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[PATCH v4 1/3] Document the EIC7700 SoC sata ahci

Yulin Lu posted 3 patches 4 months, 3 weeks ago
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[PATCH v4 1/3] Document the EIC7700 SoC sata ahci
Posted by Yulin Lu 4 months, 3 weeks ago 
Document the SATA AHCI controller on the EIC7700 SoC platform,
including descriptions of its hardware configurations.

Retains the "ports-implemented" property in the DTS, because
removing it and relying only on the firmware register causes
problems. If the property is not present and we remove the
module using `rmmod`, a reset is triggered that clears the
register. As a result, inserting module again using `insmod`
will lead to errors.

The detailed reasons are that the ports-implemented register is
configured by the firmware (U-Boot on the HiFive Premier P550 board)
before kernel entry and correctly set to 0x1. During probe,
ahci_platform_enable_resources() -> ahci_platform_deassert_rsts() is
called, and when the driver is removed,
ahci_platform_disable_resources() -> ahci_platform_assert_rsts() is
called. This reset clears the register, which is defined by the IP
databook to reset to 0.

Signed-off-by: Yulin Lu <luyulin@eswincomputing.com>
---
 .../bindings/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml      | 79 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40c44f0705ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
+%YAML 1.2
+---
+$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml#
+$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
+
+title: Eswin EIC7700 SoC SATA Controller
+
+maintainers:
+  - Yulin Lu <luyulin@eswincomputing.com>
+  - Huan He <hehuan1@eswincomputing.com>
+
+description:
+  AHCI SATA controller embedded into the EIC7700 SoC
+  is based on the DWC AHCI SATA v5.00a IP core.
+
+select:
+  properties:
+    compatible:
+      const: eswin,eic7700-ahci
+  required:
+    - compatible
+
+allOf:
+  - $ref: snps,dwc-ahci-common.yaml#
+
+properties:
+  compatible:
+    items:
+      - const: eswin,eic7700-ahci
+      - const: snps,dwc-ahci
+
+  clocks:
+    minItems: 2
+    maxItems: 2
+
+  clock-names:
+    items:
+      - const: pclk
+      - const: aclk
+
+  resets:
+    maxItems: 1
+
+  reset-names:
+    const: arst
+
+  ports-implemented:
+    const: 1
+
+required:
+  - compatible
+  - reg
+  - interrupts
+  - clocks
+  - clock-names
+  - resets
+  - reset-names
+  - phys
+  - phy-names
+  - ports-implemented
+
+unevaluatedProperties: false
+
+examples:
+  - |
+    sata@50420000 {
+        compatible = "eswin,eic7700-ahci", "snps,dwc-ahci";
+        reg = <0x50420000 0x10000>;
+        interrupt-parent = <&plic>;
+        interrupts = <58>;
+        clocks = <&clock 171>, <&clock 186>;
+        clock-names = "pclk", "aclk";
+        phys = <&sata_phy>;
+        phy-names = "sata-phy";
+        ports-implemented = <0x1>;
+        resets = <&reset 96>;
+        reset-names = "arst";
+    };
-- 
2.25.1
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] Document the EIC7700 SoC sata ahci
Posted by Rob Herring 4 months, 2 weeks ago 
On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 09:01:35PM +0800, Yulin Lu wrote:
> Document the SATA AHCI controller on the EIC7700 SoC platform,
> including descriptions of its hardware configurations.

Please fix the subject: "dt-bindings: ata: ..."

> 
> Retains the "ports-implemented" property in the DTS, because
> removing it and relying only on the firmware register causes
> problems. If the property is not present and we remove the
> module using `rmmod`, a reset is triggered that clears the
> register. As a result, inserting module again using `insmod`
> will lead to errors.
> 
> The detailed reasons are that the ports-implemented register is
> configured by the firmware (U-Boot on the HiFive Premier P550 board)
> before kernel entry and correctly set to 0x1. During probe,
> ahci_platform_enable_resources() -> ahci_platform_deassert_rsts() is
> called, and when the driver is removed,
> ahci_platform_disable_resources() -> ahci_platform_assert_rsts() is
> called. This reset clears the register, which is defined by the IP
> databook to reset to 0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yulin Lu <luyulin@eswincomputing.com>
> ---
>  .../bindings/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml      | 79 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 79 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..40c44f0705ba
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/ata/eswin,eic7700-ahci.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Eswin EIC7700 SoC SATA Controller
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Yulin Lu <luyulin@eswincomputing.com>
> +  - Huan He <hehuan1@eswincomputing.com>
> +
> +description:
> +  AHCI SATA controller embedded into the EIC7700 SoC
> +  is based on the DWC AHCI SATA v5.00a IP core.

Wrap at 80 chars.

> +
> +select:
> +  properties:
> +    compatible:
> +      const: eswin,eic7700-ahci
> +  required:
> +    - compatible
> +
> +allOf:
> +  - $ref: snps,dwc-ahci-common.yaml#
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    items:
> +      - const: eswin,eic7700-ahci
> +      - const: snps,dwc-ahci
> +
> +  clocks:
> +    minItems: 2
> +    maxItems: 2
> +
> +  clock-names:
> +    items:
> +      - const: pclk
> +      - const: aclk
> +
> +  resets:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +
> +  reset-names:
> +    const: arst
> +
> +  ports-implemented:
> +    const: 1
> +
> +required:
> +  - compatible
> +  - reg
> +  - interrupts
> +  - clocks
> +  - clock-names
> +  - resets
> +  - reset-names
> +  - phys
> +  - phy-names
> +  - ports-implemented
> +
> +unevaluatedProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> +  - |
> +    sata@50420000 {
> +        compatible = "eswin,eic7700-ahci", "snps,dwc-ahci";
> +        reg = <0x50420000 0x10000>;
> +        interrupt-parent = <&plic>;
> +        interrupts = <58>;
> +        clocks = <&clock 171>, <&clock 186>;
> +        clock-names = "pclk", "aclk";
> +        phys = <&sata_phy>;
> +        phy-names = "sata-phy";
> +        ports-implemented = <0x1>;
> +        resets = <&reset 96>;
> +        reset-names = "arst";
> +    };
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>
Re: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] Document the EIC7700 SoC sata ahci
Posted by luyulin@eswincomputing.com 4 months, 2 weeks ago 
Hi, Rob Herring

Thank you for your review and comments.
> 
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 09:01:35PM +0800, Yulin Lu wrote:
> > Document the SATA AHCI controller on the EIC7700 SoC platform,
> > including descriptions of its hardware configurations.
> 
> Please fix the subject: "dt-bindings: ata: ..."
> 

I previously noticed this subject issue, then resubmitted v4
and explained the reason in the cover letter.
The links to these patches are:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250915135138.877-1-luyulin@eswincomputing.com/

> > 
...
> > +description:
> > +  AHCI SATA controller embedded into the EIC7700 SoC
> > +  is based on the DWC AHCI SATA v5.00a IP core.
> 
> Wrap at 80 chars.
> 

Thanks, I will fix it in the next patch.

> > +
...
> > -- 
> > 2.25.1
> > 
Best regards,
Yulin Lu

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