Re: [PATCH RESEND] ARM: dts: sun8i: r40: open the regulator aldo1

From: fuyao <fuyao@sjterm.com>
To: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
Cc: fuyao <fuyao1697@cyg.com>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org>,
	Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>,
	Samuel Holland <samuel@sholland.org>,
	Alexandre TORGUE <alexandre.torgue@st.com>,
	Enric Balletbo i Serra <eballetbo@gmail.com>,
	Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>,
	Paul Barker <paul.barker@sancloud.com>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] ARM: dts: sun8i: r40: open the regulator aldo1
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:20:49 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZYOhAQi7XeLUuAC9@debian.cyg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231220150400.0f32e2a5@donnerap.manchester.arm.com>

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 03:04:00PM +0000, Andre Przywara wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:18:43 +0800
> fuyao <fuyao1697@cyg.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > the aldo1 is connect regulator pin which power the TV.
> 
> What do you mean with that? That ALDO1 is connected to VCC-TVOUT and/or
> VCC-TVIN on the R40 SoC?

The ALDO1 is connected to VCC-TVOUT on the R40 Soc.

> 
> > The USB core use TV ref as reference Voltage.
> 
> The USB core in the SoC? So pin VCC-USB, which requires 3.3V, the same
> voltage as the TV pins?
> Which means this doesn't really have much to do with TV, it's just that
> USB and also "TV" are supplied by ALDO1?

The internal USB PHY requires a reference voltage. It seems that in
order to save costs, the reference voltage of the TVOUT module is used.

> 
> > Signed-off-by: fuyao <fuyao1697@cyg.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/boot/dts/allwinner/sun8i-r40-feta40i.dtsi | 7 +++++++
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/allwinner/sun8i-r40-feta40i.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/allwinner/sun8i-r40-feta40i.dtsi
> > index 9f39b5a2bb35..8906170461df 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/allwinner/sun8i-r40-feta40i.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/allwinner/sun8i-r40-feta40i.dtsi
> > @@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ &pio {
> >  	vcc-pg-supply = <&reg_dldo1>;
> >  };
> >  
> > +&reg_aldo1 {
> > +	regulator-always-on;
> 
> So did USB never work before, with the DT as in mainline?
> 

The USB can work, but is unstable. Occasionally disconnected because of
the D+/D- electrical characteristics.

> For always-on regulators it would be good to see some rationale why this
> cannot be referenced by its consumer. If it is really supplying the USB
> core, that would be a reason, because we don't have a good way of
> describing this.
> 
> > +	regulator-min-microvolt = <3300000>;
> > +	regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>;
> > +	regulator-name = "vcc-aldo1";
> 
> Regulators should be named after their users, so use something like:
> 	regulator-name = "vcc-3v3-tv-usb";
> 

thanks.

> That then also serves as documentation of why this is always on.
> 
> Cheers,
> Andre
> 
> > +};
> > +
> >  &reg_aldo2 {
> >  	regulator-always-on;
> >  	regulator-min-microvolt = <1800000>;
> 