[PATCH v3 1/4] cmd: bind: Add unbind command with driver filter

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Wed Aug 2 01:07:46 CEST 2023


On 8/1/23 20:53, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Marek,
> 
> marex at denx.de wrote on Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:40:04 +0200:
> 
>> On 7/31/23 16:25, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>> Hi Marek,
>>>
>>> marex at denx.de wrote on Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:08:19 +0200:
>>>    
>>>> On 7/31/23 15:58, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>>>> Hi Marek,
>>>>>
>>>>> marex at denx.de wrote on Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:50:58 +0200:
>>>>>     >>>> On 7/31/23 15:36, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Marek,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> marex at denx.de wrote on Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:44:25 +0200:
>>>>>>>      >>>> On 7/31/23 11:31, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Marek,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> marex at denx.de wrote on Sat, 29 Jul 2023 16:57:09 +0200:
>>>>>>>>>       >>>> Extend the driver core to perform lookup by both OF node and driver
>>>>>>>>>> bound to the node. Use this to look up specific device instances to
>>>>>>>>>> unbind from nodes in the unbind command. One example where this is
>>>>>>>>>> needed is USB peripheral controller, which may have multiple gadget
>>>>>>>>>> drivers bound to it. The unbind command has to select that specific
>>>>>>>>>> gadget driver instance to unbind from the controller, not unbind the
>>>>>>>>>> controller driver itself from the controller.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> USB ethernet gadget usage looks as follows with this change. Notice
>>>>>>>>>> the extra 'usb_ether' addition in the 'unbind' command at the end.
>>>>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>>>> bind /soc/usb-otg at 49000000 usb_ether
>>>>>>>>>> setenv ethact usb_ether
>>>>>>>>>> setenv loadaddr 0xc2000000
>>>>>>>>>> setenv ipaddr 10.0.0.2
>>>>>>>>>> setenv serverip 10.0.0.1
>>>>>>>>>> setenv netmask 255.255.255.0
>>>>>>>>>> tftpboot 0xc2000000 10.0.0.1:test.file
>>>>>>>>>> unbind /soc/usb-otg at 49000000 usb_ether
>>>>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am no longer getting wrong pointer dereferences, the SPL is working in
>>>>>>>>> recovery mode, TFTP "File not found" errors are no longer a problem and
>>>>>>>>> I did not experience any reset while tftp'ing regular files.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One last remaining request on my side is the need for using fastboot as
>>>>>>>>> well which does no longer work as-is:
>>>>>>>>>       >>> => fastboot usb 0
>>>>>>>>> couldn't find an available UDC
>>>>>>>>> g_dnl_register: failed!, error: -19
>>>>>>>>> exit not allowed from main input shell.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can you advise what bind/unbind command would be necessary here?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Either 'unbind usb_ether' or run 'dm tree' -> look up the path to usb_ether in the tree (it will be hanging under usb_peripheral or some such), and then use 'unbind <that path>'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nice `dm tree` command, never used it before.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Even when I unbind usb_ether I still get the same error:
>>>>>>>      >>> => unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>>>>>>> => fastboot usb 0
>>>>>>> couldn't find an available UDC
>>>>>>> g_dnl_register: failed!, error: -19
>>>>>>> exit not allowed from main input shell.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a specific gadget driver which I should bind again manually?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you share the output of dm tree before/after unbind ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> fastboot should auto-bind to the right thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok. Apparently it does not, but I don't have any clue why. If you want
>>>>> me to check something else I will. Here is the output:
>>>>>
>>>>> U-Boot 2023.07-00806-g979e7443428 (Jul 31 2023 - 11:17:06 +0200)
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>>   
>>>>>     watchdog      0  [ + ]   omap3_wdt             |   |-- wdt at 44e35000
>>>>>     misc          0  [ + ]   ti-musb-wrapper       |   |-- usb at 47400000
>>>>>     usb           0  [ + ]   ti-musb-peripheral    |   |   |-- usb at 47401000
>>>>>     ethernet      1  [ + ]   usb_ether             |   |   |   `-- usb_ether
>>>>>     bootdev       3  [   ]   eth_bootdev           |   |   |       `-- usb_ether.bootdev
>>>>>     usb           0  [   ]   ti-musb-host          |   |   `-- usb at 47401800
>>>>>     ethernet      0  [ + ]   eth_cpsw              |   |-- ethernet at 4a100000
>>>>>     bootdev       2  [   ]   eth_bootdev           |   |   `-- ethernet at 4a100000.bootdev
>>>>>     simple_bus   67  [   ]   ti_sysc               |   |-- target-module at 53100000
>>>>>     simple_bus   68  [   ]   ti_sysc               |   |-- target-module at 53500000
>>>>>     simple_bus   69  [   ]   ti_sysc               |   `-- target-module at 56000000
>>>>>     clk          62  [   ]   fixed_clock           |-- clk_mcasp0_fixed
>>>>>     bootstd       0  [   ]   bootstd_drv           |-- bootstd
>>>>>     bootmeth      0  [   ]   bootmeth_efi          |   |-- efi
>>>>>     bootmeth      1  [   ]   bootmeth_extlinux     |   |-- extlinux
>>>>>     bootmeth      2  [   ]   bootmeth_pxe          |   |-- pxe
>>>>>     bootmeth      3  [   ]   vbe_simple            |   `-- vbe_simple
>>>>>     timer         0  [ + ]   omap_timer            `-- timer at 0
>>>>> => unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>>>>
>>>> The commit message of this patch contains the following example:
>>>> unbind /soc/usb-otg at 49000000 usb_ether
>>>> so in your case, try
>>>> unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000 usb_ether
>>>
>>> Does not work, unfortunately:
>>> => unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000 usb_ether
>>> Cannot find a device with path /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>>> => unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>>
>> Did this even work before , i.e. without this series, if you were to use USB ethernet first and then fastboot second (that sequence is important) ?
> 
> Yes it did.
> 
>> Can you debug this ? Basically the problem that happens is that if you run:
>> unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
>> this unbind ti-musb-peripheral usb at 47401000 instead of just unbinding
>> usb_ether usb_ether
> 
> True.
> 
>> Maybe just try
>> unbind usb_ether
> 
> => unbind usb_ether
> unbind - Unbind a device from a driver
> 
> Usage:
> unbind <node path> [<driver>]
> unbind <class> <index>
> unbind <class> <index> <driver>
> 
>> or
>> unbind usb_ether usb_ether
> 
> => unbind usb_ether usb_ether
> usb_ether is not a valid uclass
> 
>> ti-musb-peripheral usb at 47401000 has to stay in the dm tree output after the unbind. Or maybe try
>>
>> bind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000 ti-musb-peripheral
> 
> Indeed when we perform the unbind, ti-musb-peripheral is removed. Yes,
> binding it again like you advise makes it come back.
> 
>> and then the fastboot thing
> 
> Unfortunately after binding it again, so with the following dm tree
> snippet:
> 
>   misc          0  [ + ]   ti-musb-wrapper       |   |-- usb at 47400000
>   usb           0  [   ]   ti-musb-host          |   |   |-- usb at 47401800
>   usb           0  [   ]   ti-musb-peripheral    |   |   `-- usb at 47401000
> 
> It still fails:
> 
> => fastboot usb 0
> couldn't find an available UDC
> g_dnl_register: failed!, error: -19
> exit not allowed from main input shell.
> 
> Without this series, this works:
> => unbind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000
> => bind /ocp/usb at 47400000/usb at 47401000 ti-musb-peripheral
> => fastboot usb 0

OK, so fastboot did not work even without this series without obscure 
workarounds ?

Can you try and debug this ?

Does 'fastboot usb 1' work with this series by any chance ?


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