Re: [PATCH 5/6] mmc: block: Fix SD card stop cmd response type

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On 30 September 2014 13:21, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 25/09/14 12:20, Ulf Hansson wrote:
>> On 23 September 2014 22:00, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Nowhere in the SD Association Specifications does
>>> it state that the stop command has an R1 response
>>> type.  It is always R1B.  Change accordingly.
>>
>> It depends on how detailed you read the spec. :-)
>>
>> First, R1B is the same as R1, but with optional busy signalling on DAT0.
>
> Not exactly:
>
> "R1b is identical to R1 with an optional busy signal
> transmitted on the data line. The card may become
> busy after receiving these commands based on its
> state prior to the command reception. The Host shall
> check for busy at the response. Refer to Section 4.12.3
> for a detailed description and timing diagrams."
>
> Note it says "The Host shall check for busy at the response."
> It does not say "The Host is not affected"

Sorry, I was a bit unclear. I was referring to the format of the response.

>
>>
>> Just reading the table listing CMDS their related response types,
>> confirms what you are saying. CMD12 has an R1B.
>
> Which is explicit and definitive.
>
>> Though, going into the details of the "Timing" section where this is
>> clearly visualized in diagrams, you realize there are no busy
>> signalling associated with a DATA READ, only for DATA WRITE. It is
>> also indicated in earlier sections of the spec when "DATA READ/WRITE
>> sequences are described", but I think the "Timing" section describes
>> this the best.
>
> You are looking at it only from the point of view of the card. The host
> controller can expect that CMD12/R1b is the only valid combination
> because that is what the specification defines.  You can't know what
> the host controller will do if you tell it to do CMD12/R1 because that
> is outside the spec.
>

It doesn't matter from what point of view we look at it. It's all
about the details of the spec, which tells us there are no busy
signalling involved with a READ. HW designers of MMC controllers
should know this as well.

Unless you really are fixing a regression here, I can't see the need
for your patch.

Kind regards
Uffe
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