related information
282      such as stream type (PCM/PDM) and parameters, Master and Slave
283      interface associated with the stream, stream state etc.
284
285After all above operations are successful, stream state is set to
286``SDW_STREAM_ALLOCATED``.
287
288Bus implements below API for allocate a stream which needs to be called once
289per stream. From ASoC DPCM framework, this stream state maybe linked to
290.startup() operation.
291
292.. code-block:: c
293
294  int sdw_alloc_stream(char * stream_name);
295
296The SoundWire core provides a sdw_startup_stream() helper function,
297typically called during a dailink .startup() callback, which performs
298stream allocation and sets the stream pointer for all DAIs
299connected to a stream.
300
301SDW_STREAM_CONFIGURED
302~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
303
304Configuration state of stream. Operations performed before entering in
305this state:
306
307  (1) The resources allocated for stream information in SDW_STREAM_ALLOCATED
308      state are updated here. This includes stream parameters, Master(s)
309      and Slave(s) runtime information associated with current stream.
310
311  (2) All the Master(s) and Slave(s) associated with current stream provide
312      the port information to Bus which includes port numbers allocated by
313      Master(s) and Slave(s) for current stream and their channel mask.
314
315After all above operations are successful, stream state is set to
316``SDW_STREAM_CONFIGURED``.
317
318Bus implements below APIs for CONFIG state which needs to be called by
319the respective Master(s) and Slave(s) associated with stream. These APIs can
320only be invoked once by respective Master(s) and Slave(s). From ASoC DPCM
321framework, this stream state is linked to .hw_params() operation.
322
323.. code-block:: c
324
325  int sdw_stream_add_master(struct sdw_bus * bus,
326		struct sdw_stream_config * stream_config,
327		const struct sdw_ports_config * ports_config,
328		struct sdw_stream_runtime * stream);
329
330  int sdw_stream_add_slave(struct sdw_slave * slave,
331		struct sdw_stream_config * stream_config,
332		const struct sdw_ports_config * ports_config,
333		struct sdw_stream_runtime * stream);
334
335
336SDW_STREAM_PREPARED
337~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
338
339Prepare state of stream. Operations performed before entering in this state:
340
341  (0) Steps 1 and 2 are omitted in the case of a resume operation,
342      where the bus bandwidth is known.
343
344  (1) Bus parameters such as bandwidth, frame shape, clock frequency,
345      are computed based on current stream as well as already active
346      stream(s) on Bus. Re-computation is required to accommodate current
347      stream on the Bus.
348
349  (2) Transport and port parameters of all Master(s) and Slave(s) port(s) are
350      computed for the current as well as already active stream based on frame
351      shape and clock frequency computed in step 1.
352
353  (3) Computed Bus and transport parameters are programmed in Master(s) and
354      Slave(s) registers. The banked registers programming is done on the
355      alternate bank (bank currently unused). Port(s) are enabled for the
356      already active stream(s) on the alternate bank (bank currently unused).
357      This is done in order to not disrupt already active stream(s).
358
359  (4) Once all the values are programmed, Bus initiates switch to alternate
360      bank where all new values programmed gets into effect.
361
362  (5) Ports of Master(s) and Slave(s) for current stream are prepared by
363      programming PrepareCtrl register.
364
365After all above operations are successful, stream state is set to
366``SDW_STREAM_PREPARED``.
367
368Bus implements below API for PREPARE state which needs to be called
369once per stream. From ASoC DPCM framework, this stream state is linked
370to .prepare() operation. Since the .trigger() operations may not
371follow the .prepare(), a direct transition from
372``SDW_STREAM_PREPARED`` to ``SDW_STREAM_DEPREPARED`` is allowed.
373
374.. code-block:: c
375
376  int sdw_prepare_stream(struct sdw_stream_runtime * stream);
377
378
379SDW_STREAM_ENABLED
380~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
381
382Enable state of stream. The data port(s) are enabled upon entering this state.
383Operations performed before entering in this state:
384
385  (1) All the values computed in SDW_STREAM_PREPARED state are programmed
386      in alternate bank (bank currently unused). It includes programming of
387      already active stream(s) as well.
388
389  (2) All the Master(s) and Slave(s) port(s) for the current stream are
390      enabled on alternate bank (bank currently unused) by programming
391      ChannelEn register.
392
393  (3) Once all the values are programmed, Bus initiates switch to alternate
394      bank where all new values programmed gets into effect and port(s)
395      associated with current stream are enabled.
396
397After all above operations are successful, stream state is set to
398``SDW_STREAM_ENABLED``.
399
400Bus implements below API for ENABLE state which needs to be called once per
401stream. From ASoC DPCM framework, this stream state is linked to
402.trigger() start operation.
403
404.. code-block:: c
405
406  int sdw_enable_stream(struct sdw_stream_runtime * stream);
407
408SDW_STREAM_DISABLED
409~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
410
411Disable state of stream. The data port(s) are disabled upon exiting this state.
412Operations performed before entering in this state:
413
414  (1) All the Master(s) and Slave(s) port(s) for the current stream are
415      disabled on alternate bank (bank currently unused) by programming
416      ChannelEn register.
417
418  (2) All the current configuration of Bus and active stream(s) are programmed
419      into alternate bank (bank currently unused).
420
421  (3) Once all the values are programmed, Bus initiates switch to alternate
422      bank where all new values programmed gets into effect and port(s) associated
423      with current stream are disabled.
424
425After all above operations are successful, stream state is set to
426``SDW_STREAM_DISABLED``.
427
428Bus implements below API for DISABLED state which needs to be called once
429per stream. From ASoC DPCM framework, this stream state is linked to
430.trigger() stop operation.
431
432When the INFO_PAUSE flag is supported, a direct transition to
433``SDW_STREAM_ENABLED`` is allowed.
434
435For resume operations where ASoC will use the .prepare() callback, the
436stream can transition from ``SDW_STREAM_DISABLED`` to
437``SDW_STREAM_PREPARED``, with all required settings restored but
438without updating the bandwidth and bit allocation.
439
440.. code-block:: c
441
442  int sdw_disable_stream(struct sdw_stream_runtime * stream);
443
444
445SDW_STREAM_DEPREPARED
446~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
447
448De-prepare state of stream. Operations performed before entering in this
449state:
450
451  (1) All the port(s) of Master(s) and Slave(s) for current stream are
452      de-prepared by programming PrepareCtrl register.
453
454  (2) The payload bandwidth of current stream is reduced from the total
455      bandwidth requirement of bus and new parameters calculated and
456      applied by performing bank switch etc.
457
458After all above operations are successful, stream state is set to
459``SDW_STREAM_DEPREPARED``.
460
461Bus implements below API for DEPREPARED state which needs to be called
462once per stream. ALSA/ASoC do not have a concept of 'deprepare', and
463the mapping from this stream state to ALSA/ASoC operation may be
464implementation specific.
465
466When the INFO_PAUSE flag is supported, the stream state is linked to
467the .hw_free() operation - the stream is not deprepared on a
468TRIGGER_STOP.
469
470Other implementations may transition to the ``SDW_STREAM_DEPREPARED``
471state on TRIGGER_STOP, should they require a transition through the
472``SDW_STREAM_PREPARED`` state.
473
474.. code-block:: c
475
476  int sdw_deprepare_stream(struct sdw_stream_runtime * stream);
477
478
479SDW_STREAM_RELEASED
480~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
481
482Release state of stream. Operations performed before entering in this state:
483
484  (1) Release port resources for all Master(s) and Slave(s) port(s)
485      associated with current stream.
486
487  (2) Release Master(s) and Slave(s) runtime resources associated with
488      current stream.
489
490  (3) Release stream runtime resources associated with current stream.
491
492After all above operations are successful, stream state is set to
493``SDW_STREAM_RELEASED``.
494
495Bus implements below APIs for RELEASE state which needs to be called by
496all the Master(s) and Slave(s) associated with stream. From ASoC DPCM
497framework, this stream state is linked to .hw_free() operation.
498
499.. code-block:: c
500
501  int sdw_stream_remove_master(struct sdw_bus * bus,
502		struct sdw_stream_runtime * stream);
503  int sdw_stream_remove_slave(struct sdw_slave * slave,
504		struct sdw_stream_runtime * stream);
505
506
507The .shutdown() ASoC DPCM operation calls below Bus API to release
508stream assigned as part of ALLOCATED state.
509
510In .shutdown() the data structure maintaining stream state are freed up.
511
512.. code-block:: c
513
514  void sdw_release_stream(struct sdw_stream_runtime * stream);
515
516The SoundWire core provides a sdw_shutdown_stream() helper function,
517typically called during a dailink .shutdown() callback, which clears
518the stream pointer for all DAIS connected to a stream and releases the
519memory allocated for the stream.
520
521Not Supported
522=============
523
5241. A single port with multiple channels supported cannot be used between two
525   streams or across stream. For example a port with 4 channels cannot be used
526   to handle 2 independent stereo streams even though it's possible in theory
527   in SoundWire.
528