The Linux mmc driver currently encounters a problem with eMMC chips connected via a 1-bit bus, when the chip supports a 4-bit bus. This regression was introduced in commit 577fb13 after functioning correctly in kernel version 3.15.
In the function mmc_select_bus_width, the driver attempts to switch to 8-bit and 4-bit modes, but if the 4-bit bus test fails, it does not fall back to 1-bit mode and leaves eMMC in broken 4-bit mode. This results in I/O errors and failure to read the partition table.
This patch addresses the issue by ensuring that the driver fallback to 1-bit bus mode if the attempt to switch to 4-bit mode fails.
dmesg log for Samsung eMMC 5.1 chip connected via 1bit bus (only D0 pin) before patch:
[134509.044225] mmc0: switch to bus width 4 failed
[134509.044509] mmc0: new high speed MMC card at address 0001
[134509.054594] mmcblk0: mmc0:0001 BGUF4R 29.1 GiB
[134509.281602] mmc0: switch to bus width 4 failed
[134509.282638] I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[134509.282657] Buffer I/O error on dev mmcblk0, logical block 0, async page read
[134509.284598] I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[134509.284602] Buffer I/O error on dev mmcblk0, logical block 0, async page read
[134509.284609] ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed.
[134509.286495] I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[134509.286500] Buffer I/O error on dev mmcblk0, logical block 0, async page read
[134509.288303] I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[134509.288308] Buffer I/O error on dev mmcblk0, logical block 0, async page read
[134509.289540] I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[134509.289544] Buffer I/O error on dev mmcblk0, logical block 0, async page read
[134509.289553] mmcblk0: unable to read partition table
[134509.289728] mmcblk0boot0: mmc0:0001 BGUF4R 31.9 MiB
[134509.290283] mmcblk0boot1: mmc0:0001 BGUF4R 31.9 MiB
[134509.294577] I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[134509.295835] I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2
[134509.295841] Buffer I/O error on dev mmcblk0, logical block 0, async page read
After patch:
[134551.089613] mmc0: switch to bus width 4 failed
[134551.090377] mmc0: new high speed MMC card at address 0001
[134551.102271] mmcblk0: mmc0:0001 BGUF4R 29.1 GiB
[134551.113365] mmcblk0: p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10 p11 p12 p13 p14 p15 p16 p17 p18 p19 p20 p21
[134551.114262] mmcblk0boot0: mmc0:0001 BGUF4R 31.9 MiB
[134551.114925] mmcblk0boot1: mmc0:0001 BGUF4R 31.9 MiB
---
drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
index f410bee50132..58ed7193a3ca 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/mmc.c
@@ -1015,10 +1015,12 @@ static int mmc_select_bus_width(struct mmc_card *card)
static unsigned ext_csd_bits[] = {
EXT_CSD_BUS_WIDTH_8,
EXT_CSD_BUS_WIDTH_4,
+ EXT_CSD_BUS_WIDTH_1,
};
static unsigned bus_widths[] = {
MMC_BUS_WIDTH_8,
MMC_BUS_WIDTH_4,
+ MMC_BUS_WIDTH_1,
};
struct mmc_host *host = card->host;
unsigned idx, bus_width = 0;
--
2.43.0
