Re: [PATCH 2/3] ASoC: dt-bindings: xmos,xvf3500: add bindings for XMOS XVF3500

[Javier Carrasco]

On 15.01.24 15:35, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 15/01/2024 14:58, Javier Carrasco wrote:
>> On 15.01.24 14:02, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 15/01/2024 10:16, Javier Carrasco wrote:
>>>> The XMOS XVF3500 VocalFusion Voice Processor[1] is a low-latency, 32-bit
>>>> multicore controller for voice processing.
>>>>
>>>> Add new bindings to define the device properties.
>>>
>>> I don't see any bus, so how does it work? How do you get the voice data
>>> from it? I also do not see any DAI: neither here nor in the driver...
>>>
>> The voice data and any other information can be retrieved directly via
>> USB from userspace. Once in normal operation, the device acts as a
>> regular "onboard" USB device and the driver does not need to do any
>> further management.
> 
> So is this an USB device? If yes, then shouldn't be just auto-discovered
> and you add here some bindings for other device? This looks like coding
> power sequence not in USB node, but in some other, new node.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 
It is an USB device that requires two power supplies and a reset to
boot. Afterwards it is auto-discovered and functions normally as a
regular USB device. In that sense it works like the onboard USB HUBs:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/usb/misc/onboard_usb_hub.c

The onboard USB HUB driver is of course more complex because it has to
support other features, but the idea of enabling the power supplies and
toggling the reset signal is essentially the same.

Best regards,
Javier Carrasco