Re: [PATCH V5 09/12] usb: xhci: Add NVIDIA Tegra xHCI host-controller driver

From: Felipe Balbi
Date: Mon Nov 17 2014 - 19:33:43 EST


Hi,

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 03:51:29PM -0800, Andrew Bresticker wrote:
> >> +static const struct {
> >> + const char *name;
> >> + unsigned int num;
> >> +} tegra_xhci_phy_types[] = {
> >> + {
> >> + .name = "usb3",
> >> + .num = TEGRA_XUSB_USB3_PHYS,
> >> + }, {
> >> + .name = "utmi",
> >> + .num = TEGRA_XUSB_UTMI_PHYS,
> >> + }, {
> >> + .name = "hsic",
> >> + .num = TEGRA_XUSB_HSIC_PHYS,
> >> + },
> >
> > these should be using the generic PHY subsystem (drivers/phy).
>
> This driver does use the generic PHY subsystem, see patch 7 in this series :).

true, I got misled by the fact that you added your phy provider to your
pinctrl. Odd.

> >> +static int tegra_xhci_load_firmware(struct tegra_xhci_hcd *tegra)
> >> +{
> >> + struct device *dev = tegra->dev;
> >> + struct tegra_xhci_fw_cfgtbl *cfg_tbl;
> >> + struct tm fw_tm;
> >> + u32 val, code_tag_blocks, code_size_blocks;
> >> + u64 fw_base;
> >> + time_t fw_time;
> >> + unsigned long timeout;
> >> +
> >> + if (csb_readl(tegra, XUSB_CSB_MP_ILOAD_BASE_LO) != 0) {
> >> + dev_info(dev, "Firmware already loaded, Falcon state 0x%x\n",
> >> + csb_readl(tegra, XUSB_FALC_CPUCTL));
> >> + return 0;
> >> + }
> >
> > won't this prevent rmmod && insmod from succeeding ? Maybe not, as you
> > return 0 anyway, but if the firmware side craps out, it might be useful
> > to reload the firmware and reset that block. I wonder if this prevents
> > that.
>
> rmmod && insmod does work with the above since, as you mentioned, we
> return successfully if the controller is already running. Attempting
> to re-load the firmware if the controller is already running won't
> work - it requires a full power-gate/ungate sequence of the
> controller. Unfortunately, that sequence is rather complicated and I
> haven't had a chance to implement it yet. it will hopefully be coming
> later, though.

Alright, could you add a comment on the source code stating that ?
Perhaps a REVISIT note or FIXME ?

cheers

--
balbi

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