[pasemi] Internal CompactFlash (CF) card device not recognised after the powerpc-4.8-1 merge

Christian Zigotzky chzigotzky at xenosoft.de
Fri Aug 12 01:03:52 AEST 2016


Hi All,

I was able to patch the RC1 with the Nemo and PHB-numbering patch. 
Additionally I added some printks in the file pata_of_platform.c. I 
wanted to know which values have the following variables:

ctl_res = io_res;
io_res.start += 0x800;
ctl_res.start = ctl_res.start + 0x80e;
io_res.end = ctl_res.start-1;

It compiled without any problems but unfortunately I didn't see any 
printk outputs of these variables. The output of pata_of_platform is 
missing too. I see this output in the dmesg of the kernel 4.7 but I 
don't see it in the dmesg of the kernel 4.8.

I have the feeling, that pata_of_platform doesn't work anymore. Maybe 
this is the reason, why the CF card doesn't work anymore.

Maybe this is the problem: 
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/diff/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c?id=bad60e6f259a01cf9f29a1ef8d435ab6c60b2de9

Do you have any hints for me?

Cheers,

Christian

On 05 August 2016 at 11:42 PM, Darren Stevens wrote:
> Hello Nicholas
>
> On 06/08/2016, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
>>
>> Hi Christian,
> On 05 August 2016 at 1:41 PM, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> The internal PASEMI CompactFlash (CF) card device doesn't work anymore
> after the powerpc-4.8-1 merge. That means the code for the internal CF
> card device in the Nemo patch doesn't work after the first PowerPC
> merge. The CompactFlash (CF) card slot is wired to the CPU local bus.
> It is typically used to hold the Linux kernel. I know it isn't well to
> use an own patch for that but I think it is a good time to integrate
> the PASEMI internal CompactFlash (CF) card device to the official
> kernel. What do you think? I am not a programmer so I can't integrate
> the source code for the internal CF card device. But maybe you can
> take the patch and integrate it.
>
>
>
> We use the following patch for the kernel 4.7:
>
>
>
>      diff -rupN a/drivers/ata/pata_of_platform.c
> b/drivers/ata/pata_of_platform.c
>
>      --- a/drivers/ata/pata_of_platform.c   2016-08-05
> 09:58:41.410569036 +0200
>
>      +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_of_platform.c   2016-08-05
> 09:59:54.414288884 +0200
>
>      @@ -41,14 +41,36 @@ static int pata_of_platform_probe(struct
>
>             return -EINVAL;
>
>          }
>
>
>
>      -   ret = of_address_to_resource(dn, 1, &ctl_res);
>
>      -   if (ret) {
>
>      -      dev_err(&ofdev->dev, "can't get CTL address from "
>
>      -         "device tree\n");
>
>      -      return -EINVAL;
>
>      +   if (of_device_is_compatible(dn, "electra-ide")) {
>
>      +      /* Altstatus is really at offset 0x3f6 from the primary window
>
>      +       * on electra-ide. Adjust ctl_res and io_res accordingly.
>
>      +       */
>
>      +      ctl_res = io_res;
>
>      +      ctl_res.start = ctl_res.start+0x3f6;
>
>      +      io_res.end = ctl_res.start-1;
>
>      +
>
>      +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PASEMI_SB600
>
>      +       } else if (of_device_is_compatible(dn, "electra-cf")) {
>
>      +               /* Task regs are at 0x800, with alt status @ 0x80e
> in the primary window
>
>      +                * on electra-cf. Adjust ctl_res and io_res
> accordingly.
>
>      +                */
>
>      +               ctl_res = io_res;
>
>      +               io_res.start += 0x800;
>
>      +               ctl_res.start = ctl_res.start + 0x80e;
>
>      +               io_res.end = ctl_res.start-1;
>
>      +#endif
>
>      +   } else {
>
>      +      ret = of_address_to_resource(dn, 1, &ctl_res);
>
>      +      if (ret) {
>
>      +         dev_err(&ofdev->dev, "can't get CTL address from "
>
>      +            "device tree\n");
>
>      +         return -EINVAL;
>
>      +      }
>
>          }
>
>
>
>          irq_res = platform_get_resource(ofdev, IORESOURCE_IRQ, 0);
>
>      +   if (irq_res)
>
>      +      irq_res->flags = 0;
>
>
>
>          prop = of_get_property(dn, "reg-shift", NULL);
>
>          if (prop)
>
>      @@ -65,6 +87,11 @@ static int pata_of_platform_probe(struct
>
>             dev_info(&ofdev->dev, "pio-mode unspecified, assuming
> PIO0\n");
>
>          }
>
>
>
>      +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PASEMI_SB600
>
>      +       irq_res = 0;                    // force irq off (doesn't
> seem to work)
>
>      +#endif
>
>      +
>
>      +
>
>          pio_mask = 1 << pio_mode;
>
>          pio_mask |= (1 << pio_mode) - 1;
>
>
>
>      @@ -74,7 +101,11 @@ static int pata_of_platform_probe(struct
>
>
>
>       static struct of_device_id pata_of_platform_match[] = {
>
>          { .compatible = "ata-generic", },
>
>      -   { },
>
>      +   { .compatible = "electra-ide", },
>
>      +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PASEMI_SB600
>
>      +       { .compatible = "electra-cf",},
>
>      +#endif
>
>      +   {},
>
>       };
>
>       MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, pata_of_platform_match);
>
>
>
> dmesg with the kernel 4.7:
>
>
>
> zcat /var/log/dmesg.1.gz | grep -i ata7
>
>
>
>      [    2.939788] ata7: PATA max PIO0 no IRQ, using PIO polling mmio
> cmd 0xf0000800 ctl 0xf000080e
>
>      [    3.099186] ata7.00: CFA: SanDisk SDCFB-256, HDX 2.33, max PIO4
>
>      [    3.099191] ata7.00: 501760 sectors, multi 0: LBA
>
>      [    3.099199] ata7.00: configured for PIO
>
>
>
> The dmesg of the latest Git kernel doesn't have any output of our
> internal CF card device.
>
>
>
> Could you please integrate our PASEMI CF card device again?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Christian
>
>
>
>> As for your driver support, it would indeed be a good idea to
>> get it supported in the upstream kernel. You should post a
>> new mail about that. Take a look at these 3 commits:
>>
>> 61f7162117d4767875825abf2f6ed1eeebbcceed
>> 9cd55be4d22376893d2818ce3c0e5706a3d74121
>> ca99140a63b7326ee9a38f64c326317f2c63b594
>>
>> Your patch comes from code based on the second one. The last
>> commit removed it, and says that it is not the best way to
>> implement it. You could cc this list and some of the people
>> involved with those commits and ask ask for advice about
>> getting your driver supported.
> Actually, it's almost supported by the base PASemi code anyway, there is a
> PCMCIA driver in setup.c, but our hardware has been changed enough to make it
> hang the system when used. I should probably take another look and see If I
> can fix that. The other option would be to move the above patch to where we
> add our rtc platform device. One thing that does confuse me is the interrupt,
> it's attached to GPIO 0, so should be on the mpic int 0 (or maybe 16?)but I
> could never get it to work.
>
> Regards
> Darren
>
>




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