Two audio codecs on an i.MX6Q

christian_s — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:55:34 GMT

Hello community,

we are currently trying to bring up a custom i.MX6Q board with two TI TLV320AIC3106 codecs based on Linux 3.10.17.

Both codecs are I2S slaves and attached via SSI1<->AUDMUX3 and SSI2<->AUDMUX4.

I have written a machine driver and audio playback works on each of the codecs - but only when one of the two is enabled in the DT.

If I enable both codecs still only one works:

aplay -D "plughw:0,0" /some.wav
Playing WAVE '/some.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Mono
ALSA sound/core/pcm_lib.c:1944 playback write error (DMA or IRQ trouble?)
aplay: pcm_write:1603: write error: Input/output error

The reason for this is that I do not have any activity on any of the I2S lines of the first codec when both codecs are enabled, and I don't understand why.

Here is (the relevant part of) my DT:

/ {
        sound1 {
                compatible = "fsl,imx-audio-tlv320aic3x";
                model = "CODEC1";
                ssi-controller = <&ssi1>;
                audio-codec = <&codec1>;
                audio-routing =
                        "Microphone 1",      "LINE1L",
                        "Microphone 1",      "LINE1R",
                        "Microphone 2",      "LINE2L",
                        "Microphone 2",      "LINE2R",
                        "Piezo Loudspeaker", "LLOUT";
                mux-int-port = <1>;
                mux-ext-port = <3>;
        };
        sound2 {
                compatible = "fsl,imx-audio-tlv320aic3x";
                model = "CODEC2";
                ssi-controller = <&ssi2>;
                audio-codec = <&codec2>;
                audio-routing =
                        "Microphone 1", "LINE1L",
                        "Microphone 1", "LINE1R",
                        "Microphone 2", "LINE2L",
                        "Microphone 2", "LINE2R",
                        "Loudspeaker", "LLOUT",
                        "Loudspeaker", "RLOUT";
                mux-int-port = <2>;
                mux-ext-port = <4>;
        };
};
&audmux {
        pinctrl-names = "default";
        pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_audmux_4>;
        status = "okay";
};
&i2c1 {
        clock-frequency = <100000>;
        pinctrl-names = "default";
        pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_i2c1_2>;
        status = "okay";
        codec1: tlv320aic3x@01b {
                compatible = "ti,tlv320aic3x";
                reg = <0x01b>;
                gpio-reset = <&gpio5 18 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
        status = "okay";
        clocks = <&clks 201>;
        clock-names = "cko";
        clock-frequency = <25000000>;

        AVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        IOVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        DRVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        DVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        HPVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        SPRVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        SPLVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        };
        codec2: tlv320aic3x@018 {
                compatible = "ti,tlv320aic3x";
                reg = <0x018>;
                gpio-reset = <&gpio5 18 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
        status = "okay";
        clocks = <&clks 201>;
        clock-names = "cko";
        clock-frequency = <25000000>;

        AVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        IOVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        DRVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        DVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        HPVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        SPRVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        SPLVDD-supply = <&reg_audio>;
        };
};
&iomuxc {
        pinctrl-names = "default";
        pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_audmux_4>;
    audmux {
        pinctrl_audmux_4: audmux-4 {
            fsl,pins = <
                                MX6QDL_PAD_SD2_DAT0__AUD4_RXD 0x130b0
                                MX6QDL_PAD_SD2_DAT3__AUD4_TXC 0x130b0
                                MX6QDL_PAD_SD2_DAT2__AUD4_TXD 0x110b0
                                MX6QDL_PAD_SD2_DAT1__AUD4_TXFS 0x130b0
                                MX6QDL_PAD_CSI0_DAT7__AUD3_RXD 0x130b0
                                MX6QDL_PAD_CSI0_DAT4__AUD3_TXC 0x130b0
                                MX6QDL_PAD_CSI0_DAT5__AUD3_TXD 0x110b0
                                MX6QDL_PAD_CSI0_DAT6__AUD3_TXFS 0x130b0
            >;
        };
    };
};
&ssi1 {
        fsl,mode = "i2s-master";
        status = "okay";
};
&ssi2 {
        fsl,mode = "i2s-master";
        status = "okay";
};

As said: If i disable sound1, sound2 will work and vice versa. Both active, only sound2 will work.

Does anybody have an idea what I might be missing?

Thanks in advance!

Chris

Re: Two audio codecs on an i.MX6Q

sinanakman — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:28:29 GMT

Hi Chris

Can you run a i2cdetect -l to see if both devices get

listed ?

Regards

Sinan Akman

Re: Two audio codecs on an i.MX6Q

christian_s — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:00:04 GMT

Yes, I can detect, read from/write to both devices.

Also I just noticed, that the same thing happens when I activate my S/PDIF interface. Only when both TI codecs are disabled, I can work with S/PDIF.

I think I'm blocking something somewhere as soon as I have activated one audio device.

Re: Two audio codecs on an i.MX6Q

christian_s — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 08:45:16 GMT

Sorry. Please ignore my S/PDIF comment. S/PDIF does work fine. Only the audio codecs are blocking each other

Re: Two audio codecs on an i.MX6Q

christian_s — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:21:41 GMT

I was able to solve it.

It was a two part problem:

a) The machine driver I used as template for my own didn't handle being loaded multiple times very well. I rewrote it, which resolved the blocking issue.

However after that, I still couldn't play back audio from both codecs. As soon as I started interacting with the second codec, playback from the first one would stop. This was caused by

b) By hardware design both codecs on our board share the same reset GPIO. The codec driver performed a hardware reset on every playback/capture start event resetting the other codec

Re: Two audio codecs on an i.MX6Q

nguyenanhduc — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 04:24:03 GMT

Dear Chris,

Currently I am trying to develop a similar system with 2 audios connected to the i.mx6 through 2 SSI (AUD3, AUD5) which must comply with ALSA architecture. I have used wandboard and some extra hardware for my tests.

If possible, could you please help me to tackle the problem, i would appreciate it much.

With best regards,

Re: Two audio codecs on an i.MX6Q

divyeshmarne0 — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:08:13 GMT

Hi chrish,

did u solve this issue?

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