[PATCH] mmc: meson_gx_mmc: change a clock phase to stable value

Jaehoon Chung jh80.chung at samsung.com
Tue Nov 10 09:36:38 CET 2020


On 11/10/20 5:05 PM, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> On 09/11/2020 23:19, Jaehoon Chung wrote:
>> On 11/9/20 11:23 PM, Neil Armstrong wrote:
>>> On 09/11/2020 15:10, Mark Kettenis wrote:
>>>>> From: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong at baylibre.com>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 14:37:09 +0100
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 09/11/2020 04:12, Jaehoon Chung wrote:
>>>>>> Core clock phase value is changed from 180' to 270'.
>>>>>> It's more stable than before.
>>>>>> - Odroidn-N2/C4 : Working fine with 52MHz
>>>>>> - VIM3 : Working fine with 52MHz
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Before this patch, Odroid-C4 doesn't work fine with 52MHz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung at samsung.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  drivers/mmc/meson_gx_mmc.c | 14 ++++++++++----
>>>>>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/meson_gx_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/meson_gx_mmc.c
>>>>>> index 719dd1e5e570..7c60e0566560 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/mmc/meson_gx_mmc.c
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/mmc/meson_gx_mmc.c
>>>>>> @@ -52,10 +52,16 @@ static void meson_mmc_config_clock(struct mmc *mmc)
>>>>>>  	}
>>>>>>  	clk_div = DIV_ROUND_UP(clk, mmc->clock);
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> -	/* 180 phase core clock */
>>>>>> -	meson_mmc_clk |= CLK_CO_PHASE_180;
>>>>>> -
>>>>>> -	/* 180 phase tx clock */
>>>>>> +	/*
>>>>>> +	 * Clock Phase needs to set a proper value.
>>>>>> +	 * It can be changed to other value.
>>>>>> +	 * Because CORE : 270' Phase and TX : 0' Phase are stable,
>>>>>> +	 * set to them by default.
>>>>>> +	 */
>>>>>> +	/* Core Clock Phase */
>>>>>> +	meson_mmc_clk |= CLK_CO_PHASE_270;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +	/* TX Clock Phase */
>>>>>>  	meson_mmc_clk |= CLK_TX_PHASE_000;
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  	/* clock settings */
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The previous values were aligned on the Linux driver, which is functional.
>>>>
>>>> Actually the Linux driver isn't really functional; the 52 MHz
>>>> high-speed mode doesn't work.  But since HS200 does work in Linux,
>>>> probably nobody noticed this.
>>>>
>>>> That said, I'm not confident a single clock phase setting will work
>>>> across all Amlogic SoCs and across different boards.  Maybe we need
>>>> something in the device tree such that we can control the values on a
>>>> per-board level.
>>>>
>>>
>>> So this is specific to SM1 SoCs then, because others families doesn't have such issues
>>> at 52MHz.
>>
>> I don't have much knowledge of SM1 SoCs. But how did its phase value select them on Linux driver?
>>
>>>
>>> So the Linux must be fixes, including the bindings to introduce a new compatible, then
>>> ported to U-Boot.
>>>
>>> So in the meantime, it's right to limit to 26MHz on SM1 in U-boot until we have all this
>>> clarified.
>> If you want to limit to 26MHz, I don't have any objection about your opinion.
>> But I wonder how to clarify all. And I also wonder that values what is used on Linux kernel are really right.
> 
> OK, I'm not a MMC & SDCard expert on Amlogic, all the work was done in Linux.
> 
> I just want to keep a working and stable SDCard & eMMC support for the 7 SoCs Families.
> 
> Could you rewrite my "[PATCH 2/3] mmc: meson-gx: limit max frequency on SM1 SoCs" by instead changing the
> clock phase only for SM1 ?
> I'll then apply it with the 2 other patches and push then for the current development cycle.

Ok. I will rewrite with you patch. Is it ok that i send the patch on Tomorrow?

> 
> The driver is functional for all the other SoCs, and I want to keep it stable unless extensively tested.

Agreed. If i can test all Amlogic SoCs, I want to do that..But it's impossible to me.
In future, i hope that it will be fixed with generic approach.

Best Regards,
Jaehoon Chung

> 
> Neil
> 
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Jaehoon Chung
>>
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
>>
> 
> 



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