[U-Boot] mmc: add bkops-enable command

Tomas Melin tomas.melin at vaisala.com
Thu Nov 17 12:05:17 CET 2016


Hi,

Thank you for your valuable comments and for taking the time to respond.
Please see below for further comments.

On 11/16/2016 03:39 PM, Jaehoon Chung wrote:
>  
> On 11/16/2016 10:12 PM, Tomas Melin wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 11/16/2016 02:05 PM, Jaehoon Chung wrote:
>>>
>>> Why needs to set bkops on bootloader? Is there special reason?
>>> And Linux kernel has already discussed about this.
>>>
>> It is beneficial to be able to do all required eMMC settings without being dependent on Linux booting.
>> It saves time in production to do initial eMMC setup directly from bootloader.
>>
>>> I don't want to provide this command on u-boot side.
>>> Don't handle Onetime programmable register on u-boot. So NACK.
>>
>> U-Boot already provides One-time programmable commands such as hwpartition and rst-function.
>> This adds to that same palette of commands that are needed when properly configuring an eMMC device. 
> 
> hwpartition and rst-function didn't affect the performance. And it's not critical thing.
> But BKOPS needs to consider too many things. 
> Just even set to enable bit..it's not working.

Sorry, but I don't see how this patch affects performance? This only adds a command (mmc bkops enable) that gives the user 
a _possibility_ to enable bkops in the eMMC. The choise whether or not to enable bkops is still left to the user.

> 
> Did you check the periodic bkops and auto bkops? And is it working correct?
> How to control suspend and Idle state? LEVEL2/3?
> 
> When i had tested the bkops, it has affected IO performance...Of course, it should be maintained average.
> Because it should be doing GC with bkops. That is not reason that has to enable on bootloader.

The reason to have this command in U-Boot is to be able to do _all_ configuration settings for the eMMC 
during manufacturing, prior to flashing the device. Thus, all settings are done only once from U-Boot.
In normal operation, the OS driver will be responsible for bkops handling.

BR,
Tomas

> 
> I will not apply on u-boot-mmc for bkops. There is no benefit.
> 
> If you set to enable bkops, then you did to pass the other controlling responsibility to Kernel. 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Jaehoon Chung
> 
>>
>> One possible option going forward could be putting all eMMC-configure related commands behind a common CONFIG_ option.
>>
>> BR,
>> Tomas
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Tomas Melin <tomas.melin at vaisala.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  cmd/mmc.c         | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  drivers/mmc/mmc.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  include/mmc.h     |  4 ++++
>>>>  3 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/cmd/mmc.c b/cmd/mmc.c
>>>> index b2761e9..3ae9682 100644
>>>> --- a/cmd/mmc.c
>>>> +++ b/cmd/mmc.c
>>>> @@ -729,6 +729,29 @@ static int do_mmc_setdsr(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag,
>>>>  	return ret;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>> +static int do_mmc_bkops_enable(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag,
>>>> +				   int argc, char * const argv[])
>>>> +{
>>>> +	int dev;
>>>> +	struct mmc *mmc;
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (argc != 2)
>>>> +		return CMD_RET_USAGE;
>>>> +
>>>> +	dev = simple_strtoul(argv[1], NULL, 10);
>>>> +
>>>> +	mmc = init_mmc_device(dev, false);
>>>> +	if (!mmc)
>>>> +		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (IS_SD(mmc)) {
>>>> +		puts("BKOPS_EN only exists on eMMC\n");
>>>> +		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	return mmc_set_bkops_enable(mmc);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>>  static cmd_tbl_t cmd_mmc[] = {
>>>>  	U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(info, 1, 0, do_mmcinfo, "", ""),
>>>>  	U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(read, 4, 1, do_mmc_read, "", ""),
>>>> @@ -749,6 +772,7 @@ static cmd_tbl_t cmd_mmc[] = {
>>>>  	U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(rpmb, CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS, 1, do_mmcrpmb, "", ""),
>>>>  #endif
>>>>  	U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(setdsr, 2, 0, do_mmc_setdsr, "", ""),
>>>> +	U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(bkops-enable, 2, 0, do_mmc_bkops_enable, "", ""),
>>>>  };
>>>>  
>>>>  static int do_mmcops(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
>>>> @@ -813,6 +837,8 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(
>>>>  	"mmc rpmb counter - read the value of the write counter\n"
>>>>  #endif
>>>>  	"mmc setdsr <value> - set DSR register value\n"
>>>> +	"mmc bkops-enable <dev> - enable background operations handshake on device\n"
>>>> +	"   WARNING: This is a write-once setting.\n"
>>>>  	);
>>>>  
>>>>  /* Old command kept for compatibility. Same as 'mmc info' */
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
>>>> index 0cec02c..d6f40cc 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
>>>> @@ -1810,3 +1810,33 @@ int mmc_initialize(bd_t *bis)
>>>>  	mmc_do_preinit();
>>>>  	return 0;
>>>>  }
>>>> +
>>>> +int mmc_set_bkops_enable(struct mmc *mmc)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	int err;
>>>> +	ALLOC_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(u8, ext_csd, MMC_MAX_BLOCK_LEN);
>>>> +
>>>> +	err = mmc_send_ext_csd(mmc, ext_csd);
>>>> +	if (err) {
>>>> +		puts("Could not get ext_csd register values\n");
>>>> +		return err;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (!(ext_csd[EXT_CSD_BKOPS_SUPPORT] & 0x1)) {
>>>> +		puts("Background operations not supported on device\n");
>>>> +		return -EMEDIUMTYPE;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (ext_csd[EXT_CSD_BKOPS_EN] & 0x1) {
>>>> +		puts("Background operations already enabled\n");
>>>> +		return 0;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	err = mmc_switch(mmc, EXT_CSD_CMD_SET_NORMAL, EXT_CSD_BKOPS_EN, 1);
>>>> +	if (err) {
>>>> +		puts("Failed to enable background operations\n");
>>>> +		return err;
>>>> +	}
>>>> +
>>>> +	return 0;
>>>> +}
>>>> diff --git a/include/mmc.h b/include/mmc.h
>>>> index 5ef37d3..0772d53 100644
>>>> --- a/include/mmc.h
>>>> +++ b/include/mmc.h
>>>> @@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
>>>>  #define EXT_CSD_MAX_ENH_SIZE_MULT	157	/* R */
>>>>  #define EXT_CSD_PARTITIONING_SUPPORT	160	/* RO */
>>>>  #define EXT_CSD_RST_N_FUNCTION		162	/* R/W */
>>>> +#define EXT_CSD_BKOPS_EN		163	/* R/W */
>>>>  #define EXT_CSD_WR_REL_PARAM		166	/* R */
>>>>  #define EXT_CSD_WR_REL_SET		167	/* R/W */
>>>>  #define EXT_CSD_RPMB_MULT		168	/* RO */
>>>> @@ -189,6 +190,7 @@
>>>>  #define EXT_CSD_HC_WP_GRP_SIZE		221	/* RO */
>>>>  #define EXT_CSD_HC_ERASE_GRP_SIZE	224	/* RO */
>>>>  #define EXT_CSD_BOOT_MULT		226	/* RO */
>>>> +#define EXT_CSD_BKOPS_SUPPORT		502	/* RO */
>>>>  
>>>>  /*
>>>>   * EXT_CSD field definitions
>>>> @@ -541,6 +543,8 @@ int mmc_rpmb_read(struct mmc *mmc, void *addr, unsigned short blk,
>>>>  		  unsigned short cnt, unsigned char *key);
>>>>  int mmc_rpmb_write(struct mmc *mmc, void *addr, unsigned short blk,
>>>>  		   unsigned short cnt, unsigned char *key);
>>>> +int mmc_set_bkops_enable(struct mmc *mmc);
>>>> +
>>>>  /**
>>>>   * Start device initialization and return immediately; it does not block on
>>>>   * polling OCR (operation condition register) status.  Then you should call
>>>>
>>>>


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