linux-kernel - Re: PCI device function not being enumerated [Was: PCMCIA not working on Panasonic Toughbook CF-29]

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Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:50:14 +1100
From:   "Michael ." <keltoiboy@...il.com>
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Cc:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
        Linux PCI <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Trevor Jacobs <trevor_jacobs@....com>,
        Kris Cleveland <tridentperfusion@...oo.com>,
        Jeff <bluerocksaddles@...litsonline.com>,
        Morgan Klym <moklym@...il.com>,
        Philip Langdale <philipl@...rt.org>,
        Pierre Ossman <pierre@...man.eu>,
        Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>,
        "linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PCI device function not being enumerated [Was: PCMCIA not working
 on Panasonic Toughbook CF-29]

Through our own testing it hasn't worked on any of the regular Linux
releases (both Deb and RPM varieties, and I think someone tested Arch
or Slackware as well) after 2.6.32 .

On 26/02/2020, Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 04:03:32PM +0100, Ulf Hansson wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 at 17:56, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 12:02:50PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> > > [+cc Ulf, Philip, Pierre, Maxim, linux-mmc; see [1] for beginning of
>> > > thread, [2] for problem report and the patch Michael tested]
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 07:58:27PM +1100, Michael . wrote:
>> > > > Bjorn and Dominik.
>> > > > I am happy to let you know the patch did the trick, it compiled
>> > > > well
>> > > > on 5.4-rc4 and my friends in the CC list have tested the modified
>> > > > kernel and confirmed that both slots are now working as they
>> > > > should.
>> > > > As a group of dedicated Toughbook users and Linux users please
>> > > > accept
>> > > > our thanks your efforts and assistance is greatly appreciated.
>> > > >
>> > > > Now that we know this patch works what kernel do you think it will
>> > > > be
>> > > > released in? Will it make 5.4 or will it be put into 5.5
>> > > > development
>> > > > for further testing?
>> > >
>> > > That patch was not intended to be a fix; it was just to test my guess
>> > > that the quirk might be related.
>> > >
>> > > Removing the quirk solved the problem *you're* seeing, but the quirk
>> > > was added in the first place to solve some other problem, and if we
>> > > simply remove the quirk, we may reintroduce the original problem.
>> > >
>> > > So we have to look at the history and figure out some way to solve
>> > > both problems.  I cc'd some people who might have insight.  Here are
>> > > some commits that look relevant:
>> > >
>> > >   5ae70296c85f ("mmc: Disabler for Ricoh MMC controller")
>> > >   03cd8f7ebe0c ("ricoh_mmc: port from driver to pci quirk")
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > [1]
>> > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAFjuqNi+knSb9WVQOahCVFyxsiqoGgwoM7Z1aqDBebNzp_-jYw@mail.gmail.com/
>> > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191021160952.GA229204@google.com/
>> >
>> > I guess this problem is still unfixed?  I hate the fact that we broke
>> > something that used to work.
>> >
>> > Maybe we need some sort of DMI check in ricoh_mmc_fixup_rl5c476() so
>> > we skip it for Toughbooks?  Or maybe we limit the quirk to the
>> > machines where it was originally needed?
>>
>> Both options seems reasonable to me. Do you have time to put together a
>> patch?
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Uffe
>
> The quirk is controlled by MMC_RICOH_MMC configuration option. At least
> as a short-term fix a bit better than patching the kernel, building one
> with that config option disabled should have the same effect.
>
> From the commit messages, the quirk was required to support MMC (as
> opposed to SD) cards in the SD slot. I would assume this will be an
> issue with the chip in any machine as the commit indicates that the
> hardware in the chip detects MMC cards and doesn't expose them through
> the SDHCI function.
>
> It looks like the quirk was only enabled by default in 2015, at least
> upstream [1], though in Debian it was enabled in May 2010 going by their
> git repo, maybe in 2.6.32-16.
>
> [1] commit ba2f73250e4a ("mmc: Enable Ricoh MMC quirk by default")
>