Due to an implementation detail in this SoC, additional passive
electrical components are required to achieve the maximum rated speed
of the SD controller when paired with a High-Speed SD Card. Without
them, the clock frequency must be limited to 37.5 MHz for link stability.

Because the reference design does not contain these components, most
(derivative) boards do not have them either. To accommodate for that,
apply the frequency limit by default and delegate lifting it to the
odd boards that do contain the necessary onboard hardware.

Signed-off-by: Sarthak Garg <quic_sartgarg@quicinc.com>
---
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8550.dtsi | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8550.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8550.dtsi
index 82cabf777cd2..3692a3a49634 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8550.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8550.dtsi
@@ -3189,6 +3189,7 @@ &mc_virt SLAVE_EBI1 QCOM_ICC_TAG_ALWAYS>,
 					 &config_noc SLAVE_SDCC_2 QCOM_ICC_TAG_ACTIVE_ONLY>;
 			interconnect-names = "sdhc-ddr", "cpu-sdhc";
 			bus-width = <4>;
+			max-sd-hs-hz = <37500000>;
 			dma-coherent;
 
 			/* Forbid SDR104/SDR50 - broken hw! */
-- 
2.34.1

On Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 04:11:22PM +0530, Sarthak Garg wrote:
> Due to an implementation detail in this SoC, additional passive
> electrical components are required to achieve the maximum rated speed
> of the SD controller when paired with a High-Speed SD Card. Without
> them, the clock frequency must be limited to 37.5 MHz for link stability.
> 
> Because the reference design does not contain these components, most
> (derivative) boards do not have them either. To accommodate for that,
> apply the frequency limit by default and delegate lifting it to the
> odd boards that do contain the necessary onboard hardware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sarthak Garg <quic_sartgarg@quicinc.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sm8550.dtsi | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof