Re: [RFC][PATCH] Revert "ARM: dts: bcm2837: Fix polarity of wifi reset GPIOs"

From: Greg KH
Date: Sun Jan 27 2019 - 16:02:50 EST


On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 10:28:13PM +0200, Ioan-Adrian Ratiu wrote:
> This reverts commit bea8a160c621d19f7f78b13e14e03f4b8e44cd4b.
>
> Contrary to what the commit message says, on my rpi 3 b v1.2 changing
> the polarity causes the exact behaviour this commit intends to fix, as
> described at the referenced link below (wlan0 disapears).
>
> With reset-gpios = ... GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH, brcmfmac errors in dmesg:
>
> [ 7.977512] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_bus_sleep: error while changing bus sleep state -110
> [ 7.977623] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_txfail: sdio error, abort command and terminate frame
> [ 7.978007] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_txfail: sdio error, abort command and terminate frame
> [ 7.978377] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_txfail: sdio error, abort command and terminate frame
> [ 7.978724] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_dpc: failed backplane access over SDIO, halting operation
> [ 7.978734] brcmfmac: brcmf_proto_bcdc_query_dcmd: brcmf_proto_bcdc_msg failed w/status -110
> [ 7.978747] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_get_channel: chanspec failed (-110)
> [ 7.982817] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_bus_sleep: error while changing bus sleep state -110
> [ 7.982880] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_txfail: sdio error, abort command and terminate frame
> [ 7.983255] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_txfail: sdio error, abort command and terminate frame
>
> The only solution I currently have is to revert and everything works
> as expected and as before changing the polarity.
>
> Link: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=911443
> Signed-off-by: Ioan-Adrian Ratiu <adi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837-rpi-3-b-plus.dts | 2 +-
> arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dts | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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