On Tue, 2017-07-18 at 10:19 +0200, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:40 AM, Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > On Mon, 2017-07-17 at 11:27 +0200, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > On Sat, 2017-07-15 at 14:11 +0200, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Chunfeng Yun
> >> >> <chunfeng.yun@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi Martin,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Thu, 2017-07-13 at 12:59 +0200, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> >> >> >> This series is the outcome of a discussion with Felipe Balbi,
> >> >> >> see [0] and [1].
> >> >> >> The quick-summary of this is:
> >> >> >> - dwc3 already takes one USB2 and one USB3 PHY and initializes these
> >> >> >> correct
> >> >> >> - some other HCI platform drivers (like ehci-platform.c, xhci-mtk.c and
> >> >> >> ohci-platform.c) do not have a limitation on the number of PHYs - they
> >> >> >> support one PHY per actual host port
> >> >> >> - Amlogic Meson GXL and GXM SoCs come with a dwc3 IP block which has two
> >> >> >> or three USB2 ports enabled on the internal root-hub. The SoCs also
> >> >> >> provide separate USB2 PHYs, one per port. All USB2 PHYs (which are
> >> >> >> internally "connected" to the dwc3 roothub) need to be powered on,
> >> >> >> otherwise USB devices cannot be enumerated (even if just one PHY is
> >> >> >> disabled and if the device is plugged into another, enabled port)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> In my first attempt to get USB supported on the GXL and GXM SoCs I tried
> >> >> >> to work-around the problem that I could not pass multiple PHYs to the
> >> >> >> dwc3 controller.
> >> >> >> This was rejected by Rob Herring (which was definitely the thing to do in
> >> >> >> my opinion), see [2]
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> This series adds a new "platform-roothub". This can be configured through
> >> >> >> devicetree by passing a child-node with "reg = <0>" to the USB
> >> >> >> controller. Additionally there has to be a child-node for each port on
> >> >> >> the root-hub. Each of the child-nodes takes a "phys" and "phy-names"
> >> >> >> property. This allows modeling the root-hub in devicetree similar to the
> >> >> >> USB device binding (documented in devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt)
> >> >> >> This avoids and backwards-compatibility problems (which was a concern
> >> >> >> regardless of the solution, see [3]) since the binding for the root-hub
> >> >> >> was previously not specified (and we're not using the "phys" property of
> >> >> >> the controller, which might have served different purposes before,
> >> >> >> depending on the drivers).
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Additionally this integrates the new platform-roothub into xhci-plat.c
> >> >> >> which automatically enables it for the dwc3 driver (in host-mode).
> >> >> >>
> >> >> > How to handle the phy0(one u2phy and one u3phy) when port1 support
> >> >> > dual-role mode? leave them to peripheral side as felipe suggested
> >> >> > before? If so, no port1 node for roothub, is there any problem when
> >> >> > change the port1 to host-only mode?
> >> >> on Amlogic Meson GXL we have the following IP blocks:
> >> >> - 2x USB2 PHYs, some external component has to tell them which mode
> >> >> (host/device) they should operate in
> >> >> - there is an additional (1x) USB3 PHY with built-in OTG detection logic
> >> >>
> >> >> on Amlogic Meson GXL it could work like this:
> >> >> USB2 and USB3 phy0 can be passed to the root-hub. Additionally the
> >> >> USB2 phy0 could be passed to the USB3 PHY. The USB3 PHY would then
> >> >> tell the USB2 PHY in which mode it should operate.
> >> >>
> >> >> please note that device mode and OTG support on Amlogic Meson GXL is
> >> >> more complicated, as it uses dwc2 and dwc3 controllers in combination:
> >> >> - dwc3 is reponsible for host-only mode
> >> >> - dwc2 is responsible for device-only mode
> >> >> - OTG detection is done by the USB3 PHY
> >> >>
> >> >> would you mind sharing a short overview of host/device/OTG support
> >> >> works on Mediatek SoCs? I assume that the Amlogic Meson GXL
> >> >> implementation is quite special, so comparing this with another
> >> >> implementation (for example the Mediatek one) may help spotting
> >> >> potential issues.
> >> >>
> >> > MTK's mtu3 IP supports at most 5x USB2 phys and 4x USB3 phys. They work
> >> > as following:
> >> thank you for sharing this!
> >>
> >> > 1. device mode works as HS only:
> >> >
> >> > u2phy0 --- dual-role/OTG
> >> >
> >> > u2phy1 ---|
> >> > + U3 host-only
> >> > u3phy0 ---|
> >> >
> >> > ...
> >> > u2phy4 ---|
> >> > + U3 host-only
> >> > u3phy3 ---|
> >> > (e.g. MT8173 supports 2x u2phys and 1x u3phy, u2phy0 can work as
> >> > dual-role mode, u2phy1 & u3phy0 are host-only)
> >> >
> >> > 2. device mode works as HS & SS, or host only:
> >> >
> >> > u2phy0 ---|
> >> > + dual-role or host-only
> >> > u3phy0 ---|
> >> >
> >> > ...
> >> > u2phy3 ---|
> >> > + U3 host-only
> >> > u3phy3 ---|
> >> >
> >> > u2phy4 --- U2 host-only
> >> > (e.g. on MT2701, u2phy0 and u3phy0 work as host-only mode)
> >> OK, so in both cases only one port (with one u2phy and one u3phy) is
> >> dual-role capable
> > Yes
> >>
> >> > mtu3 driver supports host-only, device-only and dual-role mode(use IDDIG
> >> > pin), and will take all phys it needed, include host-only phys;
> >> > But if just host-only mode is supported, we can skip mtu3 driver and
> >> > make use of xhci-mtk driver directly, then xhci-mtk will take all phys.
> >> I see, in your example it's the mtu3
> >> (Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/mt8173-mtu3.txt) which does the
> >> mode switching. I assume that you're doing the host/device mode
> >> switching through the extcon phandle (for example together with the
> >> extcon-usb-gpio driver).
> >>
> >> in you example: can't we *always* describe the roothub via devicetree
> >> (just like in my example: [0])?
> >> this means that (as you already mentioned) USB host-only support is now covered.
> >> to handle dual-role (host/device switching) we now need to pass the
> >> dual-role capable PHYs to whatever IP can detect the mode it should
> >> operate in (in your case: mtu3, in Amlogic's case: the u3phy with
> >> built-in mode detection logic -> the driver for this IP block should
> >> call phy_set_mode(phy, PHY_MODE_USB_{HOST,DEVICE,OTG} accordingly).
> >> here's a skeleton (stripped-down) of how the .dts could look like:
> >> mtu3: usb@11271000 {
> >> compatible = "mediatek,mt8173-mtu3";
> >> ...
> >> /* MT2701 = 2nd example, for MT8173 = 1st example we would skip
> >> the u3phy0 */
> >> /* only list the dual role capable PHYs here */
> >> phys = <&u3phy0>, <&u2phy0>;
> >> phy-names = "usb3-phy", "usb2-phy";
> >>
> >> usb_host: xhci@11270000 {
> >> compatible = "mediatek,mt8173-xhci";
> >> ...
> >> roothub@0 {
> >> /* includes all PHYs, including the dual role capable ones */
> > If here include dual-role capable phys which are also taken by parent
> > node(11271000), will cause phy_init/_power_on them twice.
> the PHY framework does ref-counting for all calls [0], so
> phy_ops.init/power_on will only be called for the first time
> phy_{init,power_on} is called
> also phy_ops.exit/power_off is only called when the last consumer
> calls phy_{exit,power_off}
Sorry, I forgot it
>
> > it seems ok if here include host-only phys, but I need test it.
> > If here include host-only phys, there will not be port1 for roothub
> > node, maybe it's a problem.
> on Amlogic's GXL SoC it also makes sense to pass the OTG capable USB2
> PHY to the roothub (remember: the USB3 PHY does mode-detection for the
> USB2 PHY)
> this way host-only mode works even if the USB3 PHY driver is not
> loaded (or the kernel module is unloaded). and it gets even worse: if
> one of the USB2 PHYs is powered off then host-only mode is broken for
> the other PHYs as well!
It's better if all phys are independent
>
> additionally the device-tree should describe the hardware - and the if
> the dual-role capable PHYs are controlled by two different IP blocks:
> why not add them to both (and let the PHY framework or the IP block -
> like the Mediatek USB PHY IP does - handle this)
Ok, I will test these patches.
thanks a lot
>
> >> };
> >> };
> >> };
> >>
> >> do you think that this would work for the Mediatek SoCs?
> >> I've seen that the phy-mt65xx-usb3.c PHY driver does not have any
> >> .set_mode callback - I assume it's simply because it doesn't need it
> >> (as this is either managed by the hardware/IP block internally, or
> >> through some firmware/mailbox mechanism).
> > Hardware can automatically switch host/device mode by IDDIG pin, but
> > also we can manually switch them. Phy driver makes use of auto way.
> OK, that makes it easy for the driver developers :)
>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Mart
> >>
> >> [0] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-amlogic/2017-July/004305.html
> >
> >
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
> [0] http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/phy/phy-core.c#L218
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