Move dai-link level properties away from dai subnodes

index 131aa2a..9b9df14 100644
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Simple-Card:
 
-Simple-Card specifies audio DAI connection of SoC <-> codec.
+Simple-Card specifies audio DAI connections of SoC <-> codec.
 
 Required properties:
 

@@ -10,26 +10,51 @@ Optional properties:
 
 - simple-audio-card,name		: User specified audio sound card name, one string
 					  property.
-- simple-audio-card,format		: CPU/CODEC common audio format.
-					  "i2s", "right_j", "left_j" , "dsp_a"
-					  "dsp_b", "ac97", "pdm", "msb", "lsb"
 - simple-audio-card,widgets		: Please refer to widgets.txt.
 - simple-audio-card,routing		: A list of the connections between audio components.
 					  Each entry is a pair of strings, the first being the
 					  connection's sink, the second being the connection's
 					  source.
-- dai-tdm-slot-num			: Please refer to tdm-slot.txt.
-- dai-tdm-slot-width			: Please refer to tdm-slot.txt.
+Optional subnodes:
+
+- simple-audio-card,dai-link		: Container for dai-link level
+					  properties and the CPU and CODEC
+					  sub-nodes. This container may be
+					  omitted when the card has only one
+					  DAI link. See the examples and the
+					  section bellow.
+
+Dai-link subnode properties and subnodes:
+
+If dai-link subnode is omitted and the subnode properties are directly
+under "sound"-node the subnode property and subnode names have to be
+prefixed with "simple-audio-card,"-prefix.
 
-Required subnodes:
+Required dai-link subnodes:
 
-- simple-audio-card,dai-link		: container for the CPU and CODEC sub-nodes
-					  This container may be omitted when the
-					  card has only one DAI link.
-					  See the examples.
+- cpu					: CPU   sub-node
+- codec					: CODEC sub-node
 
-- simple-audio-card,cpu			: CPU   sub-node
-- simple-audio-card,codec		: CODEC sub-node
+Optional dai-link subnode properties:
+
+- format				: CPU/CODEC common audio format.
+					  "i2s", "right_j", "left_j" , "dsp_a"
+					  "dsp_b", "ac97", "pdm", "msb", "lsb"
+- frame-master				: Indicates dai-link frame master.
+					  phandle to a cpu or codec subnode.
+- bitclock-master			: Indicates dai-link bit clock master.
+					  phandle to a cpu or codec subnode.
+- bitclock-inversion			: bool property. Add this if the
+					  dai-link uses bit clock inversion.
+- frame-inversion			: bool property. Add this if the
+					  dai-link uses frame clock inversion.
+
+For backward compatibility the frame-master and bitclock-master
+properties can be used as booleans in codec subnode to indicate if the
+codec is the dai-link frame or bit clock master. In this case there
+should be no dai-link node, the same properties should not be present
+at sound-node level, and the bitclock-inversion and frame-inversion
+properties should also be placed in the codec node if needed.
 
 Required CPU/CODEC subnodes properties:
 

@@ -37,29 +62,21 @@ Required CPU/CODEC subnodes properties:
 
 Optional CPU/CODEC subnodes properties:
 
-- format				: CPU/CODEC specific audio format if needed.
-					  see simple-audio-card,format
-- frame-master				: bool property. add this if subnode is frame master
-- bitclock-master			: bool property. add this if subnode is bitclock master
-- bitclock-inversion			: bool property. add this if subnode has clock inversion
-- frame-inversion			: bool property. add this if subnode has frame inversion
+- dai-tdm-slot-num			: Please refer to tdm-slot.txt.
+- dai-tdm-slot-width			: Please refer to tdm-slot.txt.
 - clocks / system-clock-frequency	: specify subnode's clock if needed.
 					  it can be specified via "clocks" if system has
 					  clock node (= common clock), or "system-clock-frequency"
 					  (if system doens't support common clock)
 
-Note:
- * For 'format', 'frame-master', 'bitclock-master', 'bitclock-inversion' and
-   'frame-inversion', the simple card will use the settings of CODEC for both
-   CPU and CODEC sides as we need to keep the settings identical for both ends
-   of the link.
-
 Example 1 - single DAI link:
 
 sound {
 	compatible = "simple-audio-card";
 	simple-audio-card,name = "VF610-Tower-Sound-Card";
 	simple-audio-card,format = "left_j";
+	simple-audio-card,bitclock-master = <&dailink0_master>;
+	simple-audio-card,frame-master = <&dailink0_master>;
 	simple-audio-card,widgets =
 		"Microphone", "Microphone Jack",
 		"Headphone", "Headphone Jack",

@@ -69,17 +86,12 @@ sound {
 		"Headphone Jack", "HP_OUT",
 		"External Speaker", "LINE_OUT";
 
-	dai-tdm-slot-num = <2>;
-	dai-tdm-slot-width = <8>;
-
 	simple-audio-card,cpu {
 		sound-dai = <&sh_fsi2 0>;
 	};
 
-	simple-audio-card,codec {
+	dailink0_master: simple-audio-card,codec {
 		sound-dai = <&ak4648>;
-		bitclock-master;
-		frame-master;
 		clocks = <&osc>;
 	};
 };

@@ -105,31 +117,31 @@ Example 2 - many DAI links:
 sound {
 	compatible = "simple-audio-card";
 	simple-audio-card,name = "Cubox Audio";
-	simple-audio-card,format = "i2s";
 
 	simple-audio-card,dai-link@0 {		/* I2S - HDMI */
-		simple-audio-card,cpu {
+		format = "i2s";
+		cpu {
 			sound-dai = <&audio1 0>;
 		};
-		simple-audio-card,codec {
+		codec {
 			sound-dai = <&tda998x 0>;
 		};
 	};
 
 	simple-audio-card,dai-link@1 {		/* S/PDIF - HDMI */
-		simple-audio-card,cpu {
+		cpu {
 			sound-dai = <&audio1 1>;
 		};
-		simple-audio-card,codec {
+		codec {
 			sound-dai = <&tda998x 1>;
 		};
 	};
 
 	simple-audio-card,dai-link@2 {		/* S/PDIF - S/PDIF */
-		simple-audio-card,cpu {
+		cpu {
 			sound-dai = <&audio1 1>;
 		};
-		simple-audio-card,codec {
+		codec {
 			sound-dai = <&spdif_codec>;
 		};
 	};