[PATCH 2/8] mmc: k1: add sdhci platform driver
Eric Chung
eric.chung at riscstar.com
Wed Jun 24 04:23:35 CEST 2026
On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM 'Yao Zi' via uboot <uboot at riscstar.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 04:18:55PM -0400, Raymond Mao wrote:
> > From: Guodong Xu <guodong at riscstar.com>
> >
> > Add SDHCI platform driver support for SpacemiT K1 SoC. This driver
> > implements the necessary platform-specific operations for the SDHCI
> > controller, enabling MMC/SD card functionality on K1-based platforms.
>
> Is there any reason not to re-use Linux-side K1 MMC driver,
> sdhci-of-k1.c, and its companion ABI? Since Linux commit e9cb83c10071
> (mmc: sdhci-of-k1: add comprehensive SDR tuning support, 2026-05-11)
> it is now capable of operating on SD cards, too.
>
Excuse me. Is there any ABI breakage in this SD/eMMC device?
> > Signed-off-by: Guodong Xu <guodong at riscstar.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Raymond Mao <raymond.mao at riscstar.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/mmc/Kconfig | 7 +
> > drivers/mmc/Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/mmc/spacemit_sdhci.c | 934 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 942 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 drivers/mmc/spacemit_sdhci.c
>
> ...
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/mmc/spacemit_sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/spacemit_sdhci.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 00000000000..392ca389fa9
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/mmc/spacemit_sdhci.c
>
> ...
>
> > +static void spacemit_sdhci_set_aib_mmc1_io(struct sdhci_host *host, int voltage)
> > +{
> > + struct mmc *mmc = host->mmc;
> > + struct spacemit_sdhci_plat *plat = dev_get_plat(mmc->dev);
> > + void __iomem *aib_mmc1_io, *apbc_asfar, *apbc_assar;
> > + u32 reg;
> > +
> > + if (!plat->aib_mmc1_io_reg || !plat->apbc_asfar_reg ||
> > + !plat->apbc_assar_reg)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + aib_mmc1_io = map_sysmem((uintptr_t)plat->aib_mmc1_io_reg,
> > + sizeof(u32));
> > + apbc_asfar = map_sysmem((uintptr_t)plat->apbc_asfar_reg,
> > + sizeof(u32));
> > + apbc_assar = map_sysmem((uintptr_t)plat->apbc_assar_reg,
> > + sizeof(u32));
>
> AFAIK aib_mmc1_io region is related to pinctrl settings, and shouldn't
> be handled by the MMC driver directly. Quoting my own reply[1] to the
> series adding SD support to sdhci-of-k1.c in Linux side,
>
OK. I'll move it to pinctrl.
> > Also, the pin controller on K1 SoC seems to have some undocumented
> > registers to select the IO voltage of SD pins, which should be
> > adjusted when switching IO voltage.
> >
> > I think these pins should be implemented in the pinctrl driver, then
> > you could create two pinctrl states, one for 1.8v operation, one for
> > 3.3v, and switch between them through pinctrl_lookup_state() when
> > changing IO voltage.
>
> This idea is later confirmed by SpacemiT guy's series[2],
>
> > On K1, IO domain power control registers determine whether a GPIO bank
> > operates at 1.8V or 3.3V. These registers default to 3.3V operation,
> > which may lead to functional failures when GPIO banks are externally
> > supplied with 1.8V but internally remain configured for 3.3V.
> >
> > The IO power domain registers are implemented as secure registers and
> > require an explicit unlock sequence via the AIB Secure Access Register
> > (ASAR), located in the APBC register space.
>
> Thus I think you should move the logic to pinctrl driver instead, like
> what has been done in the Linux upstream driver.
>
OK
> > + writel(AKEY_ASFAR, apbc_asfar);
> > + writel(AKEY_ASSAR, apbc_assar);
> > + reg = readl(aib_mmc1_io);
> > +
> > + switch (voltage) {
> > + case MMC_SIGNAL_VOLTAGE_180:
> > + reg |= MMC1_IO_V18EN;
> > + break;
> > + default:
> > + reg &= ~MMC1_IO_V18EN;
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + writel(AKEY_ASFAR, apbc_asfar);
> > + writel(AKEY_ASSAR, apbc_assar);
> > + writel(reg, aib_mmc1_io);
> > +}
>
> ...
>
> > +static void spacemit_sdhci_set_control_reg(struct sdhci_host *host)
> > +{
>
> ...
>
> > + /* Set pinctrl state */
> > + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PINCTRL)) {
> > + if (mmc->clock >= 200000000)
> > + pinctrl_select_state(mmc->dev, "fast");
> > + else
> > + pinctrl_select_state(mmc->dev, "default");
> > + }
>
> This doesn't match Linux side ABI, where when card operates in UHS mode,
> pinctrl state "uhs" is selected.
>
OK. Switch to "uhs". By the way, the upstream DTS file hasn't been
synced into uboot yet. This is not easy to find.
> Regards,
> Yao Zi
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/aUDwDkd8k_4gD1yc@pie/
> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20260108-kx-pinctrl-aib-io-pwr-domain-v2-0-6bcb46146e53@linux.spacemit.com
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