[PATCH v2] sunxi: H616: dram: fix LPDDR3 TRP6 parsing

[Paul Kocialkowski]

Hi,

On Thu 09 Apr 26, 13:48, Mikhail Kalashnikov wrote:
> On 4/8/26 00:47, Philippe Simons wrote:
> > From: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec at gmail.com>
> > 
> > Allwinner's BSP DRAM code uses parameter TPR6, presumably containing
> > some "Vref" parameter, to encode the values for *all* four supported DRAM
> > types. The code selects one byte based on the DRAM type used at runtime.
> > To allow copying DRAM parameters from vendor firmware, we used this value
> > and its encoding, but wrongly: the proper order of bytes is DDR3, DDR4,
> > LPDDR3, LPDDR4, from LSB to MSB, cf. the A523 and A133 DRAM code.
> > 
> > Correct the masking for LPDDR3 to fix DRAM operation on some boards
> > using this DRAM type.
> > 
> > With LPDDR3 TRP6 parsing fixed, adapt default DRAM_SUNXI_TPR6 value.
> > Also change LPDDR4 default value to 0x38 used by A523 boards.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec at gmail.com>
> > [adjusted commit message, update default value]
> > Signed-off-by: Philippe Simons <simons.philippe at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >   arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig            | 2 +-
> >   arch/arm/mach-sunxi/dram_sun50i_h616.c | 2 +-
> >   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig
> > index e979ee4a2cc..a1ddc6a1fc8 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig
> > @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ config DRAM_SUNXI_TPR3
> >   config DRAM_SUNXI_TPR6
> >   	hex "DRAM TPR6 parameter"
> > -	default 0x3300c080
> > +	default 0x38c00080
> I don't think this will be a good solution. The changes in this series
> were originally made to improve compatibility with the vendor driver,
> but now you are introducing an additional inconsistency by closing the
> previous one. The default values are not just arbitrary values — they
> are part of the vendor code that was obtained through binary analysis.
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231018172109.085cce24@donnerap.manchester.arm.com/

I tend to agree with you, it feels like the default value was taken from the
reference code while the field parsing was just an issue that was introduced
with the h616 code. So it should not affect the defaut value, which was likely
mistakenly parsed before.

> There are several options here:
> 1. If our goal is to improve compatibility, then we should not change
> the default values for LPDDR4, and only keep the changes for LPDDR3.
> 2. Add the changes from option 2, and additionally introduce the default
> values for the A523 platform that I made during the initial binary
> analysis but for some reason did not get merged into mainline.
> (https://github.com/iuncuim/u-boot/blob/b17c5c8911a4fce328b01e6332632a9ccd88ebc6/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/Kconfig#L102)

It would be good to have different defaults for different platforms yes.
Note that the a133 code has some fallback with defaults when the extracted
field in tpr6 is zero. Maybe they should be used as default value for a133.
We probably still need to keep these fallbacks in the code in case some
board-specific tpr6 value does have zeroes and relies on this behavior.

> 3. If we accept the incompatibility between the vendor driver and
> the mainline driver, then this patch series is unnecessary because
> they introduce additional inconsistency with the vendor driver.

We definitely want to be able to take the dram parameter values straight from
the BSP and put them directly into our Kconfig. Changing the order of fields
would make porting new boards very painful so it should be avoided.

> I think option two is the most correct, but option one is also suitable,
> since the DRAM driver for the A523 only supports DDR3 and LPDDR4,
> and the default values in this case are the same as for the H616
> (A523 is 0x33808080, H616 is 0x33c00080).

I suggest we keep the current default (without moving the lpddr3 bits) for h616
and add new defaults in Kconfig for a523 and a133.

> >   	help
> >   	  TPR6 value from vendor DRAM settings.
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/dram_sun50i_h616.c b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/dram_sun50i_h616.c
> > index 3345c9b8e82..42a0550e015 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/dram_sun50i_h616.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/dram_sun50i_h616.c
> > @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ static bool mctl_phy_init(const struct dram_para *para,
> >   		val = para->tpr6 & 0xff;
> >   		break;
> >   	case SUNXI_DRAM_TYPE_LPDDR3:
> > -		val = para->tpr6 >> 8 & 0xff;
> > +		val = para->tpr6 >> 16 & 0xff;

This change is definitely necessary though.

> >   		break;
> >   	case SUNXI_DRAM_TYPE_LPDDR4:
> >   		val = para->tpr6 >> 24 & 0xff;

All the best,

Paul

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