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From: marek.vasut@gmail.com (Marek Vasut)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] pxa: Remove unused MFP LPM definition
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 02:41:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201005050241.42871.marek.vasut@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <w2qf17812d71005041723h1f70de11w8e3bc85ea3bde682@mail.gmail.com>

Dne St 5. kv?tna 2010 02:23:27 Eric Miao napsal(a):
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:18 AM, David Hunter <hunterd42@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/26/2010 8:16 PM, Eric Miao wrote:
> >> Instead of removing this potentially useful low power mode pin status,
> >> what
> > 
> >> about the following patch:
> > I think the name itself is confusing. All of the other MFP_LPM_
> > definitions state what the pin is going to do: drive high/low, pull
> > high/low, or float. My (strictly document-derived) understanding of
> > PXA27x is that you can only choose to drive or float a pin, while with
> > PXA3xx you can do all of the above. What would MFP_LPM_INPUT do that
> > MFP_LPM_FLOAT wouldn't?
> 
> I'm currently not sure of how input is implemented in pxa27x during
> low power mode, but strictly, input != float. While float is usually a Hi-Z
> without pull-up or pull-down, input could be different. That's why I still
> intend to keep input there.
> 
> >> commit f5d406d50f924c82ddf469f120fa420f0499d901
> >> Author: Eric Miao<eric.y.miao@gmail.com>
> >> Date:   Tue Apr 27 11:14:24 2010 +0800
> >> 
> >>     [ARM] pxa: allow MFP_LPM_INPUT to be explicitly specified
> >> 
> >>     Signed-off-by: Eric Miao<eric.y.miao@gmail.com>
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/mfp-pxa2xx.c
> >> b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/mfp-pxa2xx.c
> >> index e5b7921..1d1419b 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/mfp-pxa2xx.c
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/mfp-pxa2xx.c
> >> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static int __mfp_config_gpio(unsigned gpio, unsigned
> >> long c)
> >>                PGSR(bank)&= ~mask;
> >>                is_out = 1;
> >>                break;
> >> +       case MFP_LPM_INPUT:
> >>        case MFP_LPM_DEFAULT:
> >>                break;
> > 
> > If I read this correctly, _DEFAULT will, on entry to LPM, change the pin
> > direction to the one implied by bit 23 (MFP_DIR_IN/MFP_DIR_OUT). For
> > _INPUT
> 
> > to live up to its name, maybe it should always float the pin, like this:
> Good catch.
> 
> > +       case MFP_LPM_INPUT:
> > +               is_out = 0;
> > +               break;
> >        case MFP_LPM_DEFAULT:
> >                break;
> > 
> > Also, I'm not sure what effect GAFR will have (if any) in LPM. Does the
> > AF have to be set to GPIO to enable the PGSR/GPDR settings? Your
> > original patch
> 
> > did just that:
> My understanding is so. While PGSR will be loaded into GPSR or GPCR when
> entering low power mode, and GPSR/GPCR is one of the mux input, which I'd
> say making them to be GPIO will be safer to ensure the correct low power
> value.
> 
> > [http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg55842.html]
> > 
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-pxa/mfp.c b/arch/arm/plat-pxa/mfp.c
> >> index be58f9f..b77e018 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm/plat-pxa/mfp.c
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/plat-pxa/mfp.c
> >> @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static const unsigned long mfpr_lpm[] = {
> >>        MFPR_LPM_PULL_LOW,
> >>        MFPR_LPM_PULL_HIGH,
> >>        MFPR_LPM_FLOAT,
> >> +       MFPR_LPM_INPUT,
> >>  };
> >> 
> >>  /* mapping of MFP_PULL_* definitions to MFPR_PULL_* register bits */
> > 
> > This adds a bug, which I've been trying to find the right way to fix.
> > It's the same case as MFPR_LPM_DEFAULT. Since MFPR_LPM_INPUT = 0,
> > MFPR[SLEEP_OE_N] will be cleared at LPM, and the pin will be driven low.
> > (Not a good idea for a "default".) Either MFPR_LPM_FLOAT, _PULL_LOW, or
> > _PULL_HIGH should be used instead. And only the board code knows enough
> > to pick the right one for each pin.
> 
> This looks odd to me as well, yet the setting is derived from some
> piece of code long time ago, which I have no way to track. But yes,
> feel free to submit patch for this. I'm yet not sure enough about which
> low power state is most power conserving, before that's figured out,
> I guess _FLOAT is a choice as it imposes minimum external effect
> at least.
> 
> > I've been working to cobble together a patch to address this in my
> > spare time, but don't have U-Boot running on Littleton yet. If you know
> > of a way to get this going -- or something other way of loading the
> > kernel -- I'd be grateful for the assist.
> 
> blob I'd say - but that's definitely not sexy. u-boot, on the other hand,
> you can ask Marek for detail, he's managed to get it running on littleton
> now. (I've got him CC'ed)

Hi, does the OBM2 give you problems still ? Or is it uboot that's buggy ?
> 
> > The difference between blob's idea
> > of bad block management vs. Linux's has me avoiding blob at all costs.
> > 
> > -Dave

  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-05  0:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-27  2:46 [PATCH] pxa: Remove unused MFP LPM definition David Hunter
2010-04-27  3:16 ` Eric Miao
2010-05-04 22:18   ` David Hunter
2010-05-05  0:23     ` Eric Miao
2010-05-05  0:41       ` Marek Vasut [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-04-08 22:00 David Hunter

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