[PATCH 2/2] ARM: mvebu: x530: Add option for ECC

Chris Packham judge.packham at gmail.com
Mon Jan 10 09:10:33 CET 2022


On Mon, 10 Jan 2022, 8:37 PM Stefan Roese, <sr at denx.de> wrote:

> On 1/6/22 04:08, Chris Packham wrote:
> > Some older x530 boards have layout issues that cause problems for DDR.
> > These are usually seen as training failures but can also cause problems
> > after training has completed. Add an option to enable ECC leaving the
> > default as N which will work with both old and new boards.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <judge.packham at gmail.com>
>
> Just checking: Most likely you don't have the possibility to detect the
> board version at runtime?
>

Not in a way that can be done without working RAM. For our internal fork we
maintain 2 defconfigs one with ECC one without. We can manage via the BOM
which boards get which bootloader.


> If this is not possible:
>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
>
> > ---
> >
> >   arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig      |  1 +
> >   board/alliedtelesis/x530/Kconfig | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >   board/alliedtelesis/x530/x530.c  |  8 +++++++-
> >   3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >   create mode 100644 board/alliedtelesis/x530/Kconfig
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig
> > index d23cc0c760f1..7388ade98d52 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/Kconfig
> > @@ -341,5 +341,6 @@ config SECURED_MODE_CSK_INDEX
> >
> >   source "board/solidrun/clearfog/Kconfig"
> >   source "board/kobol/helios4/Kconfig"
> > +source "board/alliedtelesis/x530/Kconfig"
> >
> >   endif
> > diff --git a/board/alliedtelesis/x530/Kconfig
> b/board/alliedtelesis/x530/Kconfig
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..5c1ae36aebaa
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/board/alliedtelesis/x530/Kconfig
> > @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> > +menu "x530 configuration"
> > +     depends on TARGET_X530
> > +
> > +config X530_ECC
> > +     bool "Enable DDR3 ECC"
> > +     help
> > +       Some of the older x530 board have layout issues which cause
> problems
> > +       for the DDR which usually exhibit as DDR training failures or
> > +       problems accessing DDR after training.
> > +
> > +       The known affected boards are:
> > +
> > +       * 844-001897-00 (x530-28GTXm, x530-28GPXm, GS980MX/28PSm)
> > +       * 844-001948-00 (GS980MX/28)
> > +       * 844-002008-00 (x530L-52GTX, x530L-52GPX)
> > +       * 844-001974-00 (x530-52GTXm, x530-52GPXm, GS980MX/52PSm)
> > +
> > +       If you have a newer board you can set Y here, otherwise say N.
> > +
> > +endmenu
> > diff --git a/board/alliedtelesis/x530/x530.c
> b/board/alliedtelesis/x530/x530.c
> > index 866b6e68cc16..de20684f4353 100644
> > --- a/board/alliedtelesis/x530/x530.c
> > +++ b/board/alliedtelesis/x530/x530.c
> > @@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ int hws_board_topology_load(struct serdes_map
> **serdes_map_array, u8 *count)
> >       return 0;
> >   }
> >
> > +#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(X530_ECC)
> > +     #define BUS_MASK BUS_MASK_32BIT_ECC
> > +#else
> > +     #define BUS_MASK BUS_MASK_32BIT
> > +#endif
> > +
> >   /*
> >    * Define the DDR layout / topology here in the board file. This will
> >    * be used by the DDR3 init code in the SPL U-Boot version to configure
> > @@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ static struct mv_ddr_topology_map board_topology_map =
> {
> >           0, 0,                       /* cas_l cas_wl */
> >           MV_DDR_TEMP_LOW,            /* temperature */
> >           MV_DDR_TIM_2T} },           /* timing */
> > -     BUS_MASK_32BIT_ECC,             /* subphys mask */
> > +     BUS_MASK,                       /* subphys mask */
> >       MV_DDR_CFG_DEFAULT,             /* ddr configuration data source */
> >       NOT_COMBINED,                   /* ddr twin-die combined */
> >       { {0} },                        /* raw spd data */
> >
>
> Viele Grüße,
> Stefan Roese
>
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