Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] add ecspi ERR009165 for i.mx6/7 soc family

[Robin Gong <yibin.gong@xxxxxxx>]

On 2019-04-26 at 08:19 +0000, Lucas Stach wrote:
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> 
> Hi Robin,
> 
> Am Freitag, den 26.04.2019, 08:05 +0000 schrieb Robin Gong:
> > 
> >   There is ecspi ERR009165 on i.mx6/7 soc family, which cause FIFO
> > transfer to be send twice in DMA mode. Please get more information
> > from:
> > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fw
> > ww.nxp.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Ferrata%2FIMX6DQCE.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Cy
> > ibin.gong%40nxp.com%7C0078694b231443d1cb7d08d6ca1feecf%7C686ea1d3bc
> > 2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C1%7C636918635828489049&sdata=IcPzg
> > uHTS81rdHGMzU2wQdDYJn9bE1UDCsc0BUO5In8%3D&reserved=0. The
> > workaround is adding
> > new sdma ram script which works in XCH  mode as PIO inside sdma
> > instead
> > of SMC mode, meanwhile, 'TX_THRESHOLD' should be 0.
> I would like to have a more in-depth explanation about how this new
> RAM
> script differs from the existing ROM script and the changes to the
> state transitions.
The new ecspi ram script just follow errata to enable ecspi XCH bit
after every time txfifo filled just as PIO, please check spi_imx_push()
in spi-imx.c.
> 
> > 
> >   The issue should be exist on all legacy i.mx6/7 soc family before
> > i.mx6ul,
> > NXP fix this design issue from i.mx6ul, so newer chips such as
> > i.mx6ull/
> > i.mx8mq/i.mx8mm, don't need this workaroud anymore. This patch set
> > add new 'fsl,imx6ul-ecspi' for ecspi driver and 'ecspi_fixed' in
> > sdma
> > driver to choose if need errata or not.
> >   The first two reverted patches should be the same issue, though,
> > it
> > seems 'fixed' by changing to other shp script. Hope Sean or Sascha
> > could
> > have the chance to test this patch set if could fix their issues.
> >   Besides, enable sdma support for i.mx8mm/8mq and fix ecspi1 not
> > work
> > on i.mx8mm because the event id is zero.
> > 
> > PS:
> >  Please get sdma firmware from below linux-firmware and copy it to
> > your
> > local rootfs /lib/firmware/imx/sdma.
> > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg
> > it.kernel.org%2Fpub%2Fscm%2Flinux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ffirmware%2Flinux
> > -firmware.git%2Ftree%2Fimx%2Fsdma&data=02%7C01%7Cyibin.gong%40n
> > xp.com%7C0078694b231443d1cb7d08d6ca1feecf%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99
> > c5c301635%7C0%7C1%7C636918635828489049&sdata=SMoonJ9HQpUj3TzPmi
> > 7CcCSAwaR44%2BGPi%2BSBj%2FXceqo%3D&reserved=0
> This is not an option as long as the SDMA RAM firmware breaks the
> mainline serial DMA support. Please provide a fixed SDMA RAM firmware
> that doesn't replace the ROM serial script, as that one is totally
> fine.
Yes, I have another patch to fix such uart function broken with SDMA
RAM firmware, including new sdma firmware updated and kernel patch.
Should I add that patch into this patch set?