Re: [PATCH v10 0/8] Cavium MMC driver

From: Ulf Hansson
Date: Thu Jan 19 2017 - 16:39:12 EST


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> I've added a fixed regulator to DT:
>
> vcc_3v3: regulator-vcc_3v3 {
> compatible = "regulator-fixed";
> regulator-name = "VCC_3V3";
> regulator-min-microvolt = <3300000>;
> regulator-max-microvolt = <3300000>;
>
> gpio = <&gpio_6_0 8 0>;
> /* enable-gpio = <&gpio_6_0 8 0>; */
> enable-active-high;
> };
>
> This seems to enable the gpio. Is this sufficient or do I need the
> gpio-regulator?

Looks good to me.

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>> > In porting the driver to arm64 I run into some issues.
>> >
>> > 1. mmc_parse_of is not capable of supporting multiple slots behind one
>> > controller. On arm64 the host controller is presented as one PCI device.
>> > There are no devices per slot as with the platform variant, so I
>> > needed to create dummy devices to make mmc_parse_of work.
>> > IMHO it would be cleaner if mmc_parse_of could be extended to cover
>> > the multiple slots case.
>>
>> Yes. I agree that this make sense!
>> Seems like we could try to make use of the struct device_node instead
>> of the struct device.
>>
>> I will try to come up with an idea, I keep you posted.
>>
>> >
>> > 2. Without setting MMC_CAP_1_8V_DDR DDR mode is not usable for eMMC.
>> > I would prefer to introduce a new cap flag, MMC_CAP_3_3V_DDR,
>> > if possible. Currently I need to add "mmc-ddr-1_8v" to DTS,
>> > which seems odd for a 3.3v only host controller.
>>
>> This keep coming back. Both DT bindings and changing to the mmc core
>> has been posted.
>>
>> Allow me to help out and re-post a new series. You can build on top of
>> them - I will keep you on cc.
>
> Any news here? Can you give me a pointer?

For 1), I need some more time. Feel free to try it out your self.

For 2), I am working on it. Likely in the beginning of next week I
will post something.

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Kind regards
Uffe