Re: [PATCH 0/6] Add support for BCM2712 SD card controller

[Andrea della Porta <andrea.porta@xxxxxxxx>]

On 12:07 Sun 14 Apr     , Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Hi Andrea,
> 
> Am 14.04.24 um 00:14 schrieb Andrea della Porta:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This patchset adds support for the SDHCI controller on Broadcom BCM2712
> > SoC in order to make it possible to boot (particularly) Raspberry Pi 5
> > from SD card. This work is heavily based on downstream contributions.
> since your goal is minimal Raspberry Pi 5 support, i suggest to use this
> as the subject for this patch.
> > Patch #1 and 2: introduce the dt binding definitions for, respectively,
> > the new pin cfg/mux controller and the SD host controller as a preparatory
> > step for the upcoming dts.
> > 
> > Patch #3: add a somewhat reasonable (*almost* bare-minimum) dts to be used
> > to boot Rpi5 boards. Since till now there was no support at all for any
> > 2712 based chipset, both the SoC and board dts plus definitions for the
> > new Pin and SD host controller have been added.
> The patch still seems to contain a lot unnecessary stuff (Wifi, BT,
> SPI), please try to remove as much as possible for the minimal support
> (just boot via debug UART & SD card) in order to make review easier. Btw
> this patch must be after pinctrl & SDHCI support.
> > Patch #4: the driver supporting the pin controller. Based on [1] and
> > successive fix commits.
> > 
> > Patch #5: add SDHCI support. Based on [2] and the next 2 fix commits.
> > Drop the SD Express implementation for now, that will be added by patch
> > #6.
> > 
> > Patch #6: this patch offers SD Express support and can be considered totally
> > optional. The callback plumbing is slightly different w.r.t. the downstream
> > approach (see [3]), as explained in the patch comment. Not sure what is the best,
> > any comment is highly appreciated.
> I don't think this should be necessary for minimal Raspberry Pi 5
> support. Maybe this should be addressed later.

Thanks for all the feedback. Just a quick note to let you know that
I'm working on V2 patchset that will fix all coding-style and dts/binding
issues. The new patchset will be significantly smaller and I managed
to remove everything that is not strictly needed in order to be able to
boot an rpi5 from sd card.

Best regards,
Andrea