[PATCH v9 2/3] arm64: dts: marvell: Add Armada 98DX2530 SoC and RD-AC5X board

Chris Packham Chris.Packham at alliedtelesis.co.nz
Tue Jun 14 17:03:47 PDT 2022


Hi All,


On 15/06/22 09:25, Chris Packham wrote:
> +cc: Elad
>
> On 14/06/22 20:16, Vadym Kochan wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 05:26:39AM +0000, Chris Packham wrote:
>>> On 14/06/22 17:11, Chris Packham wrote:
>>>> On 14/06/22 10:53, Vadym Kochan wrote:
>>>>> From: Chris Packham <chris.packham at alliedtelesis.co.nz>
>>>>>
>>>>> The 98DX2530 SoC is the Control and Management CPU integrated into
>>>>> the Marvell 98DX25xx and 98DX35xx series of switch chip (internally
>>>>> referred to as AlleyCat5 and AlleyCat5X).
>>>>>
>>>>> These files have been taken from the Marvell SDK and lightly cleaned
>>>>> up with the License and copyright retained.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham at alliedtelesis.co.nz>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan at plvision.eu>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> Notes:
>>>>>       The Marvell SDK has a number of new compatible strings. I've
>>>>> brought
>>>>>       through some of the drivers or where possible used an in-tree
>>>>>       alternative (e.g. there is SDK code for a ac5-gpio but two
>>>>> instances of
>>>>>       the existing marvell,orion-gpio seems to cover what is 
>>>>> needed if
>>>>> you use
>>>>>       an appropriate binding). I expect that there will a new 
>>>>> series of
>>>>>       patches when I get some different hardware (or additions to 
>>>>> this
>>>>> series
>>>>>       depending on if/when it lands).
>>>>>            Changes in v9 (proposed by Marvell):
>>>>>         It was discussed with Chris that Marvell will add some 
>>>>> changes:
>>>>>
>>>>>            1) Rename "armada-" prefix in dts(i) file names to ac5,
>>>>> because
>>>>>               Armada has not much common with AC5 SoC.
>>>>>
>>>>>            2) Add clock fixes:
>>>>>               - rename core_clock to cnm_clock
>>>>>               - remove axi_clock
>>>>>               - change cnm_clock to 325MHZ
>>>>>               - use cnm_clock for the UART
>>>>>
>>>>>       Changes in v8:
>>>>>       - Remove unnecessary clock-frequency property on armv8-timer
>>>>>       - Remove unnecessary redistributor-stride property on gic
>>>>>       - Add GIC_SPI interrupts for gpios
>>>>>       Changes in v7:
>>>>>       - Add missing compatible on usb1
>>>>>       - Add "rd-ac5x" compatible for board
>>>>>       - Move aliases to board dts
>>>>>       - Move board specific usb info to board dts
>>>>>       - Consolidate usb1 board settings and remove unnecessary 
>>>>> compatible
>>>>>       - Add Allied Telesis copyright
>>>>>       - Rename files after mailng-list discussion
>>>>>       Changes in v6:
>>>>>       - Move CPU nodes above the SoC (Krzysztof)
>>>>>       - Minor formatting clean ups (Krzysztof)
>>>>>       - Run through `make dtbs_check`
>>>>>       - Move gic nodes inside SoC
>>>>>       - Group clocks under a clock node
>>>>>       Changes in v5:
>>>>>       - add #{address,size}-cells property to i2c nodes
>>>>>       - make i2c nodes disabled in the SoC and enable them in the 
>>>>> board
>>>>>       - add interrupt controller attributes to gpio nodes
>>>>>       - Move fixed-clock nodes up a level and remove unnecessary @0
>>>>>       Changes in v4:
>>>>>       - use 'phy-handle' instead of 'phy'
>>>>>       - move status="okay" on usb nodes to board dts
>>>>>       - Add review from Andrew
>>>>>       Changes in v3:
>>>>>       - Move memory node to board
>>>>>       - Use single digit reg value for phy address
>>>>>       - Remove MMC node (driver needs work)
>>>>>       - Remove syscon & simple-mfd for pinctrl
>>>>>       Changes in v2:
>>>>>       - Make pinctrl a child node of a syscon node
>>>>>       - Use marvell,armada-8k-gpio instead of orion-gpio
>>>>>       - Remove nand peripheral. The Marvell SDK does have some 
>>>>> changes
>>>>> for the
>>>>>         ac5-nand-controller but I currently lack hardware with NAND
>>>>> fitted so
>>>>>         I can't test it right now. I've therefore chosen to omit the
>>>>> node and
>>>>>         not attempted to bring in the driver or binding.
>>>>>       - Remove pcie peripheral. Again there are changes in the SDK 
>>>>> and
>>>>> I have
>>>>>         no way of testing them.
>>>>>       - Remove prestera node.
>>>>>       - Remove "marvell,ac5-ehci" compatible from USB node as
>>>>>         "marvell,orion-ehci" is sufficient
>>>>>       - Remove watchdog node. There is a buggy driver for the ac5
>>>>> watchdog in
>>>>>         the SDK but it needs some work so I've dropped the node 
>>>>> for now.
>>>>>
>>>>>    arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/Makefile          |   1 +
>>>>>    arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/ac5-98dx25xx.dtsi | 291 
>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>    .../boot/dts/marvell/ac5-98dx35xx-rd.dts      | 101 ++++++
>>>>>    arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/ac5-98dx35xx.dtsi |  13 +
>>>>>    4 files changed, 406 insertions(+)
>>>>>    create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/ac5-98dx25xx.dtsi
>>>>>    create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/ac5-98dx35xx-rd.dts
>>>>>    create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/ac5-98dx35xx.dtsi
>>>>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>>> +
>>>>> +            uart0: serial at 12000 {
>>>>> +                compatible = "snps,dw-apb-uart";
>>>>> +                reg = <0x12000 0x100>;
>>>>> +                reg-shift = <2>;
>>>>> +                interrupts = <GIC_SPI 83 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
>>>>> +                reg-io-width = <1>;
>>>>> +                clocks = <&cnm_clock>;
>>>> With this change I see some garbled output when the "Serial: AMBA
>>>> PL011 UART" driver starts.
>>>>
>>>> It could be that my bootloader has the same wrong clock value as the
>>>> earlier iteration of this device tree.
>>> Fixing u-boot doesn't help but there are also references to 
>>> 328000000 in
>>> mv-ddr and ATF so I'll look to see if updating them fixes the issue
>>> tomorrow.
>
> Even  with changing ATF and mv_ddr to use 325000000 I still end up 
> with the garbled output when the driver starts. I don't know if 
> there's something special about the fact I have a RD-AC5X-SR2 board. 
> As far as I know the only difference with the SR2 board was an 
> increased DDR size.
>
Actually you might be off the hook. I've applied your patches on top of 
v5.18 (which is what I was using last time I worked on the series) and I 
don't see the garbled output. So I think the problem is actually new 
between v5.18 and v5.19-rc2.
>> Interesting, because Marvell suggested to use cnm_clock with 328MHz 
>> for AC5, and 325MHz
>> for AC5X.
>
> Did you get that the right way round? The ac5-98dx25xx.dtsi is AC5 so 
> if what you have written is correct shouldn't the cnm clock-frequency 
> in ac5-98dx25xx.dtsi be 328MHz and the ac5-98dx35xx.dtsi (which is 
> AC5X) override this to 325MHz?
>
> Elad, can you shine any light on this?
>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>>> +
>>>>> +    clocks {
>>>>> +        cnm_clock: core-clock {
>>>>> +            compatible = "fixed-clock";
>>>>> +            #clock-cells = <0>;
>>>>> +            clock-frequency = <325000000>;
>>>>> +        };
>>>>> +
>>>>> +        spi_clock: spi-clock {
>>>>> +            compatible = "fixed-clock";
>>>>> +            #clock-cells = <0>;
>>>>> +            clock-frequency = <200000000>;
>>>>> +        };
>>>>> +    };
>>>>> +};
>> [snip]
>>
>> Regards,


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