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

Martin Botka martin.botka at somainline.org
Tue Nov 15 06:48:07 PST 2022



On November 15, 2022 3:27:14 PM GMT+01:00, Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 12:38:59 +0100
>Martin Botka <martin.botka at somainline.org> wrote:
>
>Hi Martin,
>
>> On November 15, 2022 11:33:07 AM GMT+01:00, Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com> wrote:
>> >On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:24:04 +0100
>> >Martin Botka <martin.botka at somainline.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> >So those are two double-type-A sockets? This is not really what the DT
>> >below describes? It's perfectly fine to fix USB0 to host mode, we do this
>> >on the Pine64 boards (both A64 and H6), for instance.
>> 
>> Yes. But the third and fourth is also used. Third is done in 2.54 4p connector (just pins on board) and fourth is connected directly to manta stm32 MCU. So all 4 are host.
>
>Wait, so you are talking about the Manta board now? I see two sockets, the
>2.54mm headers and the STM32 there, but the Pi4B is quite different in
>that respect: I see four(!) USB type-A sockets (two dual-port stacks).
>Plus the CM4 connector seems to only have pins for one USB 2.0 port
>(D-,D+). So is this a hub chip on the underside of the board, close to the
>USB ports? Can you read the label of that chip?
>And where are the other H616 USB pins routed to? Are they (ab-)using the
>PCIe pins of the CM4 connector? Or are they actually not used at all, and
>it's all one USB port through a by-4 hub?
>If you have a running system, "lsusb -t" should give you a clue which host
>ports are used and if there is a hub.
>
>Cheers,
>Andre

Hi Andre,

I do not own Rpi 4 adapter.
I can only check on Manta M8P as thats what BIQU provided. But it will be the same there probably.

I asked biqu to provide full schematic for the CB1 but didnt get a reply yet.

I will reply after i get home with the details

Best regards,
Martin
>
>> >> Manta only has 3 and 1 otg. But it has a switch to disable or enable otg.
>> >
>> >What does the switch do, exactly? By definition OTG works fine in both
>> >ways. And there are pins in the connector to decide the role.
>> The switch is just signal pin for RS2227. Its the multiplexer i mentioned. It decides if we should have the pins wired to usb type C port or normally to stm32 MCU. Thats all it does.
>> >
>> >Allwinner actually goes one step further and provides a full HCI to the
>> >same PHY that the MUSB OTG controller is connected to, so you don't need
>> >to live with the sometimes limited performance of the MUSB host mode
>> >(which we drive without DMA). Not sure if that is the case or a problem on
>> >the RPi4.
>> >
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> >If the Manta board is (almost) a superset of the Pi4B, then you can
>> >include the latter from there. Look at sun50i-a64-pine64-lts.dts or
>> >sun50i-h6-pine-h64-model-b.dts for examples.
>> >
>> >Cheers,
>> >Andre.
>> >
>> Yep i will split it into SoM boards.
>> >> >> 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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