linux-kernel - Re: PATCH: rtsx_pci driver - don't disable the rts5229 card reader on Intel NUC boxes

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Date:   Tue, 4 Aug 2020 09:50:45 +0100
From:   Chris Clayton <chris2553@...glemail.com>
To:     吳昊澄 Ricky <ricky_wu@...ltek.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "rdunlap@...radead.org" <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        "philquadra@...il.com" <philquadra@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: PATCH: rtsx_pci driver - don't disable the rts5229 card reader on
 Intel NUC boxes

On 04/08/2020 09:08, 吳昊澄 Ricky wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2020 3:49 PM
>> To: 吳昊澄 Ricky
>> Cc: Chris Clayton; LKML; rdunlap@...radead.org; philquadra@...il.com; Arnd
>> Bergmann
>> Subject: Re: PATCH: rtsx_pci driver - don't disable the rts5229 card reader on
>> Intel NUC boxes
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 02:44:41AM +0000, 吳昊澄 Ricky wrote:
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> rtsx_pci_write_register(pcr, FPDTL, OC_POWER_DOWN, OC_POWER_DOWN);
>>> This register operation saved power under 1mA, so if do not care the 1mA
>> power we can have a patch to remove it, make compatible with NUC6
>>> We tested others our card reader that remove it, we did not see any side effect
>>>
>>> Hi Greg k-h,
>>>
>>> Do you have any comments?
>>
>> comments on what?  I don't know what you are responding to here, sorry.
>>
> Can we have a patch to kernel for NUC6? It may cause more power(1mA) but it will have more compatibility
> 

Ricky,

I don't understand why you want to completely remove the code that sets up the 1mA power saving. That code was there
even before your patch (bede03a579b3b4a036003c4862cc1baa4ddc351f), so I assume it benefits some of the Realtek card
readers. Before your patch however, rtsx_pci_init_ocp() was not called for the rts5229 reader, but the patch introduced
an unconditional call to that function into rtsx_pci_init_hw(), which is run for the rts5229. That is what now disables
the card reader.

Now, I don't know whether other cards are affected, although I don't recall seeing any reported as I searched the kernel
and ubuntu bugzillas for any analysis of the problem. I know this is not what the patch I sent does, but having thought
about it more, seems to me that the simplest fix is to skip the new call to rtsx_pci_init_ocp() if the reader is an rts5229.

If you agree, I can prepare a patch and send it to you. Whatever the solution is, it will also be needed in the stable
kernels later than 5.0.

Chris
>> greg k-h
>>
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