[PATCH 28/31] rockchip: rk3399-rock-pi-4: Sync device tree from linux v6.8
Dragan Simic
dsimic at manjaro.org
Mon Apr 1 01:48:42 CEST 2024
On 2024-04-01 01:41, Jonas Karlman wrote:
> On 2024-04-01 01:30, Dragan Simic wrote:
>> On 2024-04-01 01:14, Jonas Karlman wrote:
>>> On 2024-04-01 00:53, Dragan Simic wrote:
>>>> Please see my comments below.
>>>>
>>>> On 2024-03-31 22:28, Jonas Karlman wrote:
>>>>> Sync rk3399-rock-pi-4 related device tree from linux v6.8.
>>>>>
>>>>> Add SPI flash related options to support booting from SPI flash.
>>>>>
>>>>> Add AHCI=y, SCSI_AHCI=y, AHCI_PCI=y and SCSI=y to support PCIe SATA
>>>>> boot.
>>>>
>>>> As we know, these boards have no standard connectors for PCI Express
>>>> expansion cards, which makes me wonder how many users actually use
>>>> M.2
>>>> PCI Express modules with SATA controllers on them with these boards,
>>>> and need support for them in U-Boot?
>>>>
>>>> I mean, it can't hurt, but frankly, I'm not 100% sure about it.
>>>
>>> With the M.2 Extension Board [1] and a M.2 to PCIe X4 adapter it is
>>> very
>>> easy to convert the M.2 slot into a standard PCIe X4 slot and use it
>>> with a PCIe SATA card. At least that is how I have tested and used
>>> this.
>>
>> I was aware of the M.2 extension board sold by Radxa, but frankly,
>> using it together with another adapter (M.2 to standard PCIe x4 slot)
>> is a cumbersome setup. The whole thing becomes at least three times
>> the size of the SBC, with cables and a dangling PCIe card. :)
>
> I know, it is not ideal, but works for my testing and development
> proposes :-)
>
>> I had in mind an M.2 module with a PCIe SATA controller. [2]
>> Something
>> like that, used together with the M.2 extension board, would actually
>> make a rather neat setup.
>
> I guess the Radxa Penta SATA HAT [3] is most likely use case for having
> PCIe AHCI enabled.
Ah, thanks for reminding me about this hat! I saw it once or twice,
but I somehow forgot about it. Yes, that's very nice, and surely a use
case for having AHCI support enabled.
> [3] https://radxa.com/products/accessories/penta-sata-hat/
>
> Regards,
> Jonas
>
>>
>> [2]
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/s0bf1d/m2_sata_expansion_anyone_use_something_like_this/
>>
>>> I do think there will be many users of PCIe AHCI/SATA, but with this
>>> series I try to get all boards to have same feature set as long as
>>> there
>>> is some way to use a feature.
>>
>> I guess it can't hurt in the end.
>>
>>> [1] https://radxa.com/products/accessories/m2-extension-board
>>>
>>>>> Change to SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x40000, SPL can be up to 256 KiB.
>>>>>
>>>>> Add ROCKCHIP_IODOMAIN=y to configure io-domain voltage.
>>>>>
>>>>> Add PHY_REALTEK=y and DM_ETH_PHY=y to support ethernet PHY.
>>>>>
>>>>> Remove SPL_TINY_MEMSET=y to use full memset in SPL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jonas Karlman <jonas at kwiboo.se>
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise, looking good to me.
>>>>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic at manjaro.org>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jonas
>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> arch/arm/dts/rk3399-rock-4c-plus-u-boot.dtsi | 12 ++++++++++
>>>>> arch/arm/dts/rk3399-rock-4c-plus.dts | 1 +
>>>>> arch/arm/dts/rk3399-rock-4se-u-boot.dtsi | 12 ++++++++++
>>>>> arch/arm/dts/rk3399-rock-pi-4.dtsi | 4 +++-
>>>>> arch/arm/dts/rk3399-rock-pi-4c-u-boot.dtsi | 7 ++++++
>>>>> arch/arm/dts/rk3399-rock-pi-4c.dts | 10 ++++++++
>>>>> configs/rock-4c-plus-rk3399_defconfig | 24
>>>>> +++++++++++++++-----
>>>>> configs/rock-4se-rk3399_defconfig | 23
>>>>> +++++++++++++++++--
>>>>> configs/rock-pi-4-rk3399_defconfig | 8 +++++++
>>>>> configs/rock-pi-4c-rk3399_defconfig | 24
>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++--
>>>>> 10 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>> [snip]
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