Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: mmc: mtk-sd: add single burst switch

Axe Yang (杨磊)
2025-03-25T02:41:33Z

Hi Angelo,

Any comment on this :D

Regards,
Axe

On Wed, 2025-03-12 at 14:30 +0800, axe.yang wrote:
> On Tue, 2025-03-11 at 10:47 +0100, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
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> > Il 07/03/25 07:59, Axe Yang (杨磊) ha scritto:
> > > On Thu, 2025-03-06 at 10:19 +0100, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
> > > wrote:
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> > > > Il 06/03/25 09:48, Axe Yang ha scritto:
> > > > > Add 'mediatek,disable-single-burst' setting. This property
> > > > > can
> > > > > be
> > > > > used to switch bus burst type, from single burst to INCR,
> > > > > which
> > > > > is
> > > > > determined by the bus type within the IP. Some versions of
> > > > > the
> > > > > IP
> > > > > are using AXI bus, thus this switch is necessary as 'single'
> > > > > is
> > > > > not
> > > > > the burst type supported by the bus.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Axe Yang <axe.yang@mediatek.com>
> > > >
> > > > I am mostly sure that this is not something to put in
> > > > devicetree,
> > > > but
> > > > as
> > > > platform data for specific SoC(s), as much as I'm mostly sure
> > > > that
> > > > all of
> > > > the instances of the MSDC IP in one SoC will be *all* using
> > > > either
> > > > single
> > > > or INCR.
> > >
> > > No, actually MSDC IPs in one SoC are using different versions.
> > > Usually MSDC1 (index from 1) is used as eMMC host, the left hosts
> > > are
> > > used as SD/SDIO hosts. They have similar designs, but there are
> > > still
> > > difference.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > So, I think I know the answer but I'll still ask just to be
> > > > extremely
> > > > sure:
> > > >
> > > > is there any MediaTek SoC that has different IP versions for
> > > > different MSDC
> > > > instances, and that hence require single burst on one instance
> > > > and
> > > > INCR on
> > > > another instance?
> > >
> > > Yes. Actually every SoC has different IP versions for eMMC and
> > > SD/SDIO
> > > host as I said.
> > > e.g. For MT8168, signel burst bit should be set to 1 for eMMC
> > > Host,
> > > but
> > > 0 for SD/SDIO Host.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > And if there is - is there a pattern? Is it always SDIO
> > > > requiring
> > > > INCR or
> > > > always eMMC/SD requiring it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > No, there is no pattern. Both eMMC and SD/SDIO hosts need to be
> > > configured base on IP version. There is no binding relationship
> > > between
> > > eMMC/SD/SDIO and the burst type. eMMC burst type might be INCR or
> > > single, same as SD/SDIO.
> > >
> >
> > Okay but if there are different IP versions, and AXI/AHB is
> > determined
> > by the IP version, why aren't you parsing the MAIN_VER/ECO_VER
> > registers of
> > the MSDC IP to check whether to use INCR or SINGLE?
>
>
> To address your concerns, I had further discussions with the
> designer.
> Their response was that the bus type and IP version are not bound
> together. This contradicts my previous statements, and I apologize
> for
> that.
> According to the designer's feedback, I must say that the single
> burst
> setting is indeed tied to the IC, but the granularity is such that it
> needs to be set individually for each host.
> Given the large number of ICs Mediatek currently has, adding burst
> type
> information for each host to the driver's compatible structure would
> mean adding hundreds(maybe thousands :() of lines to the driver for
> the
> compatible structures for *all previous SoCs* (currently there are
> only
> 13 compatible structures, and they can be reuse by new SoC). This
> approach seems very cumbersome.
>
> So I still believe that placing this setting in the DTS is a more
> appropriate approach.
>
> Regards,
> Axe
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Angelo
> >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Axe
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mtk-sd.yaml | 8
> > > > > ++++++++
> > > > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mtk-
> > > > > sd.yaml
> > > > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mtk-sd.yaml
> > > > > index 0debccbd6519..6076aff0a689 100644
> > > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mtk-sd.yaml
> > > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mtk-sd.yaml
> > > > > @@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ properties:
> > > > > minimum: 0
> > > > > maximum: 0xffffffff
> > > > >
> > > > > + mediatek,disable-single-burst:
> > > > > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> > > > > + description:
> > > > > + Burst type setting. For some versions of the IP that
> > > > > do
> > > > > not
> > > > > use
> > > > > + AHB bus, the burst type need to be switched to INCR.
> > > > > + If present, use INCR burst type.
> > > > > + If not present, use single burst type.
> > > > > +
> > > > > mediatek,hs200-cmd-int-delay:
> > > > > $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> > > > > description:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >