Re: [PATCH V3 1/2] Documentation: DT: Add binding documentation for NVIDIA ADMA

[Stephen Warren <swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>]

On 10/19/2015 05:22 AM, Jon Hunter wrote:
>
> On 16/10/15 17:09, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 10/16/2015 01:35 AM, Jon Hunter wrote:
>>> Add device-tree binding documentation for the Tegra210 Audio DMA
>>> controller.
>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/tegra210-adma.txt
>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/tegra210-adma.txt
>>
>>> +Required properties:
>>
>>> +- interrupt-parent: Phandle to the interrupt parent controller.
>>
>> Nit: Since that is more of a "system level"/standard property, it's
>> typical not to document it. The property is not actually required if the
>> inherited value is already correct. Still, it's obvious enough what this
>> means, so I'd only suggest fixing this if you have to respin for some
>> other reason.
>
> Ok.
>
>>> +- clocks: Must contain one entry for the ADMA module clock, "adma_ape".
>>> +- clock-names: Must contain the entry "adma_ape".
>>
>> Which clock is this in the CAR? I don't see any adma_ape clock
>> documented in the TRM.
>
> Darn. I thought I had checked this. Yes it should be the AHUB clock and
> looking at the current t210 clock patches for mainline this is
> TEGRA210_CLK_D_AUDIO. Ok will fix this.
>
>> Is there a dedicated reset signal for this module? If so, we should
>> require a resets property.
>
> No there does not appear to be. Looking at the documentation the ADMA
> would be reset by the main APE reset. Seems to be one reset that resets
> most modules in the APE.
>
> That raises another issue, the ADMA is in the audio power partition and
> currently our downstream driver assumes that this is on. I should at
> least check this.

IIRC the situation downstream w.r.t. the audio power partition is 
something like:

The AGIC is in that power partition. The Linux kernel AGIC driver gets 
probed before the power domain driver for that domain. (I think) 
deferred probe doesn't work for the AGIC driver for some reason (perhaps 
this is just a bug or oversight in our downstream AGIC driver?). So, the 
AGIC driver can't turn on the audio power domain. So, there's a hack in 
the bootloader to turn the power domain on. So, everything in the kernel 
assumes that power domain is on at boot and so drivers don't have to 
explicitly control/request that power domain.

We should fix this properly so that upstream doesn't make the assumption 
that the audio power domain is magically on before the kernel boots.