Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ARM: dts: sun9i: Add A80 Optimus Board support

[Maxime Ripard]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 06:04:50PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Maxime Ripard
> <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 09:10:48PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Maxime Ripard
> >> <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:48:58PM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> >> The A80 Optimus Board is was launched with the Allwinner A80 SoC.
> >> >> It was jointly developed by Allwinner and Merrii.
> >> >>
> >> >> This board has a UART port, a JTAG connector, USB host ports, a USB
> >> >> 3.0 OTG connector, an HDMI output, a micro SD slot, 8G NAND flash,
> >> >> 4G DRAM, a camera sensor interface, a WiFi/BT combo chip, a headphone
> >> >> jack, IR receiver, and additional GPIO headers.
> >> >>
> >> >> This patch adds only basic support.
> >> >>
> >> >> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@xxxxxxxx>
> >> >> ---
> >> >>  arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile              |  2 +
> >> >>  arch/arm/boot/dts/sun9i-a80-optimus.dts | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> >>  2 files changed, 68 insertions(+)
> >> >>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/sun9i-a80-optimus.dts
> >> >>
> >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> >> >> index 2f42b18..098f319 100644
> >> >> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> >> >> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> >> >> @@ -424,6 +424,8 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN7I) += \
> >> >>       sun7i-a20-pcduino3.dtb
> >> >>  dtb-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN8I) += \
> >> >>       sun8i-a23-ippo-q8h-v5.dtb
> >> >> +dtb-$(CONFIG_MACH_SUN9I) += \
> >> >> +     sun9i-a80-optimus.dtb
> >> >>  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_TEGRA) += tegra20-harmony.dtb \
> >> >>       tegra20-iris-512.dtb \
> >> >>       tegra20-medcom-wide.dtb \
> >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun9i-a80-optimus.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun9i-a80-optimus.dts
> >> >> new file mode 100644
> >> >> index 0000000..f83abab
> >> >> --- /dev/null
> >> >> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun9i-a80-optimus.dts
> >> >> @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
> >> >> +/*
> >> >> + * Copyright 2014 Chen-Yu Tsai
> >> >> + *
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> >> >> +
> >> >> +/dts-v1/;
> >> >> +/include/ "sun9i-a80.dtsi"
> >> >> +
> >> >> +/ {
> >> >> +     model = "Merrii A80 Optimus Board";
> >> >> +     compatible = "merrii,a80-optimus", "allwinner,sun9i-a80";
> >> >> +
> >> >> +     chosen {
> >> >> +             bootargs = "earlyprintk console=ttyS0,115200";
> >> >> +     };
> >> >
> >> > Since you changed the memory node in the DTSI, you should probably add
> >> > one here too, don't you?
> >>
> >> I thought we left fixing that to the bootloader?
> >> I don't see any memory nodes in our other DTS.
> >
> > Yes, but does the A80 bootloader supports DT and actually fixes it? If
> > not, then you'll still have to have a memory node, just like on the
> > A31 (and presumably on the A23).
> 
> Not at the moment no. But last I checked none of our board dts files
> have separate memory nodes. We only have them in the dtsi, with the
> largest supported ram size as its value. Also the bootloader
> (u-boot that is) can pass the memory size via atags I think.

Only if CONFIG_ARM_ATAG_DTB_COMPAT is set.

> At least I'm only getting 512MB RAM on my Optimus, due to u-boot
> incorrectly assuming I only have as much. But that's another problem. :(

And does it initialize the rest of the memory?

> Would this be a problem when using Android fastboot from the stock
> u-boot?

IIRC, fastboot passes ATAGS anyway, so as long as you have the
configuration option mentionned above, you should be safe.

-- 
Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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