Re: [PATCH RFCv2 06/10] mmc: host: sdhci: don't set SDMA buffer boundary in ADMA mode

[Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Adrian,

On 6/29/2016 4:25 PM, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> On 27/06/16 16:22, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> > From: Subhash Jadavani <subhashj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > SDMA buffer boundary size parameter in block size register should only be
> > programmed if host controller DMA is operating in SDMA mode otherwise its
> > better not to set this parameter to avoid any side effect when DMA is
> > operating in ADMA mode operation.
>
> Pedantically, the SDHCI specification does not say the SDMA Buffer Boundary
> should not be set in ADMA mode.  All it says is that ADMA does not use it.
> In fact it is impossible to avoid writing to it because it is part of the
> Block Size register.  Unfortunately the value 0 does not mean "not used" but
> instead means the boundary is 4K whereas the value presently being written
> (7 which is the highest) means 512K.
Ok.

> Given that we have always been writing 7 to it, I don't see any reason to
> change.  Murphy's law says if we do change it, someone else's driver will break.
>
> However I presume you have hardware where value 7 doesn't work.  Can you
> clarify that?
I think this was good to have patch, since SDHCI spec does not 
explicitly mention about this for ADMA. But agree with what you have 
mentioned. I will drop this patch then.


> > Signed-off-by: Subhash Jadavani <subhashj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > [venkatg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: fix trivial merge conflict]
> > Signed-off-by: Venkat Gopalakrishnan <venkatg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
> > index 0e3d7c0..9f5cdaa 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
> > @@ -742,6 +742,17 @@ static void sdhci_set_timeout(struct sdhci_host *host, struct mmc_command *cmd)
> >  	}
> >  }
> >
> > +static void sdhci_set_blk_size_reg(struct sdhci_host *host, unsigned int blksz,
> > +				   unsigned int sdma_boundary)
> > +{
> > +	if (host->flags & SDHCI_USE_ADMA)
> > +		sdhci_writew(host, SDHCI_MAKE_BLKSZ(0, blksz),
> > +			     SDHCI_BLOCK_SIZE);
> > +	else
> > +		sdhci_writew(host, SDHCI_MAKE_BLKSZ(sdma_boundary, blksz),
> > +			     SDHCI_BLOCK_SIZE);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void sdhci_prepare_data(struct sdhci_host *host, struct mmc_command *cmd)
> >  {
> >  	u8 ctrl;
> > @@ -874,8 +885,7 @@ static void sdhci_prepare_data(struct sdhci_host *host, struct mmc_command *cmd)
> >  	sdhci_set_transfer_irqs(host);
> >
> >  	/* Set the DMA boundary value and block size */
> > -	sdhci_writew(host, SDHCI_MAKE_BLKSZ(SDHCI_DEFAULT_BOUNDARY_ARG,
> > -		data->blksz), SDHCI_BLOCK_SIZE);
> > +	sdhci_set_blk_size_reg(host, data->blksz, SDHCI_DEFAULT_BOUNDARY_ARG);
> >  	sdhci_writew(host, data->blocks, SDHCI_BLOCK_COUNT);
> >  }
> >
> > @@ -1935,14 +1945,11 @@ static int sdhci_execute_tuning(struct mmc_host *mmc, u32 opcode)
> >  		 */
> >  		if (cmd.opcode == MMC_SEND_TUNING_BLOCK_HS200) {
> >  			if (mmc->ios.bus_width == MMC_BUS_WIDTH_8)
> > -				sdhci_writew(host, SDHCI_MAKE_BLKSZ(7, 128),
> > -					     SDHCI_BLOCK_SIZE);
> > +				sdhci_set_blk_size_reg(host, 128, 7);
> >  			else if (mmc->ios.bus_width == MMC_BUS_WIDTH_4)
> > -				sdhci_writew(host, SDHCI_MAKE_BLKSZ(7, 64),
> > -					     SDHCI_BLOCK_SIZE);
> > +				sdhci_set_blk_size_reg(host, 64, 7);
> >  		} else {
> > -			sdhci_writew(host, SDHCI_MAKE_BLKSZ(7, 64),
> > -				     SDHCI_BLOCK_SIZE);
> > +			sdhci_set_blk_size_reg(host, 64, 7);
> >  		}
> >
> >  		/*
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