[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] sun50i: h5: Add NanoPi Neo Plus2 DT initial support

Antony Antony antony at phenome.org
Mon Oct 9 07:31:37 UTC 2017


On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 09:22:03AM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 09:11:22AM +0000, Antony Antony wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Thanks Chen-Yu and Maxime.
> > 
> > On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 10:11:00AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 1:34 AM, Antony Antony <antony at phenome.org> wrote:
> > > > Hi Maxime,
> > > >
> > > > sorry for the delayed response.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 01:12:23PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > > >> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 05:59:15PM +0000, Antony Antony wrote:
> > > >> > Add initial DT for NanoPi NEO Plus2 by FriendlyARM
> > > >> > - Allwinner quad core H5 Cortex A53 with an ARM Mali-450MP GPU
> > > >> > - 1 GB DDR3 RAM
> > > >> > - 8GB eMMC flash (Samsung KLM8G1WEPD-B031)
> > > >> > - micro SD card slot
> > > >> > - Gigabit Ethernet (external RTL8211E-VB-CG chip)
> > > >> > - 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 (Ampak AP6212A module)
> > > >> > - 2x USB 2.0 host ports
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Antony Antony <antony at phenome.org>
> > > >> > ---
> > > >> > Changes v1->v2
> > > >> >  removed memory {}, compatible ="allwinner,sun5i-a13-mmc"
> > > >> >  remove CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT=y and CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUNXI=y (no SPI)
> > > >> >  remove CONFIG_SD_BOOT=y
> > > >> > Changes v2->v3
> > > >> >  removed compatible ="allwinner,sun50i-a64-mmc"
> > > >> > ---
> > > >> >  arch/arm/dts/Makefile                       |   1 +
> > > >> >  arch/arm/dts/sun50i-h5-nanopi-neo-plus2.dts | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >> >  configs/nanopi_neo_plus2_defconfig          |  18 +++++
> > > >> >  3 files changed, 126 insertions(+)
> > > >> >  create mode 100644 arch/arm/dts/sun50i-h5-nanopi-neo-plus2.dts
> > > >> >  create mode 100644 configs/nanopi_neo_plus2_defconfig
> > > >> >
> > > >> > diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm/dts/Makefile
> > > >> > index fee4680..295a675 100644
> > > >> > --- a/arch/arm/dts/Makefile
> > > >> > +++ b/arch/arm/dts/Makefile
> > > >> > @@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I_V3S) += \
> > > >> >     sun8i-v3s-licheepi-zero.dtb
> > > >> >  dtb-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN50I_H5) += \
> > > >> >     sun50i-h5-nanopi-neo2.dtb \
> > > >> > +   sun50i-h5-nanopi-neo-plus2.dtb \
> > > >> >     sun50i-h5-orangepi-pc2.dtb \
> > > >> >     sun50i-h5-orangepi-prime.dtb \
> > > >> >     sun50i-h5-orangepi-zero-plus2.dtb
> > > >> > diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/sun50i-h5-nanopi-neo-plus2.dts b/arch/arm/dts/sun50i-h5-nanopi-neo-plus2.dts
> > > >> > new file mode 100644
> > > >> > index 0000000..8ac098e
> > > >> > --- /dev/null
> > > >> > +++ b/arch/arm/dts/sun50i-h5-nanopi-neo-plus2.dts
> > > >> > @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
> > > >> > +/*
> > > >> > + * Copyright (C) 2017 Antony Antony <antony at phenome.org>
> > > >> > + * Copyright (c) 2016 ARM Ltd.
> > > >> > + *
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> > > >> > + *
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> > > >> > + */
> > > >> > +
> > > >> > +/dts-v1/;
> > > >> > +
> > > >> > +#include "sun50i-h5.dtsi"
> > > >> > +
> > > >> > +#include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
> > > >> > +
> > > >> > +/ {
> > > >> > +   model = "FriendlyARM NanoPi NEO Plus 2";
> > > >> > +   compatible = "friendlyarm,nanopi-neo-plus2", "allwinner,sun50i-h5";
> > > >> > +
> > > >> > +   aliases {
> > > >> > +           serial0 = &uart0;
> > > >> > +   };
> > > >> > +
> > > >> > +   chosen {
> > > >> > +           stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
> > > >> > +   };
> > > >> > +
> > > >> > +   reg_vcc3v3: vcc3v3 {
> > > >> > +           compatible = "regulator-fixed";
> > > >> > +           regulator-name = "vcc3v3";
> > > >> > +           regulator-min-microvolt = <3300000>;
> > > >> > +           regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>;
> > > >> > +   };
> > > >> > +};
> > > >> > +
> > > >> > +&ehci1 {
> > > >> > +   status = "okay";
> > > >> > +};
> > > >> > +
> > > >> > +&mmc0 {
> > > >> > +   compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-h5-mmc";
> > > >>
> > > >> No, you need to keep the a64 one. But I'm still not sure why do you
> > > >> need to set it here.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Antother option is  remove the "allwinner,sun50i-h5-mmc"; line. That works
> > > > too.
> > > 
> > > Maxime's point is that you should do compatible string overrides for
> > > in the .dtsi file for any hardware block within the SoC itself.
> > > 
> > > >
> > > > I realzied mmc0 comes from "sun8i-h3.dtsi" which is included in
> > > > sun50i-h5.dtsi
> > > >
> > > > sun8i-h3.dtsi has:
> > > > mmc0: mmc at 01c0f000 {
> > > >         compatible = "allwinner,sun7i-a20-mmc",
> > > >                      "allwinner,sun5i-a13-mmc";
> > > >
> > > > If I follow the a64, sun50i-a64.dtsi has mmc0 and it has a different entry.
> > > > mmc0: mmc at 1c0f000 {
> > > >                         compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-a64-mmc";
> > > >
> > > > I am a bit confused.  What is your opinion?
> > > 
> > > These denote the variant of the mmc controller in the SoC. The H5 has
> > > one that is compatible with the A64's, so you should have a soc specific
> > > compatible string, followed by a fallback one that it is compatible with.
> > > So it should be:
> > > 
> > >     compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-h5-mmc", "allwinner,sun50i-a64-mmc";
> > > 
> > > in the H5 .dtsi file. 
> > 
> > I notice there two solutions.
> > 
> > First, a board specific dts with the following compatible line.
> > &mmc0 {
> > 	compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-h5-mmc", "allwinner,sun50i-a64-mmc";
> > 
> > This is my v2 https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/817502/
> > 
> > Second solution, send a v4 without the compatible line and a new patch to 
> > fix sun50i-h5.dtsi. The New patch will add a compatible.
> > 
> > &mmc0 {
> > 	compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-h5-mmc", "allwinner,sun50i-a64-mmc";
> > }
> 
> Still not sure what the issue you're trying to solve, but in general
> the second one is preferred.

thanks. 

Would you be happy to apply the v2? If yes, there is nothing more to solve. 

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/817502

I started exploring more options after you comment to v2.

-antony


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