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Date:   Mon, 4 Dec 2023 11:59:40 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8916: Make blsp_dma
 controlled-remotely
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To:     Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>
Cc:     Andy Gross <agross@kernel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org>,
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References: <20231204-msm8916-blsp-dma-remote-v1-0-3e49c8838c8d@gerhold.net>
 <20231204-msm8916-blsp-dma-remote-v1-1-3e49c8838c8d@gerhold.net>
From:   Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>
In-Reply-To: <20231204-msm8916-blsp-dma-remote-v1-1-3e49c8838c8d@gerhold.net>
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On 04/12/2023 11:21, Stephan Gerhold wrote:
> The blsp_dma controller is shared between the different subsystems,
> which is why it is already initialized by the firmware. We should not
> reinitialize it from Linux to avoid potential other users of the DMA
> engine to misbehave.
> 
> In mainline this can be described using the "qcom,controlled-remotely"
> property. In the downstream/vendor kernel from Qualcomm there is an
> opposite "qcom,managed-locally" property. This property is *not* set
> for the qcom,sps-dma@7884000 [1] so adding "qcom,controlled-remotely"
> upstream matches the behavior of the downstream/vendor kernel.
> 
> Adding this seems to fix some weird issues with UART where both
> input/output becomes garbled with certain obscure firmware versions on
> some devices.
> 
> [1]: https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/la/kernel/msm-3.10/-/blob/LA.BR.1.2.9.1-02310-8x16.0/arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi#L1466-1472
> 
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.5
> Fixes: a0e5fb103150 ("arm64: dts: qcom: Add msm8916 BLSP device nodes")
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>
> ---
> This should only be backported to v6.5+ since it depends on commit
> 8975dd41a9db ("dmaengine: qcom: bam_dma: allow omitting
> num-{channels,ees}") which landed in v6.5.
> ---
>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi
> index e8a14dd7e7c2..7f8327b0dbdb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi
> @@ -2155,6 +2155,7 @@ blsp_dma: dma-controller@7884000 {
>   			clock-names = "bam_clk";
>   			#dma-cells = <1>;
>   			qcom,ee = <0>;
> +			qcom,controlled-remotely;
>   		};
>   
>   		blsp_uart1: serial@78af000 {
> 

Reviewed-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>