Re: [PATCH RFC 5/5] ahci_imx: add disable for spread-spectrum

[Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:02:26AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:57:21PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 05:46:47PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 3:43 AM, Russell King
> > > <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > > > Spread-spectrum doesn't work with Cubox-i hardware, so we have to
> > > > disable this feature.  Add a DT property so that platforms can
> > > > indicate that this feature should not be enabled.
> > > 
> > > This is for spread-spectrum tx or rx? Transmit SS is optional to
> > > support, but the receiver must support SS. Otherwise random drives
> > > won't work which makes for a good user experience. Is this really a
> > > board quirk rather than a Si issue?
> > 
> > No idea.  This bit controls clock generation, and one reason given to
> > disable it is if the reference clock being supplied is already spread
> > spectrum.  I don't think that applies here.  It doesn't say which
> > clock(s) this is applied to - I would guess it's the transmit clock.
> > 
> > All I know is that with SS enabled, the drive is not detected, and
> > SolidRun's original port disables SS.  Disabling SS allows the external
> > drive to be detected.
> > 
> > I have no capability to check the eye pattern, so I've no idea if
> > there's a problem with the electrical setup which stops SS from
> > working.  All I know is with the parameters I give here (which are
> > those which SolidRun's original port uses) and with SS disabled,
> > it works.
> 
> I'll correct that - it _is_ detected with SS enabled, but things go
> awry very quickly with errors, which then result in corrupted IDENTIFY
> responses, the link dropping back to 1.5Gbps, more errors and corruption
> and eventually the SATA layer gives up and declares the port dead.

Rob,

Can I take your lack of reply on this as meaning that you don't have
any objections against these new DT properties for this driver - if
so, can I have your ack for these properties please?

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