Re: [PATCH] sdio: add CD disable support

From: David Vrabel
Date: Thu Jul 30 2009 - 08:56:12 EST


Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote:
> From: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> To save power, the pull-up resistor on CD/DAT[3] (pin 1)
> of the card can be disconnected. This is desired, e.g.,
> with embedded SDIO devices which do not rely on this pin
> for card detection.

Platforms may rely on the card's pull-up and not fit/configure an
external one. There may need to be a way for host controller drivers to
say this and prevent the disabling of the card's DAT3 pull-up.

> Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mmc/core/sdio.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/mmc/card.h | 3 ++-
> 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio.c
> index fb99ccf..4c4c9a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio.c
> @@ -165,6 +165,31 @@ static int sdio_enable_wide(struct mmc_card *card)
> }
>
> /*
> + * Disconnect the pull-up resistor on CD/DAT[3] if requested by the card.
> + * If card detection is not needed, this can save some power.
> + */

The first sentence of this comment doesn't make sense. The decision to
disable the pull-up is for the controller driver to make, not that card.

David
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