[RFC 0/2] dw_mmc: add multislot support

Ulf Hansson ulf.hansson at linaro.org
Wed Apr 25 23:28:04 PDT 2018


[...]

> A bit remark for better understanding:
>
> All card settings change are serialized too. These settings are applied
> after slot switch before execution of new request for this slot.
>
> So situations like calling any host_0 ops while another host (host_1) is active
> are handled by current code.
>
> This is example of simultaneous ops calls for both slots:
>
> host (slot) 0    | host (slot) 1
> -----------------------------------
> h0->set_ios()    |    h1->set_ios()
> h0->request()    |    h1->request()
> h0->set_ios()    |    h1->set_ios()
> h0->request()    |    h1->request()
> h0->request()    |
> h0->request()    |
> h0->request()    |
>
> How it will be serialized in the mmc driver:
>
> h0->set_ios()   // h0 settings save
> h1->set_ios()   // h1 settings save
> h0->request()   // apply settings for h0 and do request

This doesn't work as it would mean violation of the specs in some
scenarios. Particular during the card initialization and card power
off.

> ------ slot switch to h1 ------
> h1->request()   // apply settings for h1 and do request

Ditto. Etc...

> h0->set_ios()   // h0 settings save
> h1->set_ios()   // h1 settings save
> ------ slot switch to h0 ------
> h0->request()   // apply settings for h0 and do request
> ------ slot switch to h1 ------
> h1->request()   // apply settings for h1 and do request
> ------ slot switch to h0 ------
> h0->request()   // do request (no new settings to apply)
> h0->request()   // do request (no new settings to apply)
> h0->request()   // do request (no new settings to apply)
>

Kind regards
Uffe



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