linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 215/219] mmc: sdhci: Update the tuning failed messages to pr

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Date:   Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:02:34 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Faiz Abbas <faiz_abbas@...com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 215/219] mmc: sdhci: Update the tuning failed
 messages to pr_debug level

On Sun 2019-12-29 18:20:17, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Faiz Abbas <faiz_abbas@...com>
> 
> commit 2c92dd20304f505b6ef43d206fff21bda8f1f0ae upstream.
> 
> Tuning support in DDR50 speed mode was added in SD Specifications Part1
> Physical Layer Specification v3.01. Its not possible to distinguish
> between v3.00 and v3.01 from the SCR and that is why since
> commit 4324f6de6d2e ("mmc: core: enable CMD19 tuning for DDR50 mode")
> tuning failures are ignored in DDR50 speed mode.
> 
> Cards compatible with v3.00 don't respond to CMD19 in DDR50 and this
> error gets printed during enumeration and also if retune is triggered at
> any time during operation. Update the printk level to pr_debug so that
> these errors don't lead to false error reports.

Well, downgrading level might be ok, but people will still see the
message in dmesg.

> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
> @@ -2244,8 +2244,8 @@ static void __sdhci_execute_tuning(struc
>  		sdhci_send_tuning(host, opcode);
>  
>  		if (!host->tuning_done) {
> -			pr_info("%s: Tuning timeout, falling back to fixed sampling clock\n",
> -				mmc_hostname(host->mmc));
> +			pr_debug("%s: Tuning timeout, falling back to fixed sampling clock\n",
> +				 mmc_hostname(host->mmc));

Maybe adding something like "(this is expected on SD cards
implementing phy specification v3.00)" to the user-visible text would
be even better? 

Best regards,
									Pavel
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