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On 6/2/24 00:55, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> On 2024-06-01 21:23:24+0000, Armin Wolf wrote:
>> Am 01.06.24 um 16:08 schrieb Thomas Weißschuh:
>>
>>> On 2024-06-01 06:48:29+0000, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> Makes sense. Another question:
>>>>
>>>> This:
>>>>
>>>> +        struct nvmem_config nvmem_config = {
>>>> +               .type = NVMEM_TYPE_EEPROM,
>>>> +               .name = dev_name(dev),
>>>> +               .id = NVMEM_DEVID_AUTO,
>>>>
>>>> results in:
>>>>
>>>> $ ls /sys/bus/nvmem/devices
>>>> 0-00501  0-00512  0-00523  0-00534  cmos_nvram0
>>>> ^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^
>>>>
>>>> which really doesn't look good. My current plan is to go with NVMEM_DEVID_NONE,
>>>> which results in
>>>>
>>>> $ ls /sys/bus/nvmem/devices
>>>> 0-0050	0-0051	0-0052	0-0053	cmos_nvram0
>>>>
>>>> We could also used fixed strings, but "spd" results in "spd[1-4]" which
>>>> I think would be a bit misleading since the DDR3/4 SPD data format is
>>>> different, and "spd5118" would result in "spd5118[1-4]" which again would
>>>> look odd. Any suggestions ?
>>> In order of descending, personal preference:
>>>
>>> * spd-ddr5-[0-3] (.id = client->address - 0x50)
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> this will break as soon as more than 8 DDR5 DIMMs are installed.
> 
> i2c_register_spd() only handles 8 DIMMs, too.
> JESD 300-5B.01 (section 2.6.5) also defines i2c addresses for 8 DIMMS only.
> 

Agreed, but that doesn't mean that there must only be 8 DIMMs in the system.
It only means that there can only be up to 8 DIMMs on a single I2C bus.

i2c_register_spd() only exists if CONFIG_DMI is enabled. While that is supported
for multiple architectures, it is not supported on, for example, powerpc.
DDR5 support is not limited to systems supporting DMI, and/or to systems where
DMI is enabled. The ee1004 driver explicitly supports more than one i2c bus, and
I don't think it would be a good idea to limit DDR5 support to a single bus.

Ultimately that means that we can not rely on i2c_register_spd() for
auto-instantiation, even after adding DDR5 support to it.

Thanks,
Guenter