[PATCH 00/16] omap_hsmmc: Add ADMA support and UHS/HS200/DDR support

[Adrian Hunter]

On 03/08/17 13:40, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> +Adrian
> 
> On 20 July 2017 at 15:36, Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon at ti.com> wrote:
>> Hi Ulf,
>>
>> On Tuesday 11 July 2017 07:27 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>>> Hi Ulf,
>>>
>>> On Tuesday 11 July 2017 06:40 PM, Ulf Hansson wrote:
>>>> On 16 June 2017 at 14:45, Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon at ti.com> wrote:
>>>>> This is the final part of the series originally sent as
>>>>> part of [2].
>>>>>
>>>>> This series adds UHS, HS200, DDR mode and ADMA support to
>>>>> omap_hsmmc driver used to improve the throughput of MMC/SD in dra7
>>>>> SoCs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Changes from [2]:
>>>>> *) No more updating omap2plus_defconfig or multi_v7_defconfig is
>>>>>    required, so those patches are removed.
>>>>> *) Addressed Rob Herring's comment on implementing a function
>>>>>    instead of having a macro while getting pinctrl state.
>>>>>
>>>>> This series is created on top of [3], [4], [5] AND [6]
>>>>> (i.e after
>>>>>   ARM: dts: omap3-overo: Remove "vqmmc-supply" property from MMC dt node
>>>>>   omap_hsmmc: use mmc_regulator_get_supply() to get regulators
>>>>>   omap*: Fixes/Cleanups for MMC devicetree node
>>>>>   ARM: dts: Add iodelay data for MMC)
>>>>>
>>>>> The functionality implemented in this series was sent before ([1]) but
>>>>> was never followed up since supporting high speed modes in dra7 required
>>>>> IODelay values to be configured. With IODelay driver being merged into
>>>>> kernel, sending it as a fresh series with support for configuring IODelay
>>>>> values.
>>>>
>>>> Is it safe to queue this via mmc tree for 4.14 or is there a
>>>> dependency I must consider? The above didn't quite tell me that, could
>>>> you please elaborate.
>>>
>>> There is a dependency with https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg586215.html.
>>>
>>> I'll resend the series after all the platform data specific stuff is merged.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Suggestions of migrating to sdhci driver (from omap_hsmmc driver) is not
>>>>> addressed since
>>>>> *) tuning ratio of MMC in dra7 is different from sdhci
>>>>> *) IOdelay is required for dra7
>>>>> *) GPIO based card detect is not supported in sdhci
>>>>
>>>> Lots of sdhci drivers calls mmc_of_parse(), and uses the mmc slot gpio
>>>> APIs, so I don't this this is correct statement.
>>>>
>>>>> *) Some of the registers don't always have correct values as in sdhci
>>>>>    (like PSTATE).
>>>>> Supporting all of these in sdhci will result in adding lot of quirks in
>>>>> sdhci driver.
>>>>
>>>> Is it really that much different? It would be nice if some really took
>>>> on the challenge of converting omap_hsmmc into an sdhci variant.
>>>
>>> Okay. I'll give that a shot and see how far I can get.
>>
>> I created a sdhci variant and was able to get it working with high speed mode
>> in dra7.
> 
> That's very nice!
> 
>>
>> I have a query on sdhci_set_power_noreg() in sdhci.c. sdhci_set_power_noreg
>> sets SDHCI_POWER_CONTROL based on *vdd* value. However SDHCI_POWER_CONTROL is
>> for setting bus voltage and need not be based on *vdd*. IMHO
>> SDHCI_POWER_CONTROL should be set based on "ios->signal_voltage".
> 
> According to the implementation in sdhci_set_power_noreg(), I
> understand it as the SDHCI_POWER_CONTROL register actually controls
> the power to the card (VDD) and the not the I/O voltage level
> (ios->signal_voltage).
> 
> However, if I read the SDHCI spec, it seems to be mentioning the "SD
> bus voltage", which to me is about the I/O voltage level. So either
> the spec is unclear or the code is wrong. :-)
> 
> Are you saying that the omap_hsmmc variant is using the
> SDHCI_POWER_CONTROL to control the I/O voltage level?
> 
> I am wondering how other variants use it. Perhaps most variants
> actually have an external regulator and thus calls
> sdhci_set_power_reg() instead.
> 
> Looping in Adrian, to see if he has some thoughts on this.

The spec is clear enough.  SDHCI_POWER_CONTROL is set based on the card's OCR.

Signal voltage is defined by "1.8V Signaling Enable" in "Host Control 2
Register".