[PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: dts: sunxi: add support for Orange Pi Zero board

Icenowy Zheng icenowy at aosc.xyz
Tue Dec 6 07:16:44 PST 2016



06.12.2016, 16:01, "Maxime Ripard" <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>:
> On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 07:01:46PM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
>>  05.12.2016, 17:40, "Maxime Ripard" <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>:
>>  > On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 04:59:44PM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
>>  >>  2016年12月5日 16:52于 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>写道:
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 10:22:30PM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
>>  >>  > >
>>  >>  > >
>>  >>  > > 01.12.2016, 17:36, "Maxime Ripard" <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>:
>>  >>  > > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 12:29:07AM +0000, André Przywara wrote:
>>  >>  > > >>  > Something more interesting happened.
>>  >>  > > >>  >
>>  >>  > > >>  > Xunlong made a add-on board for Orange Pi Zero, which exposes the
>>  >>  > > >>  > two USB Controllers exported at expansion bus as USB Type-A
>>  >>  > > >>  > connectors.
>>  >>  > > >>  >
>>  >>  > > >>  > Also it exposes a analog A/V jack and a microphone.
>>  >>  > > >>  >
>>  >>  > > >>  > Should I enable {e,o}hci{2.3} in the device tree?
>>  >>  > > >>
>>  >>  > > >>  Actually we should do this regardless of this extension board. The USB
>>  >>  > > >>  pins are not multiplexed and are exposed on user accessible pins (just
>>  >>  > > >>  not soldered, but that's a detail), so I think they qualify for DT
>>  >>  > > >>  enablement. And even if a user can't use them, it doesn't hurt to have
>>  >>  > > >>  them (since they are not multiplexed).
>>  >>  > > >
>>  >>  > > > My main concern about this is that we'll leave regulators enabled by
>>  >>  > > > default, for a minority of users. And that minority will prevent to do
>>  >>  > > > a proper power management when the times come since we'll have to keep
>>  >>  > > > that behaviour forever.
>>  >>  > >
>>  >>  > > I think these users can add a 'fdt set /xxx/xxx status "disabled" ' .
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > You can't ask that from the majority of users. These users will take
>>  >>  > debian or fedora, install it, and expect everything to work
>>  >>  > properly. I would make the opposite argument actually. If someone is
>>  >>  > knowledgeable enough to solder the USB pins a connector, then (s)he'll
>>  >>  > be able to make that u-boot call.
>>  >>
>>  >>  Now (s)he do not need soldering.
>>  >>
>>  >>  (S)he needs only paying $1.99 more to Xunlong to get the expansion
>>  >>  board, and insert it on the OPi Zero.
>>  >
>>  > Which is going to require an overlay anyway, so we could have the USB
>>  > bits in there too.
>>
>>  If so, I think the [PATCH -next v3 2/2] is ready to be merged ;-)
>
> I meant enabling the USB in the overlay, you enabled it in the base DT.

I enabled only usb1 in the base DT.

The USBs on the expansion board is usb2/3, and usb1 is an onboard USB connector.

It should of course be enabled ;-)

And to mention: this usb's Vbus is also directly connected to DCIN.

(There's no regulator at 5.0V on orange pi Zero)

>
> Maxime
>
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