Re: [PATCH v6 06/15] of: Add Tegra124 EMC bindings

[Alexandre Courbot]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Tomeu Vizoso
<tomeu.vizoso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add binding documentation for the nvidia,tegra124-emc device tree node.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> v5:     * Add a short description for each of the register properties
>
> v4:     * Remove mandatory naming of the timings subnode
>         * Remove constraint on the unit-address of the timings and timing subnodes
>         * Add some more information about nvidia,emc-configuration
>         * Make the example complete
>
> v2:     * Specify the unit addresses for the timings and timing nodes
> ---
>  .../bindings/memory-controllers/tegra-emc.txt      | 379 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 379 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/tegra-emc.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/tegra-emc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/tegra-emc.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..da923b1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/tegra-emc.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,379 @@
> +NVIDIA Tegra124 SoC EMC (external memory controller)
> +====================================================
> +
> +Required properties :
> +- compatible : Should be "nvidia,tegra124-emc".
> +- reg : physical base address and length of the controller's registers.
> +- nvidia,memory-controller : phandle of the MC driver.
> +
> +The node should contain a "emc-timings" subnode for each supported RAM type (see field RAM_CODE in
> +register PMC_STRAPPING_OPT_A), with its unit address being its RAM_CODE.
> +
> +Required properties for "emc-timings" nodes :
> +- nvidia,ram-code : Should contain the value of RAM_CODE this timing set is used for.
> +
> +Each "emc-timings" node should contain a "timing" subnode for every supported EMC clock rate. The
> +"timing" subnodes should have the clock rate in Hz as their unit address.
> +
> +Required properties for "timing" nodes :
> +- clock-frequency : Should contain the memory clock rate in Hz.
> +- The following properties contain EMC timing characterization values (specified in the board
> +documentation) :
> +  - nvidia,emc-auto-cal-config : EMC_AUTO_CAL_CONFIG
> +  - nvidia,emc-auto-cal-config2 : EMC_AUTO_CAL_CONFIG2
> +  - nvidia,emc-auto-cal-config3 : EMC_AUTO_CAL_CONFIG3
> +  - nvidia,emc-auto-cal-interval : EMC_AUTO_CAL_INTERVAL
> +  - nvidia,emc-bgbias-ctl0 : EMC_BGBIAS_CTL0
> +  - nvidia,emc-cfg : EMC_CFG
> +  - nvidia,emc-cfg-2 : EMC_CFG_2
> +  - nvidia,emc-cfg-dig-dll : EMC_CFG_DIG_DLL
> +  - nvidia,emc-ctt-term-ctrl : EMC_CTT_TERM_CTRL
> +  - nvidia,emc-mode-1 : Mode Register 1
> +  - nvidia,emc-mode-2 : Mode Register 2
> +  - nvidia,emc-mode-4 : Mode Register 4
> +  - nvidia,emc-mode-reset : Mode Register 0
> +  - nvidia,emc-mrs-wait-cnt : EMC_MRS_WAIT_CNT
> +  - nvidia,emc-sel-dpd-ctrl : EMC_SEL_DPD_CTRL
> +  - nvidia,emc-xm2dqspadctrl2 : EMC_XM2DQSPADCTRL2
> +  - nvidia,emc-zcal-cnt-long : EMC_ZCAL_WAIT_CNT
> +  - nvidia,emc-zcal-interval : EMC_ZCAL_INTERVAL
> +- nvidia,emc-configuration : EMC timing characterization data. These are the registers (see section
> +"15.6.2 EMC Registers" in the TRM) whose values need to be specified, according to the board
> +documentation:

I'm a little bit confused by this. On the one hand, some registers are
defined by dedicated DT properties, and on the other some are simply
specified in the nvidia,emc-configuration array. I guess the rationale
for this is to isolate the registers whose value may control the
driver vs. those that simply needs to be written as-is.

But in this case, why are some registers (like EMC_CFG_DIG_DLL)
present in both lists, sometimes with different values? In the case of
EMC_CFG_DIG_DLL, I also see that the read value of
"nvidia,emc-cfg-dig-dll" seems to never be used anywhere in
tegra124-emc.c. Should this property exist at all? Note that I have
only checked this one, there might be others in the same case.

Or maybe I completely misunderstood the intent here, in which case,
please enlighten me. :)
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