Re: [PATCH RFC] arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100: Fix USB combo PHYs SS1 and SS2 ref clocks

From: Taniya Das

Date: Wed Nov 05 2025 - 06:47:23 EST




On 11/3/2025 10:21 PM, Abel Vesa wrote:
> It seems the USB combo SS1 and SS2 ref clocks have another gate, unlike
> the SS0. These gates are part of the TCSR clock controller.
>
> At least on Dell XPS 13 (9345), if the ref clock provided by the TCSR
> clock controller for SS1 PHY is disabled on the clk_disable_unused late
> initcall, the PHY fails to initialize. It doesn't happen on the SS0 PHY
> and the SS2 is not used on this device.
>
> This doesn't seem to be a problem on CRD though. It might be that the
> RPMh has a vote for it from some other consumer and does not actually
> disable it when ther kernel drops its vote.
>
> Either way, these TCSR provided clocks seem to be the correct ones for
> the SS1 and SS2, so use them instead.
>
> Fixes: 4af46b7bd66f ("arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100: Add USB nodes")
> Signed-off-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I dropped the clk_ignore_unused on my XPS13 a while ago, but only
> realized now that usb_1_ss1_qmpphy (the left hand Type-C port)
> doesn't initialize successfully.
>
> Traced it to the TCSR_USB_4_2_CLKREF_EN and then checked the Glymur DT
> patchset. It seems it already does this for the SS1 and SS2 PHYs:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250925-v3_glymur_introduction-v1-23-24b601bbecc0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> I think replacing the bi_tcxo is the better option, since the bi_tcxo
> is already the parent of every clock provided by the TCSR, including
> these for the SS1 and SS2 combo PHYs.
> ---
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/hamoa.dtsi | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/hamoa.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/hamoa.dtsi
> index a17900eacb20396a9792efcfcd6ce6dd877435d1..9c9e567731556ff532fa64c7595e2570b0597da3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/hamoa.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/hamoa.dtsi
> @@ -2937,7 +2937,7 @@ usb_1_ss1_qmpphy: phy@fda000 {
> reg = <0 0x00fda000 0 0x4000>;
>
> clocks = <&gcc GCC_USB3_SEC_PHY_AUX_CLK>,
> - <&rpmhcc RPMH_CXO_CLK>,
> + <&tcsr TCSR_USB4_1_CLKREF_EN>,
> <&gcc GCC_USB3_SEC_PHY_COM_AUX_CLK>,
> <&gcc GCC_USB3_SEC_PHY_PIPE_CLK>;
> clock-names = "aux",
> @@ -3008,7 +3008,7 @@ usb_1_ss2_qmpphy: phy@fdf000 {
> reg = <0 0x00fdf000 0 0x4000>;
>
> clocks = <&gcc GCC_USB3_TERT_PHY_AUX_CLK>,
> - <&rpmhcc RPMH_CXO_CLK>,
> + <&tcsr TCSR_USB4_2_CLKREF_EN>,
> <&gcc GCC_USB3_TERT_PHY_COM_AUX_CLK>,
> <&gcc GCC_USB3_TERT_PHY_PIPE_CLK>;
> clock-names = "aux",
>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Taniya Das <taniya.das@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,
Taniya Das