linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] RISC-V: Add eMMC support for TH1520 boards

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Message-ID: <cc167bc439910534a03f7a69615a1d5a054c294b.camel@icenowy.me>
Date:   Sat, 23 Sep 2023 08:11:22 +0800
From:   Icenowy Zheng <uwu@...nowy.me>
To:     Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>,
        Drew Fustini <dfustini@...libre.com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>, Fu Wei <wefu@...hat.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc:     Robert Nelson <robertcnelson@...gleboard.org>,
        Jason Kridner <jkridner@...gleboard.org>,
        Han Gao <gaohan@...as.ac.cn>, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] RISC-V: Add eMMC support for TH1520 boards

在 2023-09-22星期五的 19:41 +0800，Xi Ruoyao写道：
> On Thu, 2023-09-21 at 18:49 -0700, Drew Fustini wrote:
> > This series adds support for the eMMC on the BeagleV Ahead and the
> > Sipeed LicheePi 4A. This allows the kernel to boot with the rootfs
> > on
> > eMMC.
> > 
> > I tested on top of v6.6-rc2 with this config [1]. I was able to
> > boot
> > both the Ahead [2] and LPi4a [3] from eMMC. The following
> > prerequisites
> > are required:
> > 
> >   [PATCH v2] riscv: dts: thead: set dma-noncoherent to soc bus [4]
> > 
> > I pushed a branch [5] with this patch series and the above patch
> > for
> > those that find a git branch easier to test.
> > 
> > Please note that only the MMC controller connected to the eMMC
> > device
> > is enabled in the device trees for these two boards. I did not yet
> > attempt to configure and use the microSD card slot. My preference
> > is to
> > address that in a future patch series.
> > 
> > References:
> > [1] https://gist.github.com/pdp7/5fbdcf2a65eb1abdd3a29d519c19cdd2
> > [2] https://gist.github.com/pdp7/91a801a5f8d1070c53509eda9800ad78
> > [3] https://gist.github.com/pdp7/1445c3c991e88fd69c60165cef65726a
> > [4]
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20230912072232.2455-1-jszhang@kernel.org/
> > [5] https://github.com/pdp7/linux/tree/b4/th1520-mmc
> 
> I've tested this branch and successfully booted a rootfs on Lichee Pi
> 4A
> eMMC with rootdelay=10.
> 
> Curiously is there some way to make it work without rootdelay?

The answer is nearly no (although using an initrd will mitigate the
need of rootdelay).

MMC devices are known to be slow to probe, even on x86 devices.

> 
> For everything except "Enable BeagleV Ahead eMMC controller":
> 
> Tested-by: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...111.site>
>