From: Zach Brown <zach.brown@ni.com>
To: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
Cc: "Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
"Adrian Hunter" <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
"Rob Herring" <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
linux-mmc <linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org>,
"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Michal Simek" <michal.simek@xilinx.com>,
"Sören Brinkmann" <soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com>,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
"Lars-Peter Clausen" <lars@metafoo.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sdhci-of-arasan: Add quirk and device tree parameter to fake CD bit
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:29:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160826222945.GA6679@zach-desktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPDyKFpcFus1oysdRuK6vUALXXdy8_SsDZ3n8LkyM1AZLZY+QQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 09:42:38AM +0200, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> On 25 August 2016 at 22:46, Zach Brown <zach.brown@ni.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 07:28:55PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 01:26:22PM -0500, Zach Brown wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 07:10:00PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> >> > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:15:44PM -0500, Zach Brown wrote:
> >> > > > In cases where the card is non-removable then polling doesn't make sense.
> >> > >
> >> > > We have the non-removable property to describe that, so we can also look at that.
> >> > >
> >> > > > So it doesn't make sense to tie the test mode workaround into the broken-cd
> >> > > > property, even though I agree the nature of the defect fits under the notion
> >> > > > of the CD being broken.
> >> > >
> >> > > Maybe not solely on broken-cd, but I think that we dont necessarily need a new
> >> > > DT property. As above, broken-cd, non-removable, and the compatible string may
> >> > > together give the kernel enough information to choose the right thing to do.
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks,
> >> > > Mark.
> >> >
> >> > I'm not sure if I understand your suggestion completely. Are you suggesting
> >> > setting both the broken-cd and non-removable properties? That would make sense,
> >> > but my understanding was that the two properities are not meant to co-exist. In
> >> > /Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc.txt it states that only one should
> >> > be supplied. Don't the two properties conflict with each other?
> >>
> >> They do for the cases that exist today, but given we're updating the document
> >> anyway, we could simply clarify the cases in which the two can sanely co-exist
> >> (e.g. for this particular IP block).
>
> No, please!
>
> Depending on the SDHCI variant there is already some difference on how
> broken-cd is treated.
>
> Let's not add yet another, as I think it will be too complicated for
> people to understand the bindings.
>
Shawn Lin pointed out that there might be instances of the arasan controller
that don't have the behavior the patch addresses. Having a new DT binding
specific for this case would avoid needing to maintain a list of controllers
that need the fix.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Mark.
> >
> > That makes sense. I'll change the documentation for broken-cd and non-removable
> > in the IP specific document and change the driver accordingly.
>
> I rather have a new DT binding specific for this case.
>
> Perhaps there's a better name than "fake-cd". How about "force-cd", or
> if someone can come up with a better name.
>
> Kind regards
> Uffe
I've been trying to come up with a better name. Here are a few ideas
cd-not-wired
needs-test-cd
fails-without-force-cd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-26 23:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-24 23:23 [PATCH 1/2] sdhci-of-arasan: Add quirk and device tree parameter to fake CD bit Zach Brown
2016-08-24 23:23 ` [PATCH 2/2] " Zach Brown
2016-08-25 6:56 ` kbuild test robot
2016-08-25 8:50 ` Adrian Hunter
2016-08-25 10:37 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2016-08-25 10:56 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Mark Rutland
2016-08-25 17:15 ` Zach Brown
2016-08-25 18:10 ` Mark Rutland
2016-08-25 18:26 ` Zach Brown
2016-08-25 18:28 ` Mark Rutland
2016-08-25 20:46 ` Zach Brown
2016-08-26 7:42 ` Ulf Hansson
2016-08-26 22:29 ` Zach Brown [this message]
2016-08-29 11:21 ` Ulf Hansson
2016-08-25 15:10 ` Sören Brinkmann
2016-08-25 15:23 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
2016-08-25 15:29 ` Sören Brinkmann
2016-08-25 15:50 ` Lars-Peter Clausen
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