Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: dts: qcom: sc8280xp: Fix PCIe PHY power-domains

[Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>]

On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 10:33:34PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 12:24:55PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 11:28:26PM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> > > The PCIe GDSCs are only related to the RCs. The PCIe PHYs on the other
> > > hand, are powered by VDD_MX and their specific VDDA_PHY/PLL regulators.
> > 
> > No, that does not seem to be entirely correct. I added the power-domains
> > here precisely because they were needed to enable the PHYs.
> > 
> > This is something I stumbled over when trying to figure out how to
> > add support for the second lane pair (i.e. four-lane mode), and I just
> > went back and confirmed that this is still the case.
> > 
> > If you try to enable one of these PHYs without the corresponding GDSC
> > being enabled, you end up with:
> > 
> > [   37.709324] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > [   37.718196] gcc_pcie_3b_aux_clk status stuck at 'off'
> > [   37.718205] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 482 at drivers/clk/qcom/clk-branch.c:86 clk_branch_wait+0x144/0x15c
> > 	
> 
> Technically this patch is correct. PHYs are backed by MX domain only and not
> GDSCs. Only the controllers (PCIe, UFS, USB) are backed by GDSCs. The fact that
> you are seeing issue with PCIe Aux clock suggests me that this clock may not be
> applicable to the PHY but it needs to be enabled for working of the PHY somehow.
> I'll try to find the details on how exactly it is needed.
> 
> But if I get the answer like, "This clock is also sourced to PHY directly", then
> we may need to add dual power domain for PHY (both GDSC and MX).
> 

So I answer I got from Qcom is that this clock is only applicable to the PCIe
controller and not PHYs. On some platforms, there is a separate PCIE_PHY_AUX_CLK
coming from GCC that is used during L1SS state. I think that caused confusion
while adding PHY support for followup platforms and folks just used PCIE_AUX_CLK
since they couldn't find the actual PCIE_PHY_AUX_CLK.

I've prepared a series to fix this mess, but I want to know how you end up
seeing the above "clk status stuck at off" issue. Is there an actual usecase for
powering up PHY without controller or you just experimented with it?

- Mani

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