[PATCH v3 0/7] riscv: spacemit: enable SD card support with UHS modes for OrangePi RV2

Trevor Gamblin tgamblin at baylibre.com
Tue Mar 17 13:23:03 PDT 2026


On 2026-03-16 10:03, Iker Pedrosa wrote:
> This series enables complete SD card support for the Spacemit K1-based
> OrangePi RV2 board, including UHS (Ultra High Speed) modes for
> high-performance SD card operation.
>
> Background
>
> The Spacemit K1 SoC includes an SDHCI controller capable of supporting
> SD cards up to UHS-I speeds (SDR104 at 208MHz). However, mainline
> currently lacks basic SD controller configuration, SDHCI driver
> enhancements for voltage switching and tuning, and power management
> infrastructure.
>
> Implementation
>
> The series enables SD card support through coordinated layers:
>
> - Hardware infrastructure (patches 1-2): Device tree bindings for voltage
> switching hardware and essential clock infrastructure.
> - SDHCI driver enhancements (patches 3-7): Regulator framework
> integration, pinctrl state switching for voltage domains, AIB register
> programming, and comprehensive SDR tuning support for reliable UHS
> operation.
> - SoC and board integration (patches 8-10): Complete K1 SoC controller
> definitions, PMIC power infrastructure, and OrangePi RV2 board enablement
> with full UHS support.
>
> This transforms the OrangePi RV2 from having no SD card support to full
> UHS-I capability, enabling high-performance storage up to 208MHz.

Hi,

For all patches except 7/7 (k1-bananapi-f3):

Tested-by: Trevor Gamblin <tgamblin at baylibre.com>

>
> Signed-off-by: Iker Pedrosa <ikerpedrosam at gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Rebase on mmc.git/next to resolve conflicts with "mmc: sdhci-of-k1:
>    add reset support" patch.
> - Squash tuning infrastructure and implementation patches (3 and 4)
>    together to form complete functionality and avoid unused function
>    warnings.
> - Reduce code nesting: implemented an early return sanity check in
>    spacemit_sdhci_voltage_switch() to reduce indentation and improve
>    logic flow.
> - Refactor pinctrl initialization: moved pinctrl resource acquisition
>    and state lookup into a dedicated helper function,
>    spacemit_sdhci_get_pins().
> - Use generic regulator node names (buck4, aldo1) instead of
>    device-specific aliases (sd_vmmc, sd_vqmmc) to better reflect that
>    these PMIC outputs serve multiple devices.
> - Remove dead code handling 3.3V voltage switching from
>    spacemit_sdhci_voltage_switch().
> - Optimize tuning algorithm to use single-pass window detection instead
>    of storing results in array, reducing memory usage and complexity.
> - Remove unnecessary card detect check in execute_tuning() - rely on MMC
>    core.
> - Clarify commit message to mention both SD (UHS-I) and eMMC (HS200)
>    tuning support.
> - Add SD card support for Banana Pi BPI-F3 board with UHS-I capabilities
>    following the same pattern as OrangePi RV2.
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260309-orangepi-sd-card-uhs-v2-0-5bb2b574df5d@gmail.com
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Removed custom AIB voltage switching code per maintainer feedback. The
>    existing pinctrl driver already handles AIB voltage switching
>    automatically via power-source property changes during UHS mode
>    transitions. This eliminates code duplication.
> - Squashed regulator and pinctrl commits into single voltage switching
>    implementation.
> - Moved voltage switching callback from dynamic probe assignment to
>    static sdhci_ops declaration. Removed redundant SDHCI core call since
>    the framework handles standard voltage switching automatically.
> - Made clock override (SDHC_OVRRD_CLK_OEN | SDHC_FORCE_CLK_ON)
>    conditional for SD/SDIO cards only. This follows vendor driver pattern
>    of differentiating SD and eMMC card handling.
> - Include no-mmc property for SD card.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260302-orangepi-sd-card-uhs-v1-0-89c219973c0c@gmail.com
>
> ---
> Iker Pedrosa (7):
>        mmc: sdhci-of-k1: enable essential clock infrastructure for SD operation
>        mmc: sdhci-of-k1: add regulator and pinctrl voltage switching support
>        mmc: sdhci-of-k1: add comprehensive SDR tuning support
>        riscv: dts: spacemit: k1: add SD card controller and pinctrl support
>        riscv: dts: spacemit: k1-orangepi-rv2: add PMIC and power infrastructure
>        riscv: dts: spacemit: k1-orangepi-rv2: add SD card support with UHS modes
>        riscv: dts: spacemit: k1-bananapi-f3: add SD card support with UHS modes
>
>   arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k1-bananapi-f3.dts  |  23 ++-
>   arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k1-orangepi-rv2.dts |  67 +++++++
>   arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k1-pinctrl.dtsi     |  40 ++++
>   arch/riscv/boot/dts/spacemit/k1.dtsi             |  13 ++
>   drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-k1.c                   | 243 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>   5 files changed, 384 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: f38f518dda1f1decc7a39556fe3231b0d1b84e1e
> change-id: 20260226-orangepi-sd-card-uhs-0ecb05839b0c
>
> Best regards,



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