[PATCH 1/4] soc: qcom: add an EBI2 device tree bindings
Rob Herring
robh at kernel.org
Fri Jul 15 12:19:44 PDT 2016
On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 11:11:59AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> This adds device tree bindings for the External Bus Interface 2, EBI2
> to the Qualcomm SoC drivers.
>
> Cc: devicetree at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> ---
> Whoever has documentation on this block and willing to share: either share
> the documentation or tell me what I'm doing wrong by rephrasing. Thanks.
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,ebi2.txt | 134 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 134 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,ebi2.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,ebi2.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,ebi2.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..b848a60352ca
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,ebi2.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
> +Qualcomm External Bus Interface 2 (EBI2)
> +
> +The EBI2 contains two peripheral blocks: XMEM and LCDC. The XMEM handles any
> +external memory (such as NAND or other memory-mapped peripherals) whereas
> +LCDC handles LCD displays.
> +
> +As it says it connects devices to an external bus interface, meaning address
> +lines (up to 9 address lines so can only address 1KiB external memory space),
> +data lines (16 bits), OE (output enable), ADV (address valid, used on some
> +NOR flash memories), WE (write enable). This on top of 6 different chip selects
> +(CS0 thru CS5) so that in theory 6 different devices can be connected.
> +
> +Apparently this bus is clocked at 64MHz. It has dedicated pins on the package
> +and the bus can only come out on these pins, however if some of the pins are
> +unused they can be left unconnected or remuxed to be used as GPIO or in some
> +cases other orthogonal functions as well.
> +
> +Also CS1 and CS2 has -A and -B signals. Why they have that is unclear to me.
> +
> +The chip selects have the following memory range assignments. This region of
> +memory is referred to as "Chip Peripheral SS FPB0" and is 168MB big.
> +
> +Chip Select Physical address base
> +CS0 GPIO134 0x1a800000-0x1b000000 (8MB)
> +CS1 GPIO39 (A) / GPIO123 (B) 0x1b000000-0x1b800000 (8MB)
> +CS2 GPIO40 (A) / GPIO124 (B) 0x1b800000-0x1c000000 (8MB)
> +CS3 GPIO133 0x1d000000-0x25000000 (128 MB)
> +CS4 GPIO132 0x1c800000-0x1d000000 (8MB)
> +CS5 GPIO131 0x1c000000-0x1c800000 (8MB)
> +
> +The APQ8060 Qualcomm Application Processor User Guide, 80-N7150-14 Rev. A,
> +August 6, 2012 contains some incomplete documentation of the EBI2.
> +
> +FIXME: the manual mentions "write precharge cycles" and "precharge cycles".
> +We have not been able to figure out which bit fields these correspond to
> +in the hardware, or what valid values exist. The current hypothesis is that
> +this is something just used on the FAST chip selects and that the SLOW
> +chip selects are understood fully. There is also a "byte device enable"
> +flag somewhere for 8bit memories.
> +
> +FIXME: The chipselects have SLOW and FAST configuration registers. It's a bit
> +unclear what this means, if they are mutually exclusive or can be used
> +together, or if some chip selects are hardwired to be FAST and others are SLOW
> +by design.
> +
> +The XMEM registers are totally undocumented but could be partially decoded
> +because the Cypress AN49576 Antioch Westbridge apparently has suspiciously
> +similar register layout, see: http://www.cypress.com/file/105771/download
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible: should be "qcom,ebi2"
Chip specific compatible string please.
> +- #address-cells: shoule be <1>
> +- #size-cells: should be <1>
> +- ranges: boolean should be present
> +- reg: two ranges of registers: EBI2 config and XMEM config areas
> +- reg-names: should be "ebi2", "xmem"
> +- clocks: two clocks, EBI_2X and EBI
> +- clock-names: shoule be "ebi2x", "ebi2"
> +
> +Optional subnodes:
> +- Nodes inside the EBI2 will be considered chipselect nodes. For each
> + chipselect under the EBI2 node you should have the following required
> + properties:
> +
> +Required subnode properties:
> +- chipselect: <N> where N is the chipselect configured in this node
Follow the other external buses that put the CS# in the reg property.
> +- address-cells: should be <1>
> +- size-cells: should be <1>
> +- ranges: bool should be present
> +
> +Optional subnode properties for SLOW chip selects:
> +- xmem-recovery-cycles: recovery cycles is the time the memory continues to
> + drive the data bus after OE is de-asserted, in order to avoid contention on
> + the data bus. They are inserted when reading one CS and switching to another
> + CS or read followed by write on the same CS. Valid values 0 thru 15. Minimum
> + value is actually 1, so a value of 0 will still yield 1 recovery cycle.
> +- xmem-write-hold-cycles: write hold cycles, these are extra cycles inserted
> + after every write minimum 1. The data out is driven from the time WE is
> + asserted until CS is asserted. With a hold of 1 (value = 0), the CS stays
> + active for 1 extra cycle etc. Valid values 0 thru 15.
> +- xmem-write-delta-cycles: initial latency for write cycles inserted for the
> + first write to a page or burst memory. Valid values 0 thru 255.
> +- xmem-read-delta-cycles: initial latency for read cycles inserted for the
> + first read to a page or burst memory. Valid values 0 thru 255.
> +- xmem-write-wait-cycles: number of wait cycles for every write access, 0=1
> + cycle. Valid values 0 thru 15.
> +- xmem-read-wait-cycles: number of wait cycles for every read access, 0=1
> + cycle. Valid values 0 thru 15.
Vendor prefix on all these.
> +
> +Optional subnode properties for FAST chip selects:
> +- xmem-address-hold-enable: this is a boolean property stating that we shall
> + holde the address for an extra cycle to meet hold time requirements with ADV
> + assertion.
> +- xmem-adv-to-oe-recovery-cycles: the number of cycles elapsed before an OE
> + assertion, with respect to the cycle where ADV (address valid) is asserted.
> + 2 means 2 cycles between ADV and OE. Valid values 0, 1, 2 or 3.
> +- xmem-read-hold-cycles: the length in cycles of the first segment of a read
> + transfer. For a single read trandfer this will be the time from CS assertion
> + to OE assertion. Valid values 0 thru 15.
ditto
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +ebi2 at 1a100000 {
> + compatible = "qcom,ebi2";
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <1>;
> + ranges;
> + reg = <0x1a100000 0x1000>, <0x1a110000 0x1000>;
> + reg-names = "ebi2", "xmem";
> + clocks = <&gcc EBI2_2X_CLK>, <&gcc EBI2_CLK>;
> + clock-names = "ebi2x", "ebi2";
> + /* Make sure to set up the pin control for the EBI2 */
> + pinctrl-names = "default";
> + pinctrl-0 = <&foo_ebi2_pins>;
> +
> + cs2 at 1b800000 {
> + chipselect = <2>;
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <1>;
> + ranges;
> + xmem-recovery-cycles = <0>;
> + xmem-write-hold-cycles = <3>;
> + xmem-write-delta-cycles = <31>;
> + xmem-read-delta-cycles = <28>;
> + xmem-write-wait-cycles = <9>;
> + xmem-read-wait-cycles = <9>;
> +
> + foo-ebi2 at 1b800000 {
Generally, external buses are done in 2 levels. Please follow other
examples, or is there some reason not to?
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