linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: mmc: meson-gx: add ddr-access-quirk property

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Date:   Tue, 14 May 2019 19:50:34 +0200
From:   Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
To:     Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
Cc:     ulf.hansson@...aro.org, khilman@...libre.com,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, baylibre-upstreaming@...ups.io,
        linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: mmc: meson-gx: add ddr-access-quirk property

Hi Neil,

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 11:16 AM Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com> wrote:
>
> On the Amlogic G12A SoC family, (only) the SDIO controller has a bug which
> makes any DDR access from the MMC controller fail.
>
> Add the amlogic,ddr-access-quirk property so signal this particular
> controller has this bug and needs a quirk to work properly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/amlogic,meson-gx.txt | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/amlogic,meson-gx.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/amlogic,meson-gx.txt
> index 13e70409e8ac..f8914dab06c6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/amlogic,meson-gx.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/amlogic,meson-gx.txt
> @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Required properties:
>    clock rate requested by the MMC core.
>  - resets     : phandle of the internal reset line
>
> +Optional properties:
> +- amlogic,ddr-access-quirk: set when HW cannot access the DDR memory, like on
> +  the G12A SDIO controller.
(I believe we cannot use a standard property like "dma-ranges" to
disable DMA access)
personally I prefer "amlogic,no-direct-memory-access" or
"amlogic,no-ddr-access", but if Rob is happy with the current naming
then I'm happy as well


Regards
Martin