Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100-qcp: Add qref supply for PCIe PHYs

[Qiang Yu <quic_qianyu@quicinc.com>]

On 4/26/2025 6:48 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 4/25/25 2:02 PM, Johan Hovold wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 12:03:06PM +0200, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>> On 4/25/25 11:51 AM, Johan Hovold wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 05:29:55PM +0800, Wenbin Yao wrote:
>>>>> From: Qiang Yu <quic_qianyu@quicinc.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> All PCIe PHYs on X1E80100 require vdda-qref power supplies, but this is
>>>>> missing in the current PHY device tree node. The PCIe port can still
>>>>> function because the regulator L3J, which vdda-qref consumes, is voted by
>>>>> other components.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since the device tree should accurately describe the hardware, add the
>>>>> vdda-qref power supply explicitly in all PCIe PHY device nodes.
>>>> AFAIU the PHYs do not use this qref supply directly so it does not
>>>> belong in the PHY node (but possibly in the tcsr node that provides the
>>>> refclk).
>>>>
>>>> Since commit 031b46b4729b ("phy: qcom: qmp-pcie: drop bogus x1e80100
>>>> qref supplies") it also won't have any effect for pcie4 and pcie6.
>>> QREF is a separate hw block distributing the reference clocks across
>>> certain on-SoC peripherals
>>>
>>> If its power goes out, I don't think much of the platform would be
>>> functional anyway, so it's redundant here..
>>>
>>> It doesn't have its own single register region and it's frankly
>>> one-shot-configured way before Linux starts up, so there should be
>>> no need of describing it at all.
>> Then it sounds like the qref supplies should be marked as always-on. Can
>> they be disabled at all?
> The best answer I can say is "maybe". I would (without knowing any better)
> assume RPMh wouldn't let you turn them off. QREF predictably takes VDD_CX/MX
> and some additional lines
>
> Konrad
The vdda-qref power supply feeds the QREF clocks, which are consumed by 
PCIe, UFS, USB and display on X1e80100.
For PCIe, QREF clks are provided by the TCSR device with the following 
bindings on X1E80100:
#define TCSR_PCIE_2L_4_CLKREF_EN
#define TCSR_PCIE_2L_5_CLKREF_EN
#define TCSR_PCIE_8L_CLKREF_EN
#define TCSR_PCIE_4L_CLKREF_EN

These QREF clocks are not enabled all the time and are disabled during 
PHY deinit. Hence, vdda-qref should not be an always-on power supply. It 
should be turned off when the QREF clocks are disabled.

Describing vdda-qref in the PHY device tree node is reasonable, as it 
allows the vdda-qref power supply to be enabled or disabled along with 
the QREF clocks during PHY init/deinit.

-- 
With best wishes
Qiang Yu