Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: dts: qcom: sc8280xp: Fix PCIe PHY power-domains

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Fri Dec 29 2023 - 08:20:33 EST


On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 02:08:25PM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 29.12.2023 12:24, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 11:28:26PM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> >> The PCIe GDSCs are only related to the RCs. The PCIe PHYs on the other
> >> hand, are powered by VDD_MX and their specific VDDA_PHY/PLL regulators.
> >
> > No, that does not seem to be entirely correct. I added the power-domains
> > here precisely because they were needed to enable the PHYs.

> > If you try to enable one of these PHYs without the corresponding GDSC
> > being enabled, you end up with:
> >
> > [ 37.709324] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > [ 37.718196] gcc_pcie_3b_aux_clk status stuck at 'off'
> > [ 37.718205] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 482 at drivers/clk/qcom/clk-branch.c:86 clk_branch_wait+0x144/0x15c
> >
> > Now, you may or may not want to describe the above in the devicetree,
> > but this makes it sound like you're trying to work around an issue with
> > the current Linux implementation.

> Could you please recheck this with patch 1 from [1] applied?

As expected that makes no difference as I'm powering on the PHY without
the corresponding controller being enabled (which otherwise guarantees
the GDSC to be on).

> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/20231227-topic-8280_pcie-v1-1-095491baf9e4@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u

Johan