Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/bridge: sii902x: Enable I/O and core VCC supplies if present

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Mon Sep 28 2020 - 15:03:55 EST


Hi Alex.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 12:35:01PM -0500, Alex G. wrote:
> On 9/26/20 1:49 PM, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > Hi Alexandru
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 03:05:05PM -0500, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote:
> > > On the SII9022, the IOVCC and CVCC12 supplies must reach the correct
> > > voltage before the reset sequence is initiated. On most boards, this
> > > assumption is true at boot-up, so initialization succeeds.
> > >
> > > However, when we try to initialize the chip with incorrect supply
> > > voltages, it will not respond to I2C requests. sii902x_probe() fails
> > > with -ENXIO.
> > >
> > > To resolve this, look for the "iovcc" and "cvcc12" regulators, and
> > > make sure they are enabled before starting the reset sequence. If
> > > these supplies are not available in devicetree, then they will default
> > > to dummy-regulator. In that case everything will work like before.
> > >
> > > This was observed on a STM32MP157C-DK2 booting in u-boot falcon mode.
> > > On this board, the supplies would be set by the second stage
> > > bootloader, which does not run in falcon mode.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > One nitpick here. The binding should be present in the tree before
> > you start using it. So this patch should be applied after the binding.
>
> It is :)
> * arch/arm/boot/dts/stm32mp15xx-dkx.dtsi

This is the device tree. So essentially there is part of the device
tree that is not yet documented - so in a perfect world all parts of the
device tree is documented in bindings
(Documentation/devicetree/bindings/* ) before the device tree is
committed.

Sam