Re: mmc : sdhci_do_start_signal_voltage_switch

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Hi Uffe,
Could you please explain about the way to add a time suitable for my case?


On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 24 September 2015 at 14:21, Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi ,
>>
>> We planned to use the standard Linux MMC driver for our FPGA based SD
>> Host controller hardware.
>>
>> I am having couple of doubts regarding SDIO voltage change
>> (sdhci_do_start_signal_voltage_switch()), please clarify me on this.
>>
>> The MMC driver sets and clears bit 3 of the HOST_CONTROL_2 register,
>> when an IO voltage change is required (1=1.8v, 0=3.3v).
>>
>> Our hardware detects a change in this bit value, and generates a new
>> interrupt when a change is seen.  This interrupt will be controlled by
>> some new registers, outside of the standard Host Controller register
>> set.
>>
>> The interrupt handling routine shall, when seeing this interrupt,
>> program the desired SDIO IO voltage change.
>>
>> MMC driver expects the voltage change to complete within 5ms - there
>> is a fixed 5ms wait in the MMC driver’s
>> sdhci_do_start_signal_voltage_switch() function. But our hardware is
>> nowhere near capable of conducting a voltage change in 5ms.  Instead
>> it’s of the order of ~300ms.  Does it causes any issues later during
>> testing? If so what should be the best possible solution?
>
> I guess this is related to a regulator ramp up time somehow.
> I would advise you to model this IO voltage through a regulator and
> thus you can take care of the ramp up time within the regulator
> implementation. If that's not possible, we need a way to add a time
> suitable for your case.
>
> Kind regards
> Uffe



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Thanks,
Sekhar
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