Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: Add support for SONY Xperia 1 II / 5 II (Edo platform)

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 16.06.2021 01:45, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Sat 12 Jun 14:23 CDT 2021, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>
>> Add support for SONY Xperia 1 II and 5 II smartphones (read one/five mark two).
>> They are based on the Qualcomm SM8250 chipset and both feature 5G modems. There
>> also exists a third Edo board, namely the Xperia PRO (PDX204), but it's $2500
>> and no developers have obtained it so far (to my knowledge).
>>
>> The devices are affected by a scary UFS behaviour where sending a certain UFS
>> command (which is worked around on downstream) renders the device unbootable,
>> by effectively erasing the bootloader. Therefore UFS AND UFSPHY are strictly
>> disabled for now.
>>
> Ouch, that's expensive paper weights. Let's hope someone can shed some
> light on the UFS situation.

Angelo expressed his concerns here [1], and is trying to resolve the situation

in a sane(-ish, it's not possible for it to be completely sane..)  way. Hopefully

more updates can follow suit and we won't have to stick to SD cards forever..


[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/6/11/1114


Konrad