[PATCH 4/6] ARM: i.MX8MP: skov: halt startup until power is good
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Mon Apr 14 01:46:47 PDT 2025
Hello Marco,
On 14.04.25 10:40, Marco Felsch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 25-04-14, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> The 24V regulator supplying the system can indicate via a GPIO imminent
>> voltage loss. The board's capacitors hold enough charge to power the system
>> a while longer in such a state, but eventually, unless external power is
>> restored, the brownout detection of the PMIC will kick in.
>>
>> For the span of time between voltage drop detection and PMIC brownout,
>> let's detect this situation and delay startup. This way, Linux can
>> detect the ongoing voltage loss, power down the eMMC, reboot into
>> barebox and barebox will delay boot as long as the problem persists.
>>
>> Co-developed-by: Kim Christensen <kch at skov.dk>
>> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
>> ---
>> arch/arm/boards/skov-imx8mp/lowlevel.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/skov-imx8mp/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/skov-imx8mp/lowlevel.c
>> index 637fc50b3f30..d7bd771f259d 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/boards/skov-imx8mp/lowlevel.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/skov-imx8mp/lowlevel.c
>> @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
>>
>> extern char __dtb_z_imx8mp_skov_start[];
>>
>> +#define PGOOD_PAD_CTRL MUX_PAD_CTRL(MX8MP_PAD_CTL_PUE | \
>> + MX8MP_PAD_CTL_PE)
>> +
>> #define UART_PAD_CTRL MUX_PAD_CTRL(MX8MP_PAD_CTL_DSE6 | \
>> MX8MP_PAD_CTL_FSEL | \
>> MX8MP_PAD_CTL_PUE | \
>> @@ -30,6 +33,12 @@ extern char __dtb_z_imx8mp_skov_start[];
>> MX8MP_PAD_CTL_PUE | \
>> MX8MP_PAD_CTL_PE)
>>
>> +static inline void led_d1_toggle(bool *on)
>> +{
>> + imx8m_gpio_direction_output(IOMEM(MX8MP_GPIO1_BASE_ADDR), 5, *on);
>> + *on = !*on;
>> +}
>> +
>> static void setup_uart(void)
>> {
>> void __iomem *uart = IOMEM(MX8M_UART2_BASE_ADDR);
>> @@ -67,6 +76,55 @@ static struct pmic_config pca9450_cfg[] = {
>> { PCA9450_BUCK2OUT_DVS0, 0x14 },
>> };
>>
>> +static inline bool power_good(void)
>> +{
>> + /* IMX_SHDN_MF in schematics */
>> + return imx8m_gpio_val(IOMEM(MX8MP_GPIO4_BASE_ADDR), 23);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void wait_for_power_good(void)
>> +{
>> + void __iomem *gpio4 = IOMEM(MX8MP_GPIO4_BASE_ADDR);
>> + int timeout_ms = 0;
>> + bool led_active = true;
>> +
>> + imx8mp_setup_pad(MX8MP_PAD_SAI2_RXD0__GPIO4_IO23 | PGOOD_PAD_CTRL);
>> + imx8m_gpio_direction_input(gpio4, 23);
>> +
>> + led_d1_toggle(&led_active);
>> +
>> + if (power_good())
>> + return;
>> +
>> + pr_warn("\nDelaying boot until power stabilizes\n");
>> +
>> + /* If we reach this, because Linux did a hw_protection_reboot, we don't
>> + * want to continue booting right away.
>> + *
>> + * Thus let's either wait for the condition to subscede or for voltage
>> + * to reach a low enough level for the PMIC to detect VSYS_UVLO going
>> + * lower than allowed
>> + */
>> +
>> + while (1) {
>> + if (power_good()) {
>> + /* wait 10ms longer and check if it still good */
>> + udelay(10000);
>> + if (power_good()) {
>> + pr_info("IMX_SHDN_MF stuck low for ~%ums.\n", timeout_ms);
>> + break;
>> + }
>> + }
>> + /* fast blink LED D1 */
>> + if (timeout_ms % 100 == 0) {
>> + pr_debug(".");
>> + led_d1_toggle(&led_active);
>> + }
>> + udelay(1000);
>> + timeout_ms++;
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> static void power_init_board(void)
>> {
>> struct pbl_i2c *i2c;
>> @@ -77,6 +135,8 @@ static void power_init_board(void)
>> imx8mp_setup_pad(MX8MP_PAD_SAI3_TXD__GPIO5_IO01);
>> imx8m_gpio_direction_output(IOMEM(MX8MP_GPIO5_BASE_ADDR), 1, 0);
>>
>> + wait_for_power_good();
>
> out of curiosity, wouldn't it be more useful to do the check right
> before the system wants to boot the kernel and abort in that case?
How so?
When we have brownout, we usually never make it out of the PBL,
so I prefer the SoC gets powered off during this loop instead
of during the RAM setup.
Cheers,
ahmad
>
> Regards,
> Marco
>
>
>> +
>> imx8mp_setup_pad(MX8MP_PAD_I2C1_SCL__I2C1_SCL | I2C_PAD_CTRL);
>> imx8mp_setup_pad(MX8MP_PAD_I2C1_SDA__I2C1_SDA | I2C_PAD_CTRL);
>>
>> --
>> 2.39.5
>>
>>
>>
>
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