Re: [PATCH 0/2] mmc: sdhci: add quirk to disable bounce buffer
From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Mon Oct 06 2025 - 06:47:04 EST
On 06/10/2025 12:28, Michael Garofalo wrote:
>> On 06/10/2025 10:35, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>>> On 06/10/2025 04:36, Michael Garofalo wrote:
>>>> This patch series adds a new bit to quirks2 for disabling the bounce
>>>> buffer. On some hardware, this is required for proper operation. An
>>>> example of such hardware is the SDHCI controller of the Nintendo Wii's
>>>> "Hollywood" chipset. Without this patch, the onboard Broadcom 4318
>>>> Wi-Fi fails to connect to any networks.
>>>
>>> The bounce buffer should not make any difference, so it is likely
>>> a different problem that gets hidden when the bounce buffer is not
>>> used.
>>>
>>>> Could you enable dynamic debug messages and show the messages
>>>> for the failing case?
>>>
>>> Actually will also need to see the messages in the "fixed" case
>>> to compare.
> I'm afraid I won't be able to provide those easily, at least not with the
> commands you've provided. Since the rootfs is _also_ running from SD,
> turning on full MMC logs like this produces an obscene amount of noise
> from the storage, unrelated to the SDIO wireless. It gets even worse with
> my original intention, which was to save the logs to SD Card, (since my USB
> Gecko serial console is rather flakey, and introduces corruption now and then),
> since it's now logging the writes of it's own logs in a permanent loop.
> If there's a way to narrow down the logs to specifically whatever portions
> you're interested in, and filter out the noise, I would happily provide it.
Are there any error messages?