Re: [RFC 00/19] Rework support for i.MX8MQ interconnect with devfreq

From: Abel Vesa
Date: Tue Mar 09 2021 - 06:44:33 EST


On 21-02-25 13:13:17, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> On 23.02.21 18:20, Abel Vesa wrote:
> > On 21-02-22 17:03:13, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> > > On 19.02.21 16:59, Abel Vesa wrote:
> > > > This has been on my queue for quite some time now. It is more of a
> > > > proof-of-concept.
> > > >
> > > > This rework is done with the compatibility of future i.MX platforms in
> > > > mind. For example, the i.MX8MP platform has multiple NoCs. This
> > > > patchsets prepares the imx interconnect and imx devfreq for that too.
> > > >
> > > > As of now, none of the drivers involved are being used and there is no
> > > > icc consumer on any off the i.MX platforms.
> > > >
> > > > Basically, the steps taken here are the following:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Make the dram_apb clock "reparantable" from kernel.
> > > > This is needed in order to keep track of the actual parent of the
> > > > dram_apb clock in the kernel clock hierarchy. Note that the actual
> > > > switch is done EL3 (TF-A).
> > > >
> > > > 2. Rework the imx-bus so the actual link between the icc and the
> > > > NoCs or the pl301s is not tightly coupled. This allows us to have
> > > > as many NoCs as necessary but also allows as to use the same driver
> > > > for the pl301s. The pl301s have their own clocks too, so we need to
> > > > reduce their rates too.
> > > >
> > > > 3. Rework the imx8m-ddrc driver. Remove the support for dts defined
> > > > OPPs. The EL3 provides those. So instead of havingi to keep the OPP table in
> > > > both EL3 and kernel in sync, we rely on what the EL3 gives us.
> > > > Also, when the platform suspends, the bus needs to be running at highest
> > > > rate, otherwise there is a chance it might not resume anymore.
> > > > By adding the late system sleep PM ops we can handle that easily.
> > > >
> > > > 4. Rework the imx interconnect driver to use the fsl,icc-id instead
> > > > of the robust imx_icc_node_adj_desc for linking with the target node.
> > > > By adding the fsl,icc-id property to all the NoC and pl301 dts nodes,
> > > > we can link each icc node to their corresponding NoC, pl301 or dram.
> > > > Basically, when the imx interconnect platform specific driver probes,
> > > > it will take each node defined for that platform and look-up the
> > > > corresponding dts node based on the id and add that as the qos device.
> > > >
> > > > 5. Added the fec and usdhc as icc consumers. This is just as an example.
> > > > All the other consumers can be added later. Basically, each consumer
> > > > will add a path to their device node and in the driver will have to
> > > > handle that icc path accordingly.
> > > >
> > >
> > > thanks for working on this Abel,
> > >
> > > It looks like the icc path requests don't work for me:
> > >
> > > when applying this onto v5.11 (without any other workaround in that area,
> > > but some out-of-tree icc-requests like in mxsfb) my rootfs isn't being
> > > mounted anymore. Since you add icc requests to the usdhc driver, there could
> > > be something wrong.
> > >
> > > So I revert 19/19 ("mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: Add interconnect support") and
> > > then my imx8mq (Librem 5) rootfs system boots, but all frequencies stay at
> > > the minimum (despite the icc request like this:
> > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsource.puri.sm%2Fmartin.kepplinger%2Flinux-next%2F-%2Fcommit%2F1692de27d1475c53574dd7359c68ba613e0fea10&data=04%7C01%7Cabel.vesa%40nxp.com%7C9e5a3fe7a3af4aabb84f08d8d986c042%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637498520072719555%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=9ItFarG22Tr%2Bj5MPmZU5xnMc%2B1Sx0o3563L5gdceIi4%3D&reserved=0
> > > so I can't use the display).
> > >
> > > What could be missing? As I said I'm trying on top of v5.11, (at least I
> > > have the NOC node described:
> > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsource.puri.sm%2Fmartin.kepplinger%2Flinux-next%2F-%2Fcommit%2F1d74a24c9944d1bf618abdd57d24101368cc8df0&data=04%7C01%7Cabel.vesa%40nxp.com%7C9e5a3fe7a3af4aabb84f08d8d986c042%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637498520072719555%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=dX%2BM7jyyg3SzhtE3Q1QUfVkmbbzg70A57DHndDQ4KcI%3D&reserved=0
> > > and (with the revert from
> > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flore.kernel.org%2Flinux-arm-kernel%2F20210104120512.gmi2zjz7dzhjussp%40fsr-ub1664-175%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cabel.vesa%40nxp.com%7C9e5a3fe7a3af4aabb84f08d8d986c042%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637498520072719555%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=HBVSYJHqLEheNckGyNRf2kDVfVCRoX9zs%2BXO9si8WMw%3D&reserved=0
> > > devfreq works without your patchset ) Is there anything I'm missing that is
> > > not yet merged in v5.11?
> > >
> > > Can I test anything else that would help?
> > >
> >
> > Sorry about this, I messed up the usdhc change.
> > I tested mostly with nfs rootfs.
> >
> > I'll just paste here the things that are missing in order for the USHCs to work.
> > I'll fold them in the next version of this patch set.
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi
> > index 43760316052f..90398408b55e 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq.dtsi
> > @@ -1637,6 +1637,25 @@ opp-133M {
> > };
> > };
> > + pl301_per_m: pl301@9 {
> > + compatible = "fsl,imx8m-nic";
> > + clocks = <&clk IMX8MQ_CLK_NAND_USDHC_BUS>;
> > + operating-points-v2 = <&pl301_per_m_opp_table>;
> > + #interconnect-cells = <0>;
> > + fsl,icc-id = <IMX8MQ_ICN_PER_M>;
> > +
> > + pl301_per_m_opp_table: opp-table {
> > + compatible = "operating-points-v2";
> > +
> > + opp-25M {
> > + opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <25000000>;
> > + };
> > + opp-133M {
> > + opp-hz = /bits/ 64 <133333333>;
> > + };
> > + };
> > + };
> > +
> > icc: interconnect@0 {
> > compatible = "fsl,imx8mq-icc", "fsl,imx8m-icc";
> > #interconnect-cells = <1>;
> > diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
> > index 65c5caf82e0c..cb8d341faf71 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c
> > @@ -1545,7 +1545,8 @@ static int sdhci_esdhc_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > imx_data->bus_path = devm_of_icc_get(&pdev->dev, "path");
> > if (IS_ERR(imx_data->bus_path)) {
> > - return PTR_ERR(imx_data->bus_path);
> > + err = PTR_ERR(imx_data->bus_path);
> > + goto free_sdhci;
> > } else if (imx_data->bus_path) {
> > if (of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "fsl,icc-rate", &imx_data->bus_rate)) {
> > dev_err(&pdev->dev, "icc-rate missing\n");
> >
>
> when simply booting with this instead of my revert, turning on *all* kernel
> debug output, startup stops here:
>
> [ 191.157686] devices_kset: Moving 30b50000.mmc to end of list
> [ 191.163388] PM: Moving platform:30b50000.mmc to end of list
> [ 191.169003] platform 30b50000.mmc: Retrying from deferred list
> [ 191.175305] platform 30b50000.mmc: scheduling asynchronous probe
> [ 191.181394] devices_kset: Moving 30b40000.mmc to end of list
> [ 191.181493] bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device
> 30b50000.mmc with driver sdhci-esdhc-imx
> [ 191.187096] PM: Moving platform:30b40000.mmc to end of list
> [ 191.196706] bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver sdhci-esdhc-imx
> with device 30b50000.mmc
> [ 191.202270] platform 30b40000.mmc: Retrying from deferred list
> [ 191.211361] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: maps: function pinctrl group
> usdhc2grp num 9
> [ 191.217169] platform 30b40000.mmc: scheduling asynchronous probe
> [ 191.225259] pinctrl core: add 9 pinctrl maps
>
> or here:
>
> [ 185.726775] devices_kset: Moving 30b40000.mmc to end of list
> [ 185.732476] PM: Moving platform:30b40000.mmc to end of list
> [ 185.738090] platform 30b40000.mmc: Retrying from deferred list
> [ 185.744453] platform 30b40000.mmc: scheduling asynchronous probe
> [ 185.750541] devices_kset: Moving leds to end of list
> [ 185.750660] bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device
> 30b40000.mmc with driver sdhci-esdhc-imx
> [ 185.755556] PM: Moving platform:leds to end of list
> [ 185.755575] platform leds: Retrying from deferred list
> [ 185.765180] bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver sdhci-esdhc-imx
> with device 30b40000.mmc
> [ 185.770120] bus: 'platform': driver_probe_device: matched device leds
> with driver leds-gpio
> [ 185.775525] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: maps: function pinctrl group
> usdhc1grp num 13
> [ 185.784200] bus: 'platform': really_probe: probing driver leds-gpio with
> device leds
> [ 185.792619] pinctrl core: add 13 pinctrl maps
> [ 185.800915] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: maps: function pinctrl group
> hubnresetgrp num 2
> [ 185.808672] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: maps: function pinctrl group
> usdhc1grp100mhz num 13
> [ 185.813001] pinctrl core: add 2 pinctrl maps
> [ 185.821471] pinctrl core: add 13 pinctrl maps
> [ 185.830275] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: maps: function pinctrl group
> sdpwrgrp num 2
> [ 185.834578] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: maps: function pinctrl group
> usdhc1grp200mhz num 13
> [ 185.838942] pinctrl core: add 2 pinctrl maps
> [ 185.847080] pinctrl core: add 13 pinctrl maps
> [ 185.855854] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: maps: function pinctrl group
> chargergrp num 2
> [ 185.860154] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: found group selector 50 for
> usdhc1grp
> [ 185.864480] pinctrl core: add 2 pinctrl maps
> [ 185.872864] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: found group selector 51 for
> usdhc1grp100mhz
> [ 185.887696] thermal thermal_zone0:
> Trip0[type=1,temp=50000]:trend=0,throttle=1
> [ 185.892835] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: found group selector 52 for
> usdhc1grp200mhz
> [ 185.899966] thermal cooling_device5: cur_state=1
> [ 185.908180] sdhci-esdhc-imx 30b40000.mmc: no init pinctrl state
> [ 185.908208] imx8mq-pinctrl 30330000.pinctrl: maps: function pinctrl group
> smcgrp num 2
>

Give this one a try:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/abelvesa/linux.git/log/?h=imx8mq/icc_devfreq