[PATCH] ddr: marvell: a38x: Perform DDR training sequence again for 2nd boot

Tony Dinh mibodhi at gmail.com
Fri Apr 7 00:22:17 CEST 2023


Hi Pali,

Could you review this patch?

Thanks,
Tony

On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 9:42 PM Tony Dinh <mibodhi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> - DDR Training sequence happens very fast. The speedup in boot time is
> negligible by skipping the training sequence during 2nd boot or after.
> So remove the check and skip.
> - This change improves the robustness of DDR training. If u-boot crashed
> during DDR training, the training could be left in a limbo state, where
> the BootROM has recorded that it is already in a 2nd boot. The training
> must be repeated in this scenario to get out of this limbo state, but due
> to the check it cannot be performed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Dinh <mibodhi at gmail.com>
> ---
>
>  drivers/ddr/marvell/a38x/mv_ddr_plat.c | 7 -------
>  1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ddr/marvell/a38x/mv_ddr_plat.c b/drivers/ddr/marvell/a38x/mv_ddr_plat.c
> index 6e7949ac72..8ec9fb0874 100644
> --- a/drivers/ddr/marvell/a38x/mv_ddr_plat.c
> +++ b/drivers/ddr/marvell/a38x/mv_ddr_plat.c
> @@ -1363,13 +1363,6 @@ int mv_ddr_pre_training_soc_config(const char *ddr_type)
>                             DRAM_RESET_MASK_MASKED << DRAM_RESET_MASK_OFFS);
>         }
>
> -       /* Check if DRAM is already initialized  */
> -       if (reg_read(REG_BOOTROM_ROUTINE_ADDR) &
> -           (1 << REG_BOOTROM_ROUTINE_DRAM_INIT_OFFS)) {
> -               printf("%s Training Sequence - 2nd boot - Skip\n", ddr_type);
> -               return MV_OK;
> -       }
> -
>         /* Fix read ready phases for all SOC in reg 0x15c8 */
>         reg_val = reg_read(TRAINING_DBG_3_REG);
>
> --
> 2.30.2
>


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