[PATCH v2] Cubieboard2:SUN7I:Add LED BOOT support

Andre Przywara andre.przywara at arm.com
Thu Dec 9 15:33:09 CET 2021


On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 15:51:50 +0330
Javad Rahimi <javad321javad at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

> On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 2:54 PM Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com> wrote:
> Hi Andre,
> >
> > On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 14:38:08 +0330
> > Javad Rahimi <javad321javad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Javad,
> >  
> > > On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 6:24 AM Javad Rahimi <javad321javad at gmail.com> wrote:  
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 9:13 PM Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com> wrote:  
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 20:48:54 +0330
> > > > > Javad Rahimi <javad321javad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >  
> > > > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 8:33 PM Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com> wrote:  
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 19:14:22 +0330
> > > > > > > Javad Rahimi <javad321javad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >  
> > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 6:05 PM Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com> wrote:  
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:25:54 +0100
> > > > > > > > > Frank Wunderlich <frank-w at public-files.de> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > >  
> > > > > > > > > > you should add maintainer email for your patch
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl board/sunxi/board.c
> > > > > > > > > > Jagan Teki <jagan at amarulasolutions.com> (maintainer:ARM SUNXI)
> > > > > > > > > > Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com> (maintainer:ARM SUNXI)
> > > > > > > > > > u-boot at lists.denx.de (open list)  
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks Frank!
> > > > > > > > >  
> > > > > > > > > > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 08. Dezember 2021 um 15:22 Uhr
> > > > > > > > > > > Von: "Javad Rahimi" <javad321javad at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > An: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> > > > > > > > > > > Cc: "Javad Rahimi" <javad321javad at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > Betreff: [PATCH v2] Cubieboard2:SUN7I:Add LED BOOT support
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > This feature makes it possible to assign one of
> > > > > > > > > > > LED1(PH20) and LED2(PH21) to BOOT process LED.
> > > > > > > > > > > User should activates the "Enable status LED API" in
> > > > > > > > > > > "Device Drivers -> LED Support"  
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Please have a look at the current pinephone_defconfig, because that uses
> > > > > > > > > the boot LED already in a much easier fashion:
> > > > > > > > > https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/0534153fd1
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > > > Andre
> > > > > > > > >  
> > > > > > > > Hi Andre,
> > > > > > > > Thanks for your comments. I studied the pinephone_defconfig.
> > > > > > > > By default, when activating the same options on Cubieboard2_defconfig
> > > > > > > > it shows linker error for `__led_init` and `__led_set`.
> > > > > > > > In other words, they are not defined. So, in this patch, I added the
> > > > > > > >  implementation for these functions for this board.  
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Did you add the:
> > > > > > > CONFIG_SPL_DRIVERS_MISC=y
> > > > > > > line as well? And re-ran make Cubieboard2_defconfig?
> > > > > > > Because that seemed to work for me.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > Andre
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  
> > > > > > When I add CONFIG_SPL_DRIVERS_MISC=y
> > > > > > By flashing SD card and turning on the board, It freezes in this step:
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > > U-Boot SPL 2022.01-rc3-00025-gf570594bc9-dirty (Dec 08 2021 - 20:36:51 +0330)
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > > -----------------------------------------
> > > > > > The customized defconfig file for Cubieboard:
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > > CONFIG_ARM=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="sun7i-a20-cubieboard2"
> > > > > > CONFIG_SPL_DRIVERS_MISC=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_SPL=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_MACH_SUN7I=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_DRAM_CLK=480
> > > > > > CONFIG_MMC0_CD_PIN="PH1"
> > > > > > CONFIG_SATAPWR="PB8"
> > > > > > CONFIG_AHCI=y
> > > > > > # CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT is not set
> > > > > > CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_SCSI_AHCI=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MVTWSI=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE=0x7f
> > > > > > CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED=400000
> > > > > > CONFIG_PHY_REALTEK=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_ETH_DESIGNWARE=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_MII=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_SUN7I_GMAC=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_SCSI=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_LED_STATUS=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_LED_STATUS0=y
> > > > > > CONFIG_LED_STATUS_BIT=114  
> > > > >
> > > > > This is the GPIO number, you need to adjust this to point to the pin your
> > > > > LED is connected to. PH20 would be 244, for instance:
> > > > > ('H' - 'A') * 32 + 20
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Andre
> > > > >  
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Now the LED is ON, but the loader still freezes in (SPL, I think)
> > > > ```
> > > > U-Boot SPL 2022.01-rc3-00025-gf570594bc9-dirty (Dec 09 2021 - 06:19:40 +0330)
> > > > ```
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > > Javad  
> > > Hi Andre,
> > > The freeze problem solved when I placed `status_led_init` function
> > > after
> > > gd->ram_size = sunxi_dram_init();
> > > When it is called before sunxi_dram_init(), the bootloader freezes.  
> >
> > That's probably our old friend .bss in SPL again: To save precious SRAM
> > space, we place the BSS section in DRAM, so it's only available after the
> > DRAM init happened. So far the code that runs before DRAM init is not using
> > variables placed in BSS, so everything works. Possible solutions are:
> > 1) see if we can get rid of BSS variables in the LED code (my bet is on
> > "static int status_led_init_done = 0;" as the culprit)
> > 2) move the LED init after the DRAM init. That's probably a bit late,
> > though, depends a bit on what people expect from the boot LED.
> > 3) I guess the A20 can afford BSS in SRAM, but that would not help with
> > other (64-bit) boards. I actually wonder how it works there, though?
> >
> > I'd prefer 1), but 2) is surely easier.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Andre
> >  
> Your guess was true. The `status_led_init_done` was the culprit.
> I removed this variable and added a one-bit variable named "initialized"
> to the `led_dev_t ` . In this case, when `__led_init` is called, we can
> set it for every single LED. In this case, we can check `ld->initilized`
> for each led rather than blindly checking the `status_led_init_done`
> global variable.

Interesting idea, though I don't know too much about this code, and why we
had the global variable in the first place.
Can you prepare a patch and send it to the mailing list, so that people
can have a look and discuss this?

Cheers,
Andre

> Best Regards,
> Javad
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Javad  
> > > > > > CONFIG_LED_STATUS_STATE=2
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > > Best Regards,
> > > > > > Javad  
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Javad Rahimi <javad321javad at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > > > > This is my first contributation in open source world.
> > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry if I have mistakes in my commits and versioning.
> > > > > > > > > > > I do my best to learn fast.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Changes in v2:
> > > > > > > > > > > - Missed braces added
> > > > > > > > > > > - Unnecessary debug removed
> > > > > > > > > > > - Some typo fixed
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >  board/sunxi/board.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > > > > > > >  1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/board/sunxi/board.c b/board/sunxi/board.c
> > > > > > > > > > > index 4f5747c34a..5e2f6ae902 100644
> > > > > > > > > > > --- a/board/sunxi/board.c
> > > > > > > > > > > +++ b/board/sunxi/board.c
> > > > > > > > > > > @@ -1002,3 +1002,52 @@ int board_fit_config_name_match(const char *name)
> > > > > > > > > > >     return ret;
> > > > > > > > > > >  }
> > > > > > > > > > >  #endif
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +#if defined(CONFIG_LED_STATUS) && defined(CONFIG_LED_STATUS_BOOT) && defined(CONFIG_LED_STATUS_BOARD_SPECIFIC)
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +#define CUBIE2_LED_BOOT_GPIO  "PH20"
> > > > > > > > > > > +static int gpio_boot_led;
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +void __led_init(led_id_t mask, int state)
> > > > > > > > > > > +{
> > > > > > > > > > > +   int ret;
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +   if (mask != CONFIG_LED_STATUS_BOOT)
> > > > > > > > > > > +           return;
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +   ret = gpio_lookup_name(CUBIE2_LED_BOOT_GPIO, NULL, NULL, &gpio_boot_led);
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +   if (ret)
> > > > > > > > > > > +           return;
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +   ret = gpio_request(gpio_boot_led, "boot_led");
> > > > > > > > > > > +   if (ret == -1) {
> > > > > > > > > > > +           debug("[gpio_request] Error:%d\n", ret);
> > > > > > > > > > > +           return;
> > > > > > > > > > > +   }
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +   ret = gpio_direction_output(gpio_boot_led, 1);
> > > > > > > > > > > +   if (ret == -1) {
> > > > > > > > > > > +           debug("[gpio_direction_output] Error:%d\n", ret);
> > > > > > > > > > > +           return;
> > > > > > > > > > > +   }
> > > > > > > > > > > +   __led_set(mask, state);
> > > > > > > > > > > +}
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +void __led_set(led_id_t mask, int state)
> > > > > > > > > > > +{
> > > > > > > > > > > +   if (mask != CONFIG_LED_STATUS_BOOT)
> > > > > > > > > > > +           return;
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +   gpio_set_value(gpio_boot_led, state);
> > > > > > > > > > > +}
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +void __led_toggle(led_id_t mask)
> > > > > > > > > > > +{
> > > > > > > > > > > +   if (mask != CONFIG_LED_STATUS_BOOT)
> > > > > > > > > > > +           return;
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +   gpio_set_value(gpio_boot_led, !gpio_get_value(gpio_boot_led));
> > > > > > > > > > > +}
> > > > > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > > > > +#endif
> > > > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > > > 2.25.1
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >  
> > > > > > > > >  
> > > > > > >  
> > > > >  
> >  



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