Re: [PATCH 1/3] brcmfmac: re-enable command decode in sdio_aos for BRCM 4354

[Arend Van Spriel]

On 5/18/2019 12:54 AM, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> In commit 29f6589140a1 ("brcmfmac: disable command decode in
> sdio_aos") we disabled something called "command decode in sdio_aos"
> for a whole bunch of Broadcom SDIO WiFi parts.
>
> After that patch landed I find that my kernel log on
> rk3288-veyron-minnie and rk3288-veyron-speedy is filled with:
>    brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_bus_sleep: error while changing bus sleep state -110
>
> This seems to happen every time the Broadcom WiFi transitions out of
> sleep mode.  Reverting the part of the commit that affects the WiFi on
> my boards fixes the problem for me, so that's what this patch does.

This sounds very similar to the issue we had during integration of wifi 
on rk3288 chromebooks years ago.

> Note that, in general, the justification in the original commit seemed
> a little weak.  It looked like someone was testing on a SD card
> controller that would sometimes die if there were CRC errors on the
> bus.  This used to happen back in early days of dw_mmc (the controller
> on my boards), but we fixed it.  Disabling a feature on all boards
> just because one SD card controller is broken seems bad.  ...so
> instead of just this patch possibly the right thing to do is to fully
> revert the original commit.

I am leaning towards a full revert, but let's wait for more background info.

Regards,
Arend