[PATCH 1/4] imx8mp: phyboard-pollux-rdk: Convert to DM_PMIC

Peng Fan peng.fan at nxp.com
Tue Mar 24 14:33:52 CET 2026


Hi Yannic,

> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] imx8mp: phyboard-pollux-rdk: Convert to
> DM_PMIC
> 
> Hi Peng,
> 
> On Tue, 2026-03-24 at 18:30 +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> > From: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
> >
> > Convert the board to use DM_PMIC instead of the legacy SPL
> I2C/PMIC
> > handling.
> >
> > Changes include:
> > - Enable DM_PMIC, DM_PMIC_PCA9450, and
> SPL_DM_PMIC_PCA9450 in defconfig.
> > - Drop legacy SPL I2C and PMIC options.
> > - Remove manual I2C1 pad setup and legacy power_pca9450_init()
> usage.
> > - Use DM-based pmic_get() with the DT node "pmic at 25".
> > - Update PMIC register programming to use struct udevice API.
> 
> these changes break something.
> 
> Getting
> 
> Loading Environment from MMC... Card did not respond to voltage
> select! : -110
> *** Warning - No block device, using default environment
> 
> and SD card is not accessible as a result. I also worked on this
> modernization and got the same result as with your commit. Have not
> had time to investigate the cause, yet.

This change should not impact sd, unless pmic not probe correctly.
You may give a look on "regulators", "pmic" in U-Boot shell,
to see whether pmic is good.

And you may also need to confirm, whether SD works or not
without this migration to DM_PMIC.

Thanks,
Peng.

> 
> Yannic
> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
> > ---
> >  .../arm/dts/imx8mp-phyboard-pollux-rdk-u-boot.dtsi | 16 +++++++-
> >  board/phytec/phycore_imx8mp/spl.c                  | 43
> > +++++++---------------
> >  configs/phycore-imx8mp_defconfig                   | 10 ++---
> >  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-phyboard-pollux-rdk-u-boot.dtsi
> > b/arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-phyboard- pollux-rdk-u-boot.dtsi index
> > 4804a204e92..871e7fd674d 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-phyboard-pollux-rdk-u-boot.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-phyboard-pollux-rdk-u-boot.dtsi
> > @@ -34,6 +34,18 @@
> >  	};
> >  };
> >
> > +&pinctrl_i2c1 {
> > +	bootph-all;
> > +};
> > +
> > +&pinctrl_pmic {
> > +	bootph-all;
> > +};
> > +
> > +&{/soc at 0/bus at 30800000/i2c at 30a20000/pmic at 25/regulators} {
> > +	bootph-all;
> > +};
> > +
> >  &reg_usdhc2_vmmc {
> >  	bootph-pre-ram;
> >  };
> > @@ -83,11 +95,11 @@
> >  };
> >
> >  &i2c1 {
> > -	bootph-pre-ram;
> > +	bootph-all;
> >  };
> >
> >  &pmic {
> > -	bootph-pre-ram;
> > +	bootph-all;
> >  };
> >
> >  &usb_dwc3_0 {
> > diff --git a/board/phytec/phycore_imx8mp/spl.c
> > b/board/phytec/phycore_imx8mp/spl.c
> > index fc7aefd0073..fc6f5104925 100644
> > --- a/board/phytec/phycore_imx8mp/spl.c
> > +++ b/board/phytec/phycore_imx8mp/spl.c
> > @@ -117,45 +117,32 @@ out:
> >  	ddr_init(&dram_timing);
> >  }
> >
> > -#define I2C_PAD_CTRL (PAD_CTL_DSE6 | PAD_CTL_HYS |
> PAD_CTL_PUE |
> > PAD_CTL_PE) -#define PC MUX_PAD_CTRL(I2C_PAD_CTRL) -struct
> > i2c_pads_info i2c_pad_info1 = {
> > -	.scl = {
> > -		.i2c_mode = MX8MP_PAD_I2C1_SCL__I2C1_SCL | PC,
> > -		.gpio_mode = MX8MP_PAD_I2C1_SCL__GPIO5_IO14 |
> PC,
> > -		.gp = IMX_GPIO_NR(5, 14),
> > -	},
> > -	.sda = {
> > -		.i2c_mode = MX8MP_PAD_I2C1_SDA__I2C1_SDA | PC,
> > -		.gpio_mode = MX8MP_PAD_I2C1_SDA__GPIO5_IO15
> | PC,
> > -		.gp = IMX_GPIO_NR(5, 15),
> > -	},
> > -};
> > -
> >  int power_init_board(void)
> >  {
> > -	struct pmic *p;
> > +	struct udevice *dev;
> >  	int ret;
> >
> > -	ret = power_pca9450_init(0, 0x25);
> > -	if (ret)
> > -		printf("power init failed");
> > -	p = pmic_get("PCA9450");
> > -	pmic_probe(p);
> > +	ret = pmic_get("pmic at 25", &dev);
> > +	if (ret == -ENODEV) {
> > +		puts("No pmic at 25\n");
> > +		return 0;
> > +	}
> > +	if (ret < 0)
> > +		return ret;
> >
> >  	/* BUCKxOUT_DVS0/1 control BUCK123 output */
> > -	pmic_reg_write(p, PCA9450_BUCK123_DVS, 0x29);
> > +	pmic_reg_write(dev, PCA9450_BUCK123_DVS, 0x29);
> >
> >  	/* Increase VDD_SOC and VDD_ARM to OD voltage 0.95V */
> > -	pmic_reg_write(p, PCA9450_BUCK1OUT_DVS0, 0x1C);
> > -	pmic_reg_write(p, PCA9450_BUCK2OUT_DVS0, 0x1C);
> > +	pmic_reg_write(dev, PCA9450_BUCK1OUT_DVS0, 0x1C);
> > +	pmic_reg_write(dev, PCA9450_BUCK2OUT_DVS0, 0x1C);
> >
> >  	/* Set BUCK1 DVS1 to suspend controlled through
> PMIC_STBY_REQ */
> > -	pmic_reg_write(p, PCA9450_BUCK1OUT_DVS1, 0x14);
> > -	pmic_reg_write(p, PCA9450_BUCK1CTRL, 0x59);
> > +	pmic_reg_write(dev, PCA9450_BUCK1OUT_DVS1, 0x14);
> > +	pmic_reg_write(dev, PCA9450_BUCK1CTRL, 0x59);
> >
> >  	/* Set WDOG_B_CFG to cold reset */
> > -	pmic_reg_write(p, PCA9450_RESET_CTRL, 0xA1);
> > +	pmic_reg_write(dev, PCA9450_RESET_CTRL, 0xA1);
> >
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> > @@ -193,8 +180,6 @@ void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
> >
> >  	enable_tzc380();
> >
> > -	setup_i2c(0, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED, 0x7f, &i2c_pad_info1);
> > -
> >  	power_init_board();
> >
> >  	/* DDR initialization */
> > diff --git a/configs/phycore-imx8mp_defconfig
> > b/configs/phycore-imx8mp_defconfig
> > index 2fcf7db9e5c..51d9737afb3 100644
> > --- a/configs/phycore-imx8mp_defconfig
> > +++ b/configs/phycore-imx8mp_defconfig
> > @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED=80000000
> >  CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x10000
> >  CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x3C0000
> >  CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE=0x10000
> > -CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1=y
> >  CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
> >  CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="freescale/imx8mp-phyboard-
> pollux-rdk"
> >  CONFIG_IMX8M_OPTEE_LOAD_ADDR=0x7e000000
> > @@ -113,8 +112,6 @@
> CONFIG_FASTBOOT_MMC_USER_SUPPORT=y
> >  CONFIG_FASTBOOT_MMC_USER_NAME="mmc2"
> >  CONFIG_MXC_GPIO=y
> >  CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
> > -# CONFIG_SPL_DM_I2C is not set
> > -CONFIG_SPL_SYS_I2C_LEGACY=y
> >  CONFIG_I2C_EEPROM=y
> >  CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR=0x51
> >  CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT=y
> > @@ -144,15 +141,16 @@ CONFIG_PHY_IMX8MQ_USB=y
> >  CONFIG_PINCTRL=y
> >  CONFIG_SPL_PINCTRL=y
> >  CONFIG_PINCTRL_IMX8M=y
> > -CONFIG_SPL_POWER_LEGACY=y
> >  CONFIG_POWER_DOMAIN=y
> >  CONFIG_IMX8M_POWER_DOMAIN=y
> >  CONFIG_IMX8MP_HSIOMIX_BLKCTRL=y
> > -CONFIG_POWER_PCA9450=y
> > +CONFIG_DM_PMIC=y
> > +CONFIG_DM_PMIC_PCA9450=y
> > +CONFIG_SPL_DM_PMIC_PCA9450=y
> >  CONFIG_DM_REGULATOR=y
> > +CONFIG_DM_REGULATOR_PCA9450=y
> >  CONFIG_DM_REGULATOR_FIXED=y
> >  CONFIG_DM_REGULATOR_GPIO=y
> > -CONFIG_SPL_POWER_I2C=y
> >  CONFIG_DM_RNG=y
> >  CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
> >  CONFIG_MXC_UART=y


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