Hello Geert,
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: mmc: renesas_sdhi: Add r8a77470 support
>
> Hi Fabrizio,
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 2:45 PM Fabrizio Castro
> <fabrizio.castro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: mmc: renesas_sdhi: Add r8a77470 support
> > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 10:22 AM Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > Perhaps stating the obvious: this feels a lot like the problem we thought
> > > > > > we had with different Gen-3 SoCs/ES versions. And in that case we decided
> > > > > > against using compat strings to differentiate. The main difference here
> > > > > > seems to be that we need to differentiate between different ports on the
> > > > > > same SoC.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I agree. Our so far agreed solution didn't take into account that
> > > > there are different SDHI versions on the same SoC. Adding a compatible
> > > > might be the easiest solution, but then we have a mix of compatibles,
> > > > soc_device_match, and even version register (deeper in the driver). My
> > > > gut feeling is we should take the time to rethink all this?
> > > >
> > > > > So either
> > > > > a) SDHI0/2 vs. SDHI1 are different, deserving different compatible values, or
> > > > > b) SDHI0/1/2 are identical, but SDHI1 is wired different, deserving the same
> > > > > compatible value, but one or more additional properties describing the
> > > > > different wiring.
> > > >
> > > > Actually, SDHI2 seems different, too. It doesn't support SDR104. I don't
> > > > have the SDHI specific docs, but from the main docs, all SDHI instances
> > > > are different.
> > >
> > > I forgot about the version register.
> > >
> > > Fabrizio: can you please check what the 3 instances report in their version
> > > registers? Thanks!
> >
> > SDHI0: 0xcc0d
> > SDHI1: 0xcc10
> > SDHI2: 0xcc0d
>
> Thank you. So SDHI1 differs from SDH0/2.
> SDHI2 probably doesn't support SDR104 because its parent clock is a div6
> clock, while the others have SDCKCR parents.
>
> Plus we don't describe the relation to the SDH clock yet.
I am looking into the remaining SDHI interfaces now, how do you want me to handle SDHI1?
Thanks,
Fab
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
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