Re: [PATCH u-boot 0/3] renesas: Fix RPC-IF enablement

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Hi Iwamatsu-san, Marek,

On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 4:34 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 2:19 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Renesas R-Car Gen3 platforms, the SPI Multi I/O Bus Controllers
> > (RPC-IF) provide access to HyperFlash or QSPI storage.  On production
> > systems, they are typically locked by the TF-A firmware, unless TF-A is
> > built with RCAR_RPC_HYPERFLASH_LOCKED=0.  When unlocked, TF-A
> > communicates this to subsequent software by passing a DT fragment that
> > sets the "status" property of the RPC-IF device node to "okay".
> >
> > Unfortunately there are several issues preventing this from working all
> > the way to Linux:
> >   1. TF-A (and U-Boot on the receiving side) uses a device node name
> >      that does not conform to the DT specification nor the DT bindings
> >      for RPC-IF,
> >   2. While U-Boot receives the RPC-IF enablement from TF-A, it does not
> >      propagate it to Linux yet,
> >   3. The DTS files that are part of Linux do not have RPC HyperFlash
> >      support yet.
> >
> > The first issue in TF-A is handled by [1].
> >
> > This patch series takes care of the first and second issue in U-Boot, by
> > renaming the RPC-IF device node, and by propagating the enablement from
> > TF-A, if present, to Linux.  The third patch updates the RPC-IF
> > compatible values to match the actual DT bindings, but this is not
> > critical for operation, and can be postponed (e.g. by syncing DTS with
> > Linux v5.19).
> >
> > Patches to enable RPC-IF support in Linux are available at [2].
>
> The patches to enable RPC HyperFlash support in Linux are now in
> v5.19-rc1.  What needs to be done to accept the U-Boot counterpart?

The Linux counterpart is now in v5.19.
Can you please apply at least the first two patches to U-Boot?
Thanks!

> >
> > Thanks for your comments!
> >
> > [1] "[PATCH TF-A] fix(plat/rcar3): Fix RPC-IF device node name"
> >     https://lore.kernel.org/r/3685623bed84674039adb61e723288d359ab0a50.1648544199.git.geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx
> > [2] "[PATCH 0/5] arm64: dts: renesas: rcar-gen3: Enable HyperFlash support"
> >     https://lore.kernel.org/r/cover.1648548339.git.geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Geert Uytterhoeven (3):
> >   ARM: dts: rmobile: Fix RPC-IF device node names
> >   ARM: renesas: Propagate RPC-IF enablement to subsequent software
> >   [RFC] renesas: Fix RPC-IF compatible values
> >
> >  arch/arm/dts/r7s72100-gr-peach-u-boot.dts |  4 +-
> >  arch/arm/dts/r8a774c0-u-boot.dtsi         |  4 +-
> >  arch/arm/dts/r8a77950-u-boot.dtsi         |  4 +-
> >  arch/arm/dts/r8a77960-u-boot.dtsi         |  4 +-
> >  arch/arm/dts/r8a77965-u-boot.dtsi         |  4 +-
> >  arch/arm/dts/r8a77970-u-boot.dtsi         |  4 +-
> >  arch/arm/dts/r8a77980-u-boot.dtsi         |  4 +-
> >  arch/arm/dts/r8a77990-u-boot.dtsi         |  4 +-
> >  arch/arm/dts/r8a77995-u-boot.dtsi         |  4 +-
> >  arch/arm/dts/r8a779a0-u-boot.dtsi         |  2 +-
> >  board/renesas/rcar-common/common.c        | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  drivers/mtd/renesas_rpc_hf.c              |  3 +-
> >  drivers/spi/renesas_rpc_spi.c             |  9 +----
> >  13 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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