Re: [PATCH 0/3] clk: rockchip: rk3588: add I2S MCLK output gate clocks

[Ricardo Pardini]

On 16/03/2026 10:06, Daniele Briguglio wrote:
> On RK3588, the four I2S master clock (MCLK) outputs to external IO
> pins are gated by bits in SYS_GRF SOC_CON6 (offset 0x0318). These
> are set-to-disable gates with hiword mask semantics.
>
> The TRM documents the reset value of these bits as 0 (gate open),
> but in practice the Rockchip firmware (BL31) may set them during
> early boot, preventing the MCLK signal from reaching external audio
> codecs. The kernel should manage these gates explicitly so that
> audio functionality does not depend on bootloader register state.

Hi Daniele,

This series fixes ES8388 audio on a board (Mekotronics R58X-Pro) which 
I've not "yet" sent to the list due to lack of time but also because 
analog audio was not working.

Without these patches, the i2s0_8ch_mclkout_to_io gate remains closed
(enable_count=0 in the clk_summary), and the codec receives no master
clock. DAPM reports all widgets as powered on and playback streams run
without errors, but the hardware produces no sound — a rather
frustrating failure mode to debug.

With the series applied and the board DTS updated to reference
I2S0_8CH_MCLKOUT_TO_IO from the codec node:

    es8388: audio-codec@10 {
        compatible = "everest,es8388", "everest,es8328";
        reg = <0x10>;
        clocks = <&cru I2S0_8CH_MCLKOUT_TO_IO>;
        assigned-clocks = <&cru I2S0_8CH_MCLKOUT>;
        assigned-clock-rates = <12288000>;
        ...
    };

audio playback then works correctly, tested on headphone output; thus:

Tested-by: Ricardo Pardini <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks a lot!

--
Regards,
Ricardo