[PATCH 7/8] memory: emif: errata i743: Prohibit usage of Power-Down mode
Lokesh Vutla
lokeshvutla at ti.com
Mon Mar 11 07:10:25 EDT 2013
Hi,
On Monday 11 March 2013 11:20 AM, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
> On Monday 11 March 2013 10:36 AM, Lokesh Vutla wrote:
>> From: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko at ti.com>
>>
>> ERRATA DESCRIPTION :
>> The EMIF supports power-down state for low power. The EMIF
>> automatically puts the SDRAM into power-down after the memory is
>> not accessed for a defined number of cycles and the
>> EMIF_PWR_MGMT_CTRL[10:8] REG_LP_MODE bit field is set to 0x4.
>> As the EMIF supports automatic output impedance calibration, a ZQ
>> calibration long command is issued every time it exits active
>> power-down and precharge power-down modes. The EMIF waits and
>> blocks any other command during this calibration.
>> The EMIF does not allow selective disabling of ZQ calibration upon
>> exit of power-down mode. Due to very short periods of power-down
>> cycles, ZQ calibration overhead creates bandwidth issues and
>> increases overall system power consumption. On the other hand,
>> issuing ZQ calibration long commands when exiting self-refresh is
>> still required.
>>
>> WORKAROUND :
>> Because there is no power consumption benefit of the power-down due
>> to the calibration and there is a performance risk, the guideline
>> is to not allow power-down state and, therefore, to not have set
>> the EMIF_PWR_MGMT_CTRL[10:8] REG_LP_MODE bit field to 0x4.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko at ti.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Chernooky <vitaly.chernooky at ti.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Dmytryshyn <oleksandr.dmytryshyn at ti.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla at ti.com>
>> ---
> Nice changelog.
>
>> drivers/memory/emif.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/memory/emif.c b/drivers/memory/emif.c
>> index f75806a..119503a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/memory/emif.c
>> +++ b/drivers/memory/emif.c
>> @@ -257,6 +257,41 @@ static void set_lpmode(struct emif_data *emif, u8 lpmode)
>> u32 temp;
>> void __iomem *base = emif->base;
>>
>> + /*
>> + * Workaround for errata i743 - LPDDR2 Power-Down State is Not
>> + * Efficient
>> + *
>> + * i743 DESCRIPTION:
>> + * The EMIF supports power-down state for low power. The EMIF
>> + * automatically puts the SDRAM into power-down after the memory is
>> + * not accessed for a defined number of cycles and the
>> + * EMIF_PWR_MGMT_CTRL[10:8] REG_LP_MODE bit field is set to 0x4.
>> + * As the EMIF supports automatic output impedance calibration, a ZQ
>> + * calibration long command is issued every time it exits active
>> + * power-down and precharge power-down modes. The EMIF waits and
>> + * blocks any other command during this calibration.
>> + * The EMIF does not allow selective disabling of ZQ calibration upon
>> + * exit of power-down mode. Due to very short periods of power-down
>> + * cycles, ZQ calibration overhead creates bandwidth issues and
>> + * increases overall system power consumption. On the other hand,
>> + * issuing ZQ calibration long commands when exiting self-refresh is
>> + * still required.
>> + *
>> + * WORKAROUND
>> + * Because there is no power consumption benefit of the power-down due
>> + * to the calibration and there is a performance risk, the guideline
>> + * is to not allow power-down state and, therefore, to not have set
>> + * the EMIF_PWR_MGMT_CTRL[10:8] REG_LP_MODE bit field to 0x4.
>> + */
>> + if ((emif->plat_data->ip_rev == EMIF_4D) &&
>> + (EMIF_LP_MODE_PWR_DN == lpmode)) {
> Ok. So the errata is limited to only 'EMIF_4D' version and not applicable
> for next EMIF version used in OMAP5 devices, right ? If yes, would be good
> to just mention that in already good changelog.
Yes, it is not applicable for EMIF_4D5 used in OMAP5 ES2.0 Soc's.
Ill update this in change log.
Thanks
Lokesh
>
>> + WARN_ONCE(1,
>> + "REG_LP_MODE = LP_MODE_PWR_DN(4) is prohibited by"
>> + "erratum i743 switch to LP_MODE_SELF_REFRESH(2)\n");
>> + /* rallback LP_MODE to Self-refresh mode */
> s/rallback/rollback ?
>
> With above updates,
> Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at ti.com>
>
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