[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 0/7] sunxi: Add H6 DDR3 DRAM support

Jernej Škrabec jernej.skrabec at siol.net
Sat Jul 13 09:55:36 UTC 2019


Dne torek, 02. julij 2019 ob 11:51:41 CEST je Andre Przywara napisal(a):
> An updated version, with minor changes.
> I realised that my comments about JEDEC values were still based on the
> DDR3-1600 speed bin, so I updated those to match the DDR3-1333 values.
> I also used the actual JEDEC recommended formulas where that didn't
> change the actual value written.
> For more details see the Changelog below.
> ----------------
> 
> So far the SPL DRAM driver for the Allwinner H6 SoC only supports
> LPDDR3 DRAM chips, which are used on most single board computers with
> this SoC.
> There are some TV boxes with the H6 out now, but most of them are
> using DDR3 DRAM instead of LPDDR3.
> 
> This series extends the existing H6 DRAM driver to cover DDR3 DRAMs
> as well. The information used in these patches is from:
> - register dumps after Allwinner's boot0 (libdram) has initialised
>   the DRAM
> - some disassembly of the libdram library
> - timing parameters as found in the boot0 binary
> - comparison with Xilinx ZynqMP DRAM controller documentation
> 
> The box I played with (Eachlink H6 Mini) has 3GB of DDR3-1600 chips and
> runs at 840 MHz, however I couldn't get it to work with these parameters.
> Instead Jernej suggested to use a lower clock and adjust some timing
> parameters, which made it work for me as well.
> 
> Many thanks to Jernej Skrabec for his help, also to others who helped
> with testing and experiments.
> 
> The first two patches contain some fixes for the existing driver.
> Patch 3 moves the existing LPDDR3 timing parameters into a separate file,
> patch 5 introduces the respective DDR3 timings, patch 6 adds some
> generic delay lines values.
> Patch 4 enhances the DRAM controller driver to program DDR3 specific
> registers as well and use different settings on other registers.
> The final patch introduces support for the Eachlink H6 Mini TV box, with
> the usual device tree and defconfig file.
> 
> Please have a look and comment!
> 
> Cheers,
> Andre.

I tested this on Tanix TX6 STB, which also has DDR3 and it works well. Patches 
were also tested on other, LPDDR3 based boards and no regressions were 
noticed.

Let get this merged soon, I also have follow up patch for half DQ 
configuration. It's needed for Tanix TX6 mini STB.

Tested-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec at siol.net>
Reviewed-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec at siol.net>

Best regards,
Jernej

> 
> Changelog v1..v2:
> - name DDR2T mode bit
> - explain bonding ID bit
> - generalise message about non-supported DRAM types
> - update comments about JEDEC values to match DDR3-1333 timings
> - use recommended max(ns, cycles) timing formulas where appropriate
> - add MAINTAINERS entry for the Eachlink H6 Mini box
> 
> 
> Andre Przywara (6):
>   sunxi: H6: DRAM: avoid memcpy() on MMIO registers
>   sunxi: H6: DRAM: follow recommended PHY init algorithm
>   sunxi: H6: move LPDDR3 timing definition into separate file
>   sunxi: H6: Add DDR3 support to DRAM controller driver
>   sunxi: H6: Add DDR3-1333 timings
>   sunxi: H6: Add basic Eachlink H6 Mini support
> 
> Jernej Skrabec (1):
>   sunxi: H6: Add DDR3 DRAM delay values
> 
>  arch/arm/dts/Makefile                         |   1 +
>  arch/arm/dts/sun50i-h6-eachlink-h6-mini.dts   | 116 ++++++++
>  .../include/asm/arch-sunxi/dram_sun50i_h6.h   |  35 +++
>  arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig                   |  18 +-
>  arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Makefile                  |   1 +
>  arch/arm/mach-sunxi/dram_sun50i_h6.c          | 251 ++++++------------
>  arch/arm/mach-sunxi/dram_timings/Makefile     |   2 +
>  .../mach-sunxi/dram_timings/h6_ddr3_1333.c    | 144 ++++++++++
>  .../mach-sunxi/dram_timings/h6_lpddr3_1333.c  | 132 +++++++++
>  board/sunxi/MAINTAINERS                       |   6 +
>  configs/eachlink_h6_mini_defconfig            |  17 ++
>  configs/orangepi_one_plus_defconfig           |   1 +
>  configs/pine_h64_defconfig                    |   1 +
>  13 files changed, 547 insertions(+), 178 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/dts/sun50i-h6-eachlink-h6-mini.dts
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-sunxi/dram_timings/h6_ddr3_1333.c
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-sunxi/dram_timings/h6_lpddr3_1333.c
>  create mode 100644 configs/eachlink_h6_mini_defconfig






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