Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: at91: sama7g5ek: Align the impedance of the QSPI0's HSIO and PCB lines

From: Claudiu.Beznea
Date: Thu Apr 07 2022 - 04:24:34 EST


On 07.04.2022 10:51, Tudor Ambarus - M18064 wrote:
> On 4/7/22 09:26, Claudiu Beznea - M18063 wrote:
>> Hi, Tudor,
>>
>> On 06.04.2022 16:05, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
>>> The impedance of the QSPI PCB lines on the sama7g5ek is 50 Ohms.
>>> Align the output impedance of the QSPI0 HSIOs by setting a medium drive
>>> strength which corresponds to an impedance of 56 Ohms when VDD is in the
>>> 3.0V - 3.6V range. The high drive strength setting corresponds to an
>>> output impedance of 42 Ohms on the QSPI0 HSIOs.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Mihai Sain <mihai.sain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Is it necessary a fixes tag here?
>>
>
> It's not a fix per se, it's just a fine tuning that's why I chose to don't add
> the fixes tag. The memory that we have populated on sama7g5ek works fine even
> with high drive strength, but it's better to adjust it and use medium instead,
> in case some other flashes with higher frequencies are tested. If you think a
> fixes tag is needed, give me a sign and I'll resubmit.

Its good for me as is. Just wanted to be sure it hasn't been forgotten.
Thank you!

Reviewed-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
>>
>>> ---
>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/at91-sama7g5ek.dts | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91-sama7g5ek.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91-sama7g5ek.dts
>>> index 08685a10eda1..8f9643170ba3 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91-sama7g5ek.dts
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/at91-sama7g5ek.dts
>>> @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ pinctrl_qspi: qspi {
>>> <PIN_PB21__QSPI0_INT>;
>>> bias-disable;
>>> slew-rate = <0>;
>>> - atmel,drive-strength = <ATMEL_PIO_DRVSTR_HI>;
>>> + atmel,drive-strength = <ATMEL_PIO_DRVSTR_ME>;
>>> };
>>>
>>> pinctrl_sdmmc0_default: sdmmc0_default {
>>
>