Re: [PATCH V2 2/3] dt-bindings: mmc: sdhci-msm: Add entries for passing load values

From: Evan Green
Date: Thu Sep 20 2018 - 20:16:36 EST


On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:24 PM Veerabhadrarao Badiganti
<vbadigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Vijay Viswanath <vviswana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The load a particular sdhc controller should request from a regulator
> is device specific and hence each device should individually vote for
> the required load.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vijay Viswanath <vviswana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Veerabhadrarao Badiganti <vbadigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/sdhci-msm.txt | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/sdhci-msm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/sdhci-msm.txt
> index 502b3b8..3720385 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/sdhci-msm.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/sdhci-msm.txt
> @@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ Required properties:
> "cal" - reference clock for RCLK delay calibration (optional)
> "sleep" - sleep clock for RCLK delay calibration (optional)
>
> +Optional properties:
> +- qcom,<supply>-current-level-microamp - specifies load levels for supply during BUS_ON and
> + BUS_OFF states in power irq. Should be specified in
> + pairs (lpm, hpm), for BUS_OFF and BUS_ON respectively.
> + Units uA.
> Example:
>
> sdhc_1: sdhci@f9824900 {
> @@ -37,6 +42,7 @@ Example:
>
> vmmc-supply = <&pm8941_l20>;
> vqmmc-supply = <&pm8941_s3>;
> + qcom,vqmmc-current-level-microamp = <200 22000>;
>
> pinctrl-names = "default";
> pinctrl-0 = <&sdc1_clk &sdc1_cmd &sdc1_data>;
> --
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>

Aren't the regulator load levels pretty coarse? Would it be safe to
say that pretty much all sd/mmc devices need the high powered mode, or
are there really some devices that can get by with LPM all the time?
-Evan