2021-05-05 14:24:07

by Krzysztof Kozlowski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: am5729-beagleboneai: drop unused Broadcom WiFi properties

On 05/05/2021 10:15, Robert Nelson wrote:
> On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 9:04 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> The brcm,sd-head-align, brcm,sd_head_align and brcm,sd_sgentry_align are
>> not used by the driver and not present in dtschema:
>>
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/am5729-beagleboneai.dt.yaml: wifi@1:
>> 'brcm,sd-head-align', 'brcm,sd_head_align', 'brcm,sd_sgentry_align' do not match any of the regexes: 'pinctrl-[0-9]+'
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/am5729-beagleboneai.dts | 4 ----
>> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/am5729-beagleboneai.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/am5729-beagleboneai.dts
>> index 149cfafb90bf..d3b2e87a6266 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/am5729-beagleboneai.dts
>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/am5729-beagleboneai.dts
>> @@ -582,10 +582,6 @@ brcmf: wifi@1 {
>> reg = <1>;
>> compatible = "brcm,bcm4329-fmac";
>>
>> - brcm,sd-head-align = <4>;
>> - brcm,sd_head_align = <4>;
>> - brcm,sd_sgentry_align = <512>;
>> -
>> interrupt-parent = <&gpio3>;
>> interrupts = <23 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
>> interrupt-names = "host-wake";
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>
>
> NAK, for what it is worth..
>
> This is a plain old shitty situation, that everyone that mistakenly
> chooses a BRCM based chipset in a design faces, then learns to NEVER
> touch that chipset again..
>
> These nodes have been posted before for mainline inclusion but always
> get killed off:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/18/356
>
> The TI AM57xx SDIO needs these flags for the brcmfmac driver to actually work.
>
> I don't see the brcmfmac developers actually fixing it, as "out of
> tree" work for brcmfmac is 100+ patches long:


Thanks for explanation. I understand these are actually used by
out-of-tree driver? That's a valid reason to add them to the binding then...

>
> https://www.cypress.com/documentation/software-and-drivers-archive/wifi-bt-linux-archive?source=search&cat=other

Requires login - I am not able to get the sources.

Best regards,
Krzysztof


2021-05-05 15:17:35

by Robert Nelson

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: am5729-beagleboneai: drop unused Broadcom WiFi properties

> > I don't see the brcmfmac developers actually fixing it, as "out of
> > tree" work for brcmfmac is 100+ patches long:
>
>
> Thanks for explanation. I understand these are actually used by
> out-of-tree driver? That's a valid reason to add them to the binding then...
>
> >
> > https://www.cypress.com/documentation/software-and-drivers-archive/wifi-bt-linux-archive?source=search&cat=other
>
> Requires login - I am not able to get the sources.

Sorry Krzysztof,

I forgot that a login is required, here is a quick mirror (with a
screenshot of the page.)

https://rcn-ee.net/workshops/cypress-fmac/

Screenshot: https://rcn-ee.net/workshops/cypress-fmac/brcm.png

There patch with that binding:

https://rcn-ee.net/workshops/cypress-fmac/cypress-fmac-v5.4.18-2021_0114/cypress-patch-v5.4.18-2021_0114/cypress-patch/0002-non-upstream-add-sg-parameters-dts-parsing.patch

Thank You!


Regards,

--
Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

2021-05-05 15:18:50

by Krzysztof Kozlowski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: am5729-beagleboneai: drop unused Broadcom WiFi properties

On 05/05/2021 11:10, Robert Nelson wrote:
>>> I don't see the brcmfmac developers actually fixing it, as "out of
>>> tree" work for brcmfmac is 100+ patches long:
>>
>>
>> Thanks for explanation. I understand these are actually used by
>> out-of-tree driver? That's a valid reason to add them to the binding then...
>>
>>>
>>> https://www.cypress.com/documentation/software-and-drivers-archive/wifi-bt-linux-archive?source=search&cat=other
>>
>> Requires login - I am not able to get the sources.
>
> Sorry Krzysztof,
>
> I forgot that a login is required, here is a quick mirror (with a
> screenshot of the page.)
>
> https://rcn-ee.net/workshops/cypress-fmac/
>
> Screenshot: https://rcn-ee.net/workshops/cypress-fmac/brcm.png
>
> There patch with that binding:
>
> https://rcn-ee.net/workshops/cypress-fmac/cypress-fmac-v5.4.18-2021_0114/cypress-patch-v5.4.18-2021_0114/cypress-patch/0002-non-upstream-add-sg-parameters-dts-parsing.patch

Thanks, I see it now!


Best regards,
Krzysztof