From: Tom Rini via U-Boot <u-boot@lists.u-boot-project.org>
To: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
Cc: u-boot@lists.denx.de,
Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>,
Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@samsung.com>,
Bastien Curutchet <bastien.curutchet@bootlin.com>,
Anshul Dalal <anshuld@ti.com>, Johan Jonker <jbx6244@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mmc: sunxi: support DM MMC in SPL
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:45:27 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260720204527.GJ749385@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260717210148.3391816-1-james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 03:01:41PM -0600, James Hilliard wrote:
> sunxi SPL normally uses the legacy MMC interface while U-Boot proper
> uses the driver-model path. When SPL_DM_MMC is enabled, the existing
> DM probe depends on the devicetree, clock and pinctrl providers being
> available in SPL.
>
> Select the required SPL clock, OF control, pinctrl and pin configuration
> support from MMC_SUNXI. Retain the main CCU and PIO nodes when their SPL
> frameworks are enabled, and retain the MMC0 controller and pin
> configuration when SPL_DM_MMC is enabled.
>
> This reuses the existing DM path unchanged and leaves the legacy SPL path
> untouched when SPL_DM_MMC is disabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes v1 -> v2:
> - select the required SPL dependencies in Kconfig (suggested by Tom)
> - retain the common CCU, PIO, MMC0 and pin configuration nodes in the
> SPL devicetree
> - drop the new preprocessor fallback paths (suggested by Andre)
> - reuse the existing DM MMC probe unchanged
> - drop the no-devicetree platform-data path and controller reinit hook
> - reduce the driver change to four Kconfig selections
> - validate an H616 SD boot through SPL FIT verification and U-Boot proper
> ---
> arch/arm/dts/sunxi-u-boot.dtsi | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/mmc/Kconfig | 4 ++++
> 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/sunxi-u-boot.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/sunxi-u-boot.dtsi
> index e1a9a7f5d4c..fdd8c78c8bf 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/dts/sunxi-u-boot.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/dts/sunxi-u-boot.dtsi
> @@ -19,6 +19,28 @@
> };
> };
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_CLK
> +&ccu {
> + bootph-pre-ram;
> +};
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_PINCTRL
> +&pio {
> + bootph-pre-ram;
> +};
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_DM_MMC
> +&mmc0_pins {
> + bootph-pre-ram;
> +};
> +
> +&mmc0 {
> + bootph-pre-ram;
> +};
> +#endif
> +
> /* Let U-Boot be the firmware layer that controls the watchdog. */
> #ifdef CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I_R528
> &wdt {
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/Kconfig b/drivers/mmc/Kconfig
> index 6c513328de2..40b6e6882aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/Kconfig
> @@ -806,6 +806,10 @@ config MMC_SUNXI
> bool "Allwinner sunxi SD/MMC Host Controller support"
> depends on ARCH_SUNXI
> default y
> + select SPL_CLK if SPL_DM_MMC
> + select SPL_OF_CONTROL if SPL_DM_MMC
> + select SPL_PINCONF if SPL_DM_MMC
> + select SPL_PINCTRL if SPL_DM_MMC
> help
> This selects support for the SD/MMC Host Controller on
> Allwinner sunxi SoCs.
This seems like a much more reasonable path, thank you.
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Tom
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2026-07-17 21:01 [PATCH v2] mmc: sunxi: support DM MMC in SPL James Hilliard
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