Re: [PATCH 6/6] arm64: dts: imx8mm-kontron: Add support for reading SD_VSEL signal

From: Marco Felsch
Date: Tue Feb 14 2023 - 03:11:18 EST


On 23-02-13, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 2/13/23 20:56, Marco Felsch wrote:
> > Hi Marek, Frieder,
>
> Hi,
>
> > On 23-02-13, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > On 2/13/23 17:15, Marco Felsch wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > > @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ MX8MM_IOMUXC_SD2_DATA1_USDHC2_DATA1 0x1d6
> > > > > MX8MM_IOMUXC_SD2_DATA2_USDHC2_DATA2 0x1d6
> > > > > MX8MM_IOMUXC_SD2_DATA3_USDHC2_DATA3 0x1d6
> > > > > MX8MM_IOMUXC_SD2_CD_B_GPIO2_IO12 0x019
> > > > > - MX8MM_IOMUXC_GPIO1_IO04_USDHC2_VSELECT 0x1d0
> > > > > + MX8MM_IOMUXC_GPIO1_IO04_USDHC2_VSELECT 0x400001d0
> > > >
> > > > The VSELECT pin should be driven by the (u)sdhc core...
> > > >
> > > > > >;
> > > > > };
> > > > > };
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-kontron-osm-s.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-kontron-osm-s.dtsi
> > > > > index 5172883717d1..90daaf54e704 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-kontron-osm-s.dtsi
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm-kontron-osm-s.dtsi
> > > > > @@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ reg_nvcc_sd: LDO5 {
> > > > > regulator-name = "NVCC_SD (LDO5)";
> > > > > regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>;
> > > > > regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>;
> > > > > + sd-vsel-gpios = <&gpio1 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> > > >
> > > > and by using the sd-vsel-gpios property the IOMUXC_GPIO1_IO04 have to be
> > > > muxed as GPIO, which is not the case. So I think that u-boot have a bug
> > > > within the (u)sdhc core.
> > >
> > > The trick here is that the VSELECT is operated by the usdhc block as a
> > > function pin, but the PMIC driver can read the current state of the VSELECT
> > > pin by reading out the GPIO block SR register. Since the IOMUX SION bit is
> > > set on the VSELECT pin, the state of the pin is reflected in the GPIO block
> > > SR register even if the pin is muxed as function pin.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for this explanation :) Why does the regulator driver need to
> > know the current state of this pin?
>
> Because that regulator has an input pin which selects between two states of
> that regulator, L and H, and whatever L or H is depends on what is
> configured into the regulator via I2C. To correctly report the state of the
> regulator, you have to know the state of that input (selector) pin.
>
> > Since the voltage switching requires
> > some cmd's before the actual voltage level switch. So this must be
> > handled within the core.
> >
> > Also after checking the driver, adding the sd-vsel-gpios will request
> > the specified gpio as output-high.
>
> The GPIO would have to be requested as input, obviously.

But that isn't the case. According the driver comment they just want to
make sure that this GPIO is high to ensure that the correct regulator
config registers are used.

> > Out of curiosity, what's the bug you
> > triggering within U-Boot?
>
> AFAICT the readback of the initial state of the regulator (see paragraph
> above), which affects Linux all the same.

According the binding the driver should check this and apply the value
to the corresponding L/H register but unfortunately this isn't the case
yet. Does U-Boot handle this correctly?

Regards,
Marco