Re: [RFC 0/3] clk: imx: Implement blk-ctl driver for i.MX8MN

From: Abel Vesa
Date: Tue Oct 27 2020 - 07:55:30 EST


On 20-10-27 11:31:10, Abel Vesa wrote:
> On 20-10-26 16:37:51, Lucas Stach wrote:
> > Am Montag, den 26.10.2020, 16:55 +0200 schrieb Abel Vesa:
> > > On 20-10-25 11:05:32, Adam Ford wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 7:19 AM Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On 10/25/20 1:05 PM, Abel Vesa wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > [...]
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Together, both the GPC and the clk-blk driver should be able to pull
> > > > > > > the multimedia block out of reset. Currently, the GPC can handle the
> > > > > > > USB OTG and the GPU, but the LCDIF and MIPI DSI appear to be gated by
> > > > > > > the clock block
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > My original patch RFC didn't include the imx8mn node, because it
> > > > > > > hangs, but the node I added looks like:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > media_blk_ctl: clock-controller@32e28000 {
> > > > > > > compatible = "fsl,imx8mn-media-blk-ctl", "syscon";
> > > > > > > reg = <0x32e28000 0x1000>;
> > > > > > > #clock-cells = <1>;
> > > > > > > #reset-cells = <1>;
> > > > > > > };
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I was hoping you might have some feedback on the 8mn clk-blk driver
> > > > > > > since you did the 8mp clk-blk drive and they appear to be very
> > > > > > > similar.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'll do you one better still. I'll apply the patch in my tree and give it
> > > > > > a test tomorrow morning.
> > > >
> > > > I do have some more updates on how to get the system to not hang, and
> > > > to enumerate more clocks.
> > > > Looking at Marek's work on enabling clocks in the 8MM, he added a
> > > > power-domain in dispmix_blk_ctl pointing to the dispmix in the GPC.
> > > > By forcing the GPC driver to write 0x1fff to 32e28004, 0x7f to
> > > > 32e28000 and 0x30000 to 32e28008, the i.MX8MM can bring the display
> > > > clocks out of reset.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yeah, that makes sense. Basically, it was trying to disable unused clocks
> > > (see clk_disable_unused) but in order to disable the clocks from the
> > > media BLK_CTL (which I think should be renamed in display BLK_CTL) the
> > > PD need to be on. Since you initially didn't give it any PD, it was trying
> > > to blindly write/read the gate bit and therefore freeze.
> > >
> > > > Unfortunately, the i.MX8MN needs to have 0x100 written to both
> > > > 32e28000 and 32e28004, and the values written for the 8MM are not
> > > > compatible.
> > > > By forcing the GPC to write those values, I can get lcdif_pixel_clk
> > > > and the mipi_dsi_clkref appearing on the Nano.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to make a branch with all the patches for all i.MX8M so I
> > > can keep track of it all. On this branch I've also applied the
> > > following patchset from Lucas Stach:
> > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spinics.net%2Flists%2Farm-kernel%2Fmsg843007.html&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cabel.vesa%40nxp.com%7C5ff46189143747fce45908d87a5b4281%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C637393879674506099%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ELDCbfLvxrB6FLwnsA6VyGlU5V3qpA2ImfPAbZnWyzI%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > > but I'm getting the folowing errors:
> > >
> > > [ 16.690885] imx-pgc imx-pgc-domain.3: failed to power up ADB400
> > > [ 16.716839] imx-pgc imx-pgc-domain.3: failed to power up ADB400
> > > [ 16.730500] imx-pgc imx-pgc-domain.3: failed to power up ADB400
> > >
> > > Lucas, any thoughts?
> > >
> > > Maybe it's something related to 8MN.
> >
> > The ADB is apparently clocked by one of the BLK_CTL clocks, so the ADB
> > handshake ack will only work when the BLK_CTL clocks are enabled. So I
> > guess the GPC driver should enable those clocks and assert the resets
> > at the right time in the power-up sequencing. Unfortunately this means
> > we can't properly put the BLK_CTL driver in the power-domain without
> > having a cyclic dependency in the DT. I'm still thinking about how to
> > solve this properly.
> >
>
> I remember we had something similar in our internal tree with the
> bus_blk_clk on 8MP, which was added by the media BLK_CTL. What I did was to
> just drop the registration of that clock entirely. My rationale was that if
> the clock is part of the BLK_CTL but also needed by the BLK_CTL to work,
> I can leave it alone (that is, enabled by default) since when the PD will be
> powered off the clock will gated too. I guess another option would be to
> mark it as critical, that way, it will never be disabled (will be left alone
> by the clk_disable_unused too) but at the same time will be visible in the
> clock hierarchy.
>

Do ignore evrything I said about the bus_blk_ctl, that did work on our tree since
the whole PD power on/off "magic" is done in TF-A.

So the problem, as I understand it now, is the fact that the blk_ctl driver won't
probe because it needs its PD, but the PD is not registered because the ADB400
can't power up since it needs the bus_blk_ctl clock enabled, clock which is registered
by the blk_ctl.

> > Regards,
> > Lucas
> >