[PATCH v1 0/7] imx-gpcv2 improvements

[Peng Fan (OSS)]

Hi Lucas,

On 2021/4/8 6:13, Lucas Stach wrote:
> Hi Adrien,
> 
> I feel like I already mentioned to you some time ago that there is
> already a much more complete patch series to add this functionality on
> the list [1].
> 
> If you want this functionality to go upstream, please help test and
> extend this patch series.
> 
> Regards,
> Lucas
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20201105174434.1817539-1-l.stach@pengutronix.de/

Would you share what's the issue that block this going forward?

Thanks,
Peng.

> 
> Am Mittwoch, dem 07.04.2021 um 23:21 +0200 schrieb Adrien Grassein:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This patch set aims is to add the support of the i.MX8 MM power domains
>> on the mainline kernel.
>>
>> To achieve this, I do several patches
>>    - Check errors when reading or writing registers (concerns i.MX8M base
>>      implementation);
>>    - Fix power up/down sequence. Handshake was not checked and it was
>>      not called at the appropriate time (concerns i.MX8M base
>> implementaions);
>>    - Allow domains without power sequence control like the HSIOMIX of the
>>      i.MX8MM.
>>    - Add some i.MX8MM domains (HSIO and OTGS);
>>    - Introduce quirks. For example, i.MX8MM OTG domains should not be
>>      powered off (seen n the source code of th i.MX ATF). Quirks are
>> easily upgrable for other cases.
>>    - Finally I defined power domains into the imx8mm.dtb file.
>>
>> I know that this kind of patch is rejected by NXP ut the other way
>> (callin ATF directly) was also rejected.
>>
>> I also know that NXP is concerned abou adding hundred lines of codes for
>> each new SOC but it' the way it works on Linux. And the "added code"
>> mainly consist of adding structures, defines and generic methods for
>> regmap.
>>
>> If it's a real problem, maybe we can introduc a new "gpcv3" driver for
>> i.MX8MM, i.MX8MN and i.MX8MP.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Adrien Grassein (7):
>>    soc: imx: gpcv2: check for errors when r/w registers
>>    soc: imx: gpcv2: Fix power up/down sequence
>>    soc: imx: gpcv2: allow domains without power sequence control
>>    dt-bindings: power: fsl,imx-gpcv2: add definitions for i.MX8MM
>>    soc: imx: gpcv2: add HSIOMIX and USB domains for i.MX8MM
>>    soc: imx: gpcv2: add quirks to domains
>>    arm64: dts: imx8mm: add power-domains
>>
>>   .../bindings/power/fsl,imx-gpcv2.yaml         |   7 +-
>>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mm.dtsi     |  35 ++
>>   drivers/soc/imx/gpcv2.c                       | 336 ++++++++++++++----
>>   include/dt-bindings/power/imx8mm-power.h      |  21 ++
>>   4 files changed, 333 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/power/imx8mm-power.h
>>
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