Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: qcom: wcnss: Add WCN3680B compatible

[Luca Weiss <luca@z3ntu.xyz>]

On Montag, 16. Oktober 2023 16:44:28 CET Stephan Gerhold wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 03:16:14PM +0200, Loic Poulain wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Oct 2023 at 07:35, Krzysztof Kozlowski
> > 
> > <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> wrote:
> > > On 15/10/2023 22:03, Luca Weiss wrote:
> > > > Add a compatible for the iris subnode in the WCNSS PIL.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Luca Weiss <luca@z3ntu.xyz>
> > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,wcnss-pil.yaml | 1
> > > >  +
> > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git
> > > > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,wcnss-pil.yaml
> > > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,wcnss-pil.yaml
> > > > index 45eb42bd3c2c..0e5e0b7a0610 100644
> > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,wcnss-pil.yaml
> > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,wcnss-pil.yaml
> > > > 
> > > > @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ properties:
> > > >            - qcom,wcn3660
> > > >            - qcom,wcn3660b
> > > >            - qcom,wcn3680
> > > > 
> > > > +          - qcom,wcn3680b
> > > 
> > > Looks like this should be made as compatible with qcom,wcn3680 (so with
> > > fallback).
> > 
> > Yes, agree, let's do a regular fallback as there is nothing 'b'
> > specific in the driver:
> > `compatible = "qcom,wcn3680b", "qcom,wcn3680";`
> > 
> > And yes, we should also have done that for qcom,wcn3660b...
> 
> I don't think this would have worked properly for qcom,wcn3660b:
> 
>  - It's not compatible with "qcom,wcn3660", because they have different
>    regulator voltage requirements. wcn3660(a?) needs vddpa with
>    2.9-3.0V, but wcn3660b needs 3.3V. That's why wcn3660b uses the
>    wcn3680_data in qcom_wcnss.iris.c. Otherwise if you would run an
>    older kernel that knows "qcom,wcn3660" but not "qcom,wcn3660b" it
>    would apply the wrong voltage.
> 
>  - It's not compatible with "qcom,wcn3680" either because that is used
>    as indication if 802.11ac is supported (wcn3660b doesn't).
> 
> The main question here is: What does the current "qcom,wcn3680"
> compatible actually represent? It's defined with vddpa = 3.3V in the
> driver, which would suggest that:
> 
>  1. It's actually meant to represent WCN3680B, which needs 3.3V vddpa
>     like WCN3660B, or
> 
>  2. WCN3680(A?) has different requirements than WCN3660(A?) and also
>     needs 3.3V vddpa. But then what is the difference between
>     WCN3680(A?) and WCN3680B? Is there even a variant without ...B?
> 
> There is public documentation for WCN3660B and WCN3680B but the non-B
> variants are shrouded in mystery.

Hi Stephan (and everyone),

Do you have a suggestion how to move this patchset forward? Is the fallback 
compatible that was suggested okay for the wcn3680b situation?

  compatible = "qcom,wcn3680b", "qcom,wcn3680";

If so, I'll make v2 with that implemented.

Regards
Luca

> 
> Thanks,
> Stephan