[PATCH] ARM: dts: bcm2837-rpi-3-b: fix pwm1 pin

Stefan Wahren stefan.wahren at i2se.com
Fri Feb 9 09:01:52 PST 2018


Hi Eric,

> Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren at i2se.com> hat am 31. Dezember 2017 um 17:14 geschrieben:
> 
> 
> Hi Baruch,
> 
> > Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> hat am 31. Dezember 2017 um 16:12 geschrieben:
> > 
> > 
> > Raspberry Pi 3 uses GPIO45 for I2C SCL0. pwm1 is on GPIO41. Update the
> > DT description accordingly. Fix the following error that shows when
> > GPIO44 and GPIO45 are configured to I2C:
> > 
> > [    1.751563] pinctrl-bcm2835 3f200000.gpio: pin gpio45 already requested by 3f205000.i2c; cannot claim for 3f20c000.pwm
> > [    1.762474] pinctrl-bcm2835 3f200000.gpio: pin-45 (3f20c000.pwm) status -22
> > [    1.775176] pinctrl-bcm2835 3f200000.gpio: could not request pin 45 (gpio45) from group gpio45  on device pinctrl-bcm2835
> > [    1.786344] bcm2835-pwm 3f20c000.pwm: Error applying setting, reverse things back
> > [    1.793980] bcm2835-pwm: probe of 3f20c000.pwm failed with error -22
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts
> > index a8844d033b3f..b44b3b5af00d 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts
> > @@ -60,3 +60,9 @@
> >  	status = "okay";
> >  	bus-width = <4>;
> >  };
> > +
> > +&pwm {
> > +	pinctrl-names = "default";
> > +	pinctrl-0 = <&pwm0_gpio40 &pwm1_gpio41>;
> > +	status = "okay";
> > +};
> 
> thanks for addressing this old issue. Unfortunately this is only a part of the solution. The real problem is the definition of pinctrl in a very common dtsi file (bcm2835-rpi.dtsi). Based on the Firmware dt-blob i created a pin usage map [1], which also shows a potential conflict on RPI Zero W.
> 
> So i think we should remove the pwm part from bcm2835-rpi.dtsi and define it on board level like in your patch, but also for the other boards. My suggestion would be the following (based on Firmware):
> 
> A Plus -> PWM on pin 40,45
> A -> PWM on pin 40,45
> B Plus -> PWM on pin 40,45
> B Rev 2 -> PWM on pin 40,45
> B -> PWM on pin 40,45
> 2 b -> PWM on pin 40,45
> 3 b -> PWM on pin 40,41
> Zero -> No PWM
> Zero W -> No PWM
> 
> But i think we should wait for Eric's opinion.

ping ...

> 
> Regards
> Stefan
> 
> [1] - https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/wiki/Pin-usage-reference



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