Re: [PATCH 11/13] ARM: dts: exynos: Silence SATA PHY warning in Exynos5250 Arndale

From: Marek Szyprowski
Date: Tue Sep 01 2020 - 04:36:25 EST


On 01.09.2020 10:19, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 at 10:17, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 at 10:13, Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 01.09.2020 09:54, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> The SATA PHY in Exynos5250 SoCs has two interfaces and two device nodes:
>>>> 1. sata-phy@12170000
>>>> 2. i2c-9/i2c@38
>>>>
>>>> The first node represents the actual SATA PHY device with phy-cells.
>>>> The second represents additional I2C interface, needed by the driver
>>>> to communicate with the SATA PHY device. It is not a PHY-provider in
>>>> the terms of dtschema so rename it to silence dtbs_check warning:
>>>>
>>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-arndale.dt.yaml: sata-phy@38: '#phy-cells' is a required property
>>>> From schema: lib/python3.6/site-packages/dtschema/schemas/phy/phy-provider.yaml
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-arndale.dts | 2 +-
>>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-arndale.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-arndale.dts
>>>> index f2bcce167b2d..3c401c82905c 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-arndale.dts
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5250-arndale.dts
>>>> @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
>>>> samsung,i2c-max-bus-freq = <40000>;
>>>> samsung,i2c-slave-addr = <0x38>;
>>>>
>>>> - sata_phy_i2c: sata-phy@38 {
>>>> + sata_phy_i2c: sata-phy-i2c@38 {
>>>> compatible = "samsung,exynos-sataphy-i2c";
>>>> reg = <0x38>;
>>>> };
>>> I'm not against the rename, but frankly, the above node and all i2c
>>> parameters should be moved to exynos5250.dtsi. This is a SoC internal
>>> things (the same way as hdmiphy in exynos4.dtsi), so the board dts
>>> should only contain information like status = "enabled" for i2c_8 and
>>> hdmi_i2c_phy nodes. No need to duplicate it here and in smdk5250.dts.
>> Good point, the I2C bus used here is an internal part of SoC.
>>
>> I will squash these two changes into a new one. Thanks for the review!
> While at it, I wonder about the samsung,i2c-slave-addr property. Is it
> really needed? Are there multiple masters on this bus?

This might be some cargo-cult, probably copied from HDMI DDC (I'm not
sure if it is needed there). I've removed it and SATA still works fine
on Exynos5250 Arndale board.

Best regards
--
Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland