linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 21/35] brcmfmac: chip: Only disable D11 cores; handle an arbitrary number

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Message-ID: <dc9c8c28-feb0-0353-d5ab-8715683e3ecc@broadcom.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:36:10 +0100
From:   Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
To:     Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ineon.com>,
        Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
Cc:     Sven Peter <sven@...npeter.dev>,
        Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@...enzweig.io>,
        Mark Kettenis <kettenis@...nbsd.org>,
        Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 21/35] brcmfmac: chip: Only disable D11 cores; handle
 an arbitrary number

On 1/4/2022 8:26 AM, Hector Martin wrote:
> At least on BCM4387, the D11 cores are held in reset on cold startup and
> firmware expects to release reset itself. Just assert reset here and let
> firmware deassert it. Premature deassertion results in the firmware
> failing to initialize properly some of the time, with strange AXI bus
> errors.
> 
> Also, BCM4387 has 3 cores, up from 2. The logic for handling that is in
> brcmf_chip_ai_resetcore(), but since we aren't using that any more, just
> handle it here.

Makes sense.

Reviewed-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>
> ---
>   .../net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/chip.c | 13 ++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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