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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 16:17:20 +0000
From: Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
CC: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, <santosh.sy@...sung.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] add support for DWC UFS Host Controller
On 2/8/2016 4:15 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 03:36:52PM +0000, Joao Pinto wrote:
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> On 2/8/2016 3:30 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 03:17:11PM +0000, Joao Pinto wrote:
>>>> Hi Mark and Arnd,
>>>> Are you saying that a user that puts "snps,ufshcd-1.1"
>>>> in the DT compatibility string disables the UFS 2.0 in the core driver despite
>>>> the controller is 2.0? Please clarify.
>>>
>>> If you can consistently and safely detect that the HW is 2.0, using 2.0
>>> functionality is fine.
>>>
>>> Regardless, you should have a -1.1 compatible string for the 1.1 HW, and
>>> a -2.0 string for the 2.0 HW, so that DTs are explicit about what the
>>> hardware is. If 2.0 is intended to be a superset of 1.1, you can have a
>>> 1.1 fallback entry for the 2.0 hardware.
>>>
>>
>> Ok, I will include the version in the compatibility strings, but if someone
>> mentions "snps,ufshcd-1.1" only and the driver detects that the HW is 2.0
>> capable it will activate the 2.0 features independently of what mentioned in the
>> DT, correct?
>
> As above, if that can be detected safely and reliably, then I don't see
> a problem with that.
Ok, thanks for the comments! I am working a bit in PCI next version patch and so
I predict to produce a new version for UFS next Wednesday.
Joao
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.
>
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