Re: [PATCH 03/16] arm64: dts: imx8mm-beacon-som.dtsi: Align regulator names with schema

From: Vaittinen, Matti
Date: Tue Aug 25 2020 - 04:22:28 EST

Hello Krzysztof,

On Tue, 2020-08-25 at 09:50 +0200, krzk@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 09:45:00AM +0200, krzk@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 09:25:37AM +0200, krzk@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 06:51:33AM +0000, Vaittinen, Matti wrote:
> > > > Hello Krzysztof,
> > > >
> > > > Just some questions - please ignore if I misunderstood the
> > > > impact of
> > > > the change.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2020-08-24 at 21:06 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > > > Device tree schema expects regulator names to be
> > > > > lowercase. This
> > > > > fixes
> > > > > dtbs_check warnings like:
> > > > >
> > > > > arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-ddr4-evk.dt.yaml:
> > > > > pmic@4b:
> > > > > regulators:LDO1:regulator-name:0: 'LDO1' does not match
> > > > > '^ldo[1-6]$'
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > .../boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-ddr4-evk.dts | 22
> > > > > +++++++++------
> > > > > ----
> > > > > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-ddr4-
> > > > > evk.dts
> > > > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-ddr4-evk.dts
> > > > > index a1e5483dbbbe..299caed5d46e 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-ddr4-evk.dts
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mn-ddr4-evk.dts
> > > > > @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
> > > > >
> > > > > regulators {
> > > > > buck1_reg: BUCK1 {
> > > > > - regulator-name = "BUCK1";
> > > > > + regulator-name = "buck1";
> > > >
> > > > I am not against this change but I would expect seeing some
> > > > other
> > > > patches too? I guess this will change the regulator name in
> > > > regulator
> > > > core, right? So maybe I am mistaken but it looks to me this
> > > > change is
> > > > visible in suppliers, sysfs and debugfs too? Thus changing this
> > > > sounds
> > > > a bit like asking for a nose bleed :) Am I right that the
> > > > impact of
> > > > this change has been thoroughly tested? Are there any other
> > > > patches
> > > > (that I have not seen) related to this change?
> > >
> > > Oh, crap, the names of regulators in the driver are lowercase,
> > > but they
> > > use of_match_ptr for upper case. Seriously, why making a binding
> > > which
> > > is contradictory to the driver implementation on the first day?
> > >
> > > The driver goes with binding, right? One expects uppercase, other
> > > lowercase...
> > >
> > > And tell me, what is now the ABI? The binding or the incorrect
> > > implementation?
> >
> > Wait, my mistake. I got confused by my own change. The node name
> > stays
> > the same, so of_match will be correct.

Yes. I think so too. Match will still work as earler.

> >
> > The driver internally already uses lowercase names.

Yep. I was simply thinking that if anyone has been specifying the
regulators as suppliers by name - then this change will change things
(as is seen for LDO5). Additionally, if any user-space SW has been
reading the regulator states from sysfs - then these names will also
change the sysfs. Debugfs change is hopefully not such a big deal.

Whether this really breaks anything is beyond my knowledge as I don't
even have this board. Anyways, I think that by minimum the commit
message should point out that this change will be visible outside DTS
and the BD718x7 driver - up to the user-space.

> >
> > Everything looks good. I will just double check whether the
> > constraints
> > did not change on the board after boot.
>
> Constraints look good.
>
> > > > > regulator-min-microvolt =
> > > > > <700000>;
> > > > > regulator-max-microvolt =
> > > > > <1300000>;
> > > > > regulator-boot-on;
> > > > > @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
> > > > > };
> > > > >
> > > > > buck2_reg: BUCK2 {
> > > > > - regulator-name = "BUCK2";
> > > > > + regulator-name = "buck2";
> > > > > regulator-min-microvolt =
> > > > > <700000>;
> > > > > regulator-max-microvolt =
> > > > > <1300000>;
> > > > > regulator-boot-on;
> > > > > @@ -79,14 +79,14 @@
> > > > >
> > > > > buck3_reg: BUCK3 {
> > > > > // BUCK5 in datasheet
> > > > > - regulator-name = "BUCK3";
> > > > > + regulator-name = "buck3";
> > > > > regulator-min-microvolt =
> > > > > <700000>;
> > > > > regulator-max-microvolt =
> > > > > <1350000>;
> > > > > };
> > > > >
> > > > > buck4_reg: BUCK4 {
> > > > > // BUCK6 in datasheet
> > > > > - regulator-name = "BUCK4";
> > > > > + regulator-name = "buck4";
> > > > > regulator-min-microvolt =
> > > > > <3000000>;
> > > > > regulator-max-microvolt =
> > > > > <3300000>;
> > > > > regulator-boot-on;
> > > > > @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
> > > > >
> > > > > buck5_reg: BUCK5 {
> > > > > // BUCK7 in datasheet
> > > > > - regulator-name = "BUCK5";
> > > > > + regulator-name = "buck5";
> > > >
> > > > What I see in bd718x7-regulator.c for LDO6 desc is:
> > > >
> > > > /* LDO6 is supplied by buck5 */
> > > > .supply_name = "buck5",
> > > >
> > > > So, is this change going to change the supply-chain for the
> > > > board? Is
> > > > this intended? (Or am I mistaken on what is the impact of
> > > > regulator-
> > > > name property?)
> >
> > Good point, let me check the supplies.
>
> This patch actually fixes the supplies which before were not working
> because of case mismatch.
> Before:
>
> regulator use open bypass opmode voltage
> current min max
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------
> regulator-dummy 4 5 0
> unknown 0mV 0mA 0mV 0mV
> LDO6 1 0 0
> unknown 1200mV 0mA 900mV 1800mV
> BUCK1 1 0 0
> unknown 850mV 0mA 700mV 1300mV
> BUCK2 2 1 0
> unknown 1000mV 0mA 700mV 1300mV
> cpu0-
> cpu 1 0mA 1000m
> V 1000mV
> BUCK3 1 0 0
> unknown 975mV 0mA 700mV 1350mV
> BUCK4 1 0 0
> unknown 3300mV 0mA 3000mV 3300mV
> BUCK5 1 0 0
> unknown 1800mV 0mA 1605mV 1995mV
> BUCK6 1 0 0
> unknown 1200mV 0mA 800mV 1400mV
> LDO1 1 0 0
> unknown 1800mV 0mA 1600mV 1900mV
> LDO2 1 0 0
> unknown 800mV 0mA 800mV 900mV
> LDO3 1 0 0
> unknown 1800mV 0mA 1800mV 3300mV
> LDO4 1 0 0
> unknown 900mV 0mA 900mV 1800mV
> ldo5 1 4 0
> unknown 1800mV 0mA 1800mV 1800mV
>
>
>
> After:
> regulator use open bypass opmode voltage
> current min max
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------
> buck1 1 0 0
> unknown 850mV 0mA 700mV 1300mV
> buck2 2 1 0
> unknown 850mV 0mA 700mV 1300mV
> cpu0-
> cpu 1 0mA 850m
> V 850mV
> buck3 1 0 0
> unknown 975mV 0mA 700mV 1350mV
> buck4 1 0 0
> unknown 3300mV 0mA 3000mV 3300mV
> buck5 2 1 0
> unknown 1800mV 0mA 1605mV 1995mV
> ldo6 1 0 0

That was my point :) Before this commit the system has acted
differently - either by accident or by purpose. In any case, the DTS
change will change supply logic and this should probably be mentioned
in commit log to help bisecting possible issues :)

But as I said, I am not opposed to this change - I am merely somewhat
cautious with changes like this.

Best regards
Matti Vaittinen