[PATCH v3 2/2] arm64: dts: Add basic support for BIQU CB1

Martin Botka martin.botka at somainline.org
Tue Nov 15 00:24:04 PST 2022



On November 15, 2022 1:54:29 AM GMT+01:00, Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:44:46 +0100
>Martin Botka <martin.botka1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi Martin,
>
>> I can totally understand how this can get confusing.
>> 
>> Basically because of the Rpi shortage biqu decided to make an Rpi
>> alternative.
>> 
>> So they made CB1 which is compute module style board.
>> 
>> And they made 3 other boards where CB1 or Rpi CM4 can be plugged in. The 3
>> boards are:
>> 
>> Rpi adapter which takes the Compute module style boards and turns them into
>> SBC style with basically identical size and etc to Rpi 4.
>> 
>> Then we have Manta M8P and M4P. These boards are MCUs for a 3D printer. But
>> they were made for Klipper use case which requires a computer or SBC
>> (Usually Rpi4). They combined it into 1 board.
>> Where you get the MCU and you can plug in CM4 or CB1
>
>Thanks for the explanations! I was guessing along those shortage lines,
>since the H616 is quite a step down from the RPi4CM, though probably
>still enough for driving a 3D printer.
Mostly yes
>
>> All these boards are basically taking the pins and routing them to ports.
>
>Yes, this is what those SoM carrier boards do ;-)
:)
>
>> There is nearly 0 chips for conversion or processing of the pins from CB1
>> or CM4 thus i do not see a reason for having parent dtsi and dts for the
>> adapter and Manta boards.
>
>And the DT does not need to describe "chips" only, a lot of DT nodes
>are about connectors, and which ports and which exact pins (out of the
>possible pinmuxes) are actually used. The SoM itself mostly exposes
>just pins, and the board DT describes how these pins are used (GPIO or
>special function, for instance).
>
>So did you try to split this up? How would that look?

The main difference between adapter and Manta boards is that adapter has 4x USB. Manta only has 3 and 1 otg. But it has a switch to disable or enable otg.

Im not opposed to splitting it up. It is probably a good idea.
I dont see how to resolve that switch on manta boards tho.

Regards,
Martin
>
>Cheers,
>Andre
>
>> The only exception to conversion are the LEDs on the boards but since both
>> adapter and manta boards have them this yet again eliminates need for
>> parent style DT.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Martin
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2022, 12:32 AM Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> > On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:44:49 +0100
>> > Martin Botka <martin.botka at somainline.org> wrote:
>> >  
>> > > CB1 is Compute Module style board that plugs into Rpi board style  
>> > adapter or  
>> > > Manta 3D printer boards (M4P/M8P).
>> > >
>> > > The board has:
>> > >       H616 SoC
>> > >       1GB of RAM
>> > >       AXP313A PMIC
>> > >
>> > > And the actual boards that CB1 plugs in are just extension to it with  
>> > ports and  
>> > > thus are not split in DT.  
>> >
>> > I don't really understand that sentence. There is some precedent for a
>> > SoM/board split, look at the sun50i-a64-sopine or
>> > sun50i-h5-emlid-neutis-n5 files. And if I see this correctly, then
>> > there are *two* boards available for the same CB1 SoM, the PI4B and the
>> > Manta board? Which would a strong case for a SoM .dtsi, plus the one
>> > or two board .dts files.
>> > I am just not sure whether that relation to the Pi4-CM is helpful or
>> > just complicates things...
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Andre
>> >  
>> > >
>> > > Boards have:
>> > >       4x (3x for Manta boards) USB and 1 USB OTG.
>> > >       SDcard slot for loading images.
>> > >       Ethernet port wired to the internal PHY.
>> > >       2x HDMI 2.0.
>> > >       Power and Status LEDs.
>> > >
>> > > Currently working:
>> > >       Booting
>> > >       USB
>> > >       UART
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Martin Botka <martin.botka at somainline.org>
>> > > ---
>> > > Changes in V2:
>> > > Add proper board compatible
>> > > Add regulator prefix for vcc5v
>> > > Drop okay status from PMIC
>> > > Drop standby_param
>> > > Changes in V3:
>> > > Change copyright to me
>> > > regulator_vcc5v to regulator-vcc5v
>> > > Drop ehci0 and ohci0
>> > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/Makefile        |   1 +
>> > >  .../dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616-biqu-cb1.dts    | 178 ++++++++++++++++++
>> > >  2 files changed, 179 insertions(+)
>> > >  create mode 100644  
>> > arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616-biqu-cb1.dts  
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/Makefile  
>> > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/Makefile  
>> > > index 6a96494a2e0a..223f1be73541 100644
>> > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/Makefile
>> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/Makefile
>> > > @@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI) += sun50i-h6-pine-h64.dtb
>> > >  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI) += sun50i-h6-pine-h64-model-b.dtb
>> > >  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI) += sun50i-h6-tanix-tx6.dtb
>> > >  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI) += sun50i-h6-tanix-tx6-mini.dtb
>> > > +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI) += sun50i-h616-biqu-cb1.dtb
>> > >  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI) += sun50i-h616-orangepi-zero2.dtb
>> > >  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI) += sun50i-h616-x96-mate.dtb
>> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616-biqu-cb1.dts  
>> > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616-biqu-cb1.dts  
>> > > new file mode 100644
>> > > index 000000000000..86b5aca9b53e
>> > > --- /dev/null
>> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-h616-biqu-cb1.dts
>> > > @@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
>> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ or MIT)
>> > > +/*
>> > > + * Copyright (C) 2022 Martin Botka <martin.botka at somainline.org>.
>> > > + */
>> > > +
>> > > +/dts-v1/;
>> > > +
>> > > +#include "sun50i-h616.dtsi"
>> > > +
>> > > +#include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
>> > > +#include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h>
>> > > +#include <dt-bindings/leds/common.h>
>> > > +
>> > > +/ {
>> > > +     model = "BIQU CB1";
>> > > +     compatible = "biqu,cb1", "allwinner,sun50i-h616";
>> > > +
>> > > +     aliases {
>> > > +             serial0 = &uart0;
>> > > +     };
>> > > +
>> > > +     chosen {
>> > > +             stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
>> > > +     };
>> > > +
>> > > +     leds {
>> > > +             compatible = "gpio-leds";
>> > > +
>> > > +             led-0 {
>> > > +                     function = LED_FUNCTION_POWER;
>> > > +                     color = <LED_COLOR_ID_RED>;
>> > > +                     gpios = <&pio 2 12 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* PC12 */
>> > > +                     default-state = "on";
>> > > +             };
>> > > +
>> > > +             led-1 {
>> > > +                     function = LED_FUNCTION_STATUS;
>> > > +                     color = <LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN>;
>> > > +                     gpios = <&pio 2 13 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* PC13 */
>> > > +             };
>> > > +     };
>> > > +
>> > > +     reg_vcc5v: regulator-vcc5v {
>> > > +             /* board wide 5V supply directly from the USB-C socket */
>> > > +             compatible = "regulator-fixed";
>> > > +             regulator-name = "vcc-5v";
>> > > +             regulator-min-microvolt = <5000000>;
>> > > +             regulator-max-microvolt = <5000000>;
>> > > +             regulator-always-on;
>> > > +     };
>> > > +
>> > > +     reg_usb1_vbus: regulator-usb1-vbus {
>> > > +             compatible = "regulator-fixed";
>> > > +             regulator-name = "usb1-vbus";
>> > > +             regulator-min-microvolt = <5000000>;
>> > > +             regulator-max-microvolt = <5000000>;
>> > > +             vin-supply = <&reg_vcc5v>;
>> > > +             enable-active-high;
>> > > +             gpio = <&pio 2 16 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* PC16 */
>> > > +     };
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&ehci1 {
>> > > +     status = "okay";
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&ehci2 {
>> > > +     status = "okay";
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&ehci3 {
>> > > +     status = "okay";
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&mmc0 {
>> > > +     vmmc-supply = <&reg_dldo1>;
>> > > +     cd-gpios = <&pio 5 6 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;  /* PF6 */
>> > > +     no-1-8-v;
>> > > +     bus-width = <4>;
>> > > +     status = "disabled";
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&ohci1 {
>> > > +     status = "okay";
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&ohci2 {
>> > > +     status = "okay";
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&ohci3 {
>> > > +     status = "okay";
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&r_i2c {
>> > > +     status = "okay";
>> > > +
>> > > +     axp1530: pmic at 36 {
>> > > +             compatible = "x-powers,axp1530";
>> > > +             reg = <0x36>;
>> > > +             wakeup-source;
>> > > +
>> > > +             regulators{
>> > > +                     reg_dcdc1: dcdc1 {
>> > > +                             regulator-name = "axp1530-dcdc1";
>> > > +                             regulator-min-microvolt = <500000>;
>> > > +                             regulator-max-microvolt = <3400000>;
>> > > +                             regulator-step-delay-us = <25>;
>> > > +                             regulator-final-delay-us = <50>;
>> > > +                             regulator-always-on;
>> > > +                     };
>> > > +
>> > > +                     reg_dcdc2: dcdc2 {
>> > > +                             regulator-name = "axp1530-dcdc2";
>> > > +                             regulator-min-microvolt = <500000>;
>> > > +                             regulator-max-microvolt = <1540000>;
>> > > +                             regulator-step-delay-us = <25>;
>> > > +                             regulator-final-delay-us = <50>;
>> > > +                             regulator-ramp-delay = <200>;
>> > > +                             regulator-always-on;
>> > > +                     };
>> > > +
>> > > +                     reg_dcdc3: dcdc3 {
>> > > +                             regulator-name = "axp1530-dcdc3";
>> > > +                             regulator-min-microvolt = <500000>;
>> > > +                             regulator-max-microvolt = <1840000>;
>> > > +                             regulator-step-delay-us = <25>;
>> > > +                             regulator-final-delay-us = <50>;
>> > > +                             regulator-always-on;
>> > > +                     };
>> > > +
>> > > +                     reg_aldo1: ldo1 {
>> > > +                             regulator-name = "axp1530-aldo1";
>> > > +                             regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>;
>> > > +                             regulator-max-microvolt = <1800000>;
>> > > +                             regulator-step-delay-us = <25>;
>> > > +                             regulator-final-delay-us = <50>;
>> > > +                             regulator-always-on;
>> > > +                     };
>> > > +
>> > > +                     reg_dldo1: ldo2 {
>> > > +                             regulator-name = "axp1530-dldo1";
>> > > +                             regulator-min-microvolt = <3300000>;
>> > > +                             regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>;
>> > > +                             regulator-step-delay-us = <25>;
>> > > +                             regulator-final-delay-us = <50>;
>> > > +                             regulator-always-on;
>> > > +                     };
>> > > +             };
>> > > +     };
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&uart0 {
>> > > +     pinctrl-names = "default";
>> > > +     pinctrl-0 = <&uart0_ph_pins>;
>> > > +     status = "okay";
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&usbotg {
>> > > +     /*
>> > > +      * PHY0 pins are connected to a USB-C socket, but a role switch
>> > > +      * is not implemented: both CC pins are pulled to GND.
>> > > +      * The VBUS pins power the device, so a fixed peripheral mode
>> > > +      * is the best choice.
>> > > +      * The board can be powered via GPIOs, in this case port0 *can*
>> > > +      * act as a host (with a cable/adapter ignoring CC), as VBUS is
>> > > +      * then provided by the GPIOs. Any user of this setup would
>> > > +      * need to adjust the DT accordingly: dr_mode set to "host",
>> > > +      * enabling OHCI0 and EHCI0.
>> > > +      */
>> > > +     dr_mode = "peripheral";
>> > > +     status = "okay";
>> > > +};
>> > > +
>> > > +&usbphy {
>> > > +     usb1_vbus-supply = <&reg_usb1_vbus>;
>> > > +     status = "okay";
>> > > +};  
>> >
>> >  
>



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