Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: qcom: geni-se: Fix '#address-cells' & '#size-cells' related dt-binding error

From: Konrad Dybcio
Date: Mon Jan 16 2023 - 11:42:19 EST




On 16.01.2023 17:18, bhupesh.sharma@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> On 1/16/23 9:35 PM, Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On 16.01.2023 17:02, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
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>> > On 1/16/23 9:24 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
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>> >> On 16.01.2023 16:43, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
>> >>> On Mon, 16 Jan 2023 at 13:23, Krzysztof Kozlowski
>> >>> <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >>>> On 15/01/2023 22:33, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
>> >>>>> On Sun, 15 Jan 2023 at 20:57, Krzysztof Kozlowski
>> >>>>> <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On 13/01/2023 21:10, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
>> >>>>>>> Fix the following '#address-cells' & '#size-cells' related
>> >>>>>>> dt-binding error:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>      $ make dtbs_check
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>      From schema: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,geni-se.yaml
>> >>>>>>>           arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm4250-oneplus-billie2.dtb: geniqup@4ac0000:
>> >>>>>>>                 #address-cells:0:0: 2 was expected
>> >>>>>>>         From schema: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,geni-se.yaml
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Don't we want rather to unify the soc address range?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Well, the assumption in the original dt-bindings was that every reg
>> >>>>> variable is 4 * u32 wide (as most new qcom SoCs set #address- and
>> >>>>> #size-cells to <2>). However, that is not the case for all of the
>> >>>>> SoCs.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hm, which device of that SoC cannot be used with address/size cells 2?
>> >>>
>> >>> As noted in the git log already the geniqup on sm6115 / sm4250 cannot
>> >>> be used with address/size cells 2 (See:
>> >>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm6115.dtsi#L795)
>> >> SM6115 (and pretty much every other arm64 msm platform newer than 8916)
>> >> should be using addr/size-cells = 2 along with (dma-)ranges of 36 bit, as
>> >> that's what their smmus use and otherwise some addresses may get cut off
>> >> in translation, or so the story went with 845 N years ago.. We can either
>> >> pursue this patch or I can submit the 2-cell-ification if you don't plan on
>> >> adding more nodes shortly
>> >
>> >
>> > Have you tested this combination on SM6115 like SoCs with various IPs? I have tried a few experiments in the past and not all IPs work well with 36-bit DMA ranges (atleast not on the boards I have).
>> Can you list any specific examples? I've been using it for
>> quite some time now and I see nothing wrong..
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> I remember seeing some issues with SDHC controller booting (uSD card use case) with sm6115, but I cannot find the appropriate dmesg right now.
FWIW it works completely fine for me, in fact I'm booting from
uSD most of the time.

Konrad
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>> >
>> > So, I think it might lead to more breakage (unless we are sure of a well-tested fix). A simpler patch to fix the dt-bindings looks more useful IMO.
>> I'm not saying no, you just have to convince Krzysztof :D
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> :)
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> Thanks,
> Bhupesh