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i2c: designware: introduce a custom scl recovery for SoCFPGA platforms

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PATCH v6 1/2 i2c: designware: introduce a custom scl recovery for SoCFPGA platforms

The I2C pins on the SoCFPGA platforms do not go through a GPIO module, thus cannot be recovered by the default method of by doing a GPIO access. Only a reset of the I2C IP block can a recovery be successful, so this change effectively resets the I2C controller, NOT any attached clients.

---
v6: Updated commit log to emphasize this change only resets the I2C
controller and not any attached clients.
v5: removed strayed nextline
v4: re-arrange code per Andy Shevchenko's recommendation
v3: simplify the function
update commit message
v2: remove change to MODEL_MASK
s/i2c_custom_scl_recovery/i2c_socfpga_scl_recovery

---
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h    |  1 +
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c  | 49 ++++++++++++++++++---
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c |  1 +
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h +1 -0
index 70b80e710990..7b22ec1d6a96 100644
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ struct dw_i2c_dev {
 #define MODEL_MSCC_OCELOT	BIT(8)
 #define MODEL_BAIKAL_BT1	BIT(9)
 #define MODEL_AMD_NAVI_GPU	BIT(10)
+#define MODEL_SOCFPGA		BIT(11)
 #define MODEL_MASK		GENMASK(11, 8)
 
 /*
drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c +43 -6

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drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c +1 -0
index 70ade5306e45..b33e015e6732 100644
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id dw_i2c_of_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "snps,designware-i2c", },
 	{ .compatible = "mscc,ocelot-i2c", .data = (void *)MODEL_MSCC_OCELOT },
 	{ .compatible = "baikal,bt1-sys-i2c", .data = (void *)MODEL_BAIKAL_BT1 },
+	{ .compatible = "intel,socfpga-i2c", .data = (void *)MODEL_SOCFPGA },
 	{},
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, dw_i2c_of_match);
Signature · 1 line
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PATCH v6 2/2 dt-bindings: i2c: dw: Add Intel's SoCFPGA I2C controller

The I2C pins on Intel's SoCFPGA platform are not connected to GPIOs and thus cannot be recovered by the standard GPIO method.

Document the "intel,socfpga-i2c" binding.

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v6: no changes
v5: no changes
v4: no changes
v3: no changes
v2: Added Acked-by

---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/snps,designware-i2c.yaml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/snps,designware-i2c.yaml +2 -0
index d9293c57f573..a130059e97ab 100644
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ properties:
           - const: snps,designware-i2c
       - description: Baikal-T1 SoC System I2C controller
         const: baikal,bt1-sys-i2c
+      - description: Intel's SoCFPGA I2C controller
+        const: intel,socfpga-i2c
 
   reg:
     minItems: 1
Signature · 1 line
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Acked-by on v6 1/2
#2 lore raw
In reply to Dinh Nguyen
Quoted 16 lines · Dinh Nguyen

The I2C pins on the SoCFPGA platforms do not go through a GPIO module, thus cannot be recovered by the default method of by doing a GPIO access. Only a reset of the I2C IP block can a recovery be successful, so this change effectively resets the I2C controller, NOT any attached clients.

---
v6: Updated commit log to emphasize this change only resets the I2C
controller and not any attached clients.
v5: removed strayed nextline
v4: re-arrange code per Andy Shevchenko's recommendation
v3: simplify the function
update commit message
v2: remove change to MODEL_MASK
s/i2c_custom_scl_recovery/i2c_socfpga_scl_recovery

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  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-core.h    |  1 +
  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c  | 49 ++++++++++++++++++---
  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-platdrv.c |  1 +
  3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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In reply to Dinh Nguyen
Quoted 4 lines · Dinh Nguyen

The I2C pins on the SoCFPGA platforms do not go through a GPIO module, thus cannot be recovered by the default method of by doing a GPIO access. Only a reset of the I2C IP block can a recovery be successful, so this change effectively resets the I2C controller, NOT any attached clients.

I am afraid here is a serious misunderstanding. The I2C bus recovery procedure is a documented mechanism how to get a stalled bus back in the case that a client device holds SDA low. This mechanism consists of 9 SCL pulses. A reset of the IP core is *not a recovery*. If SocFPGA cannot togle SCL in some way, it cannot do recovery and adap->bus_recovery_info should be NULL. Or did I miss something?

drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c static void i2c_dw_unprepare_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap) · line 824

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drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c +9 -0
+static int i2c_socfpga_scl_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
+{
+	struct i2c_bus_recovery_info *bri = adap->bus_recovery_info;
+
+	bri->prepare_recovery(adap);
+	bri->unprepare_recovery(adap);
+
+	return 0;
+}

See, this function is named scl_recovery, but there is no SCL involved. This is why I think there is the misunderstanding here.

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Quoted 6 lines · Wolfram Sang
Quoted 4 lines · Dinh Nguyen

The I2C pins on the SoCFPGA platforms do not go through a GPIO module, thus cannot be recovered by the default method of by doing a GPIO access. Only a reset of the I2C IP block can a recovery be successful, so this change effectively resets the I2C controller, NOT any attached clients.

Quoted 6 lines

I am afraid here is a serious misunderstanding. The I2C bus recovery procedure is a documented mechanism how to get a stalled bus back in the case that a client device holds SDA low. This mechanism consists of 9 SCL pulses. A reset of the IP core is *not a recovery*. If SocFPGA cannot togle SCL in some way, it cannot do recovery and adap->bus_recovery_info should be NULL. Or did I miss something?

From the original code, the first mechanism to a recovery is to acquire a GPIO for the SCL line and send the 9 SCL pulses, after that, it does a reset of the I2C module. For the SOCFPGA part, there is no GPIO line for the SCL, thus the I2C module cannot even get a reset. This code allows the function to reset the I2C module for SOCFPGA, which is the 2nd part of the recovery process.

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drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c static void i2c_dw_unprepare_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap) · line 824

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drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c +9 -0
+static int i2c_socfpga_scl_recovery(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
+{
+	struct i2c_bus_recovery_info *bri = adap->bus_recovery_info;
+
+	bri->prepare_recovery(adap);
+	bri->unprepare_recovery(adap);
+
+	return 0;
+}

See, this function is named scl_recovery, but there is no SCL involved. This is why I think there is the misunderstanding here.

I understand your point here. Perhaps just call it i2c_socfpga_recovery()?

Dinh

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Quoted 7 lines

From the original code, the first mechanism to a recovery is to acquire a GPIO for the SCL line and send the 9 SCL pulses, after that, it does a reset of the I2C module. For the SOCFPGA part, there is no GPIO line for the SCL, thus the I2C module cannot even get a reset. This code allows the function to reset the I2C module for SOCFPGA, which is the 2nd part of the recovery process.

The second part is totally useless if the client device is holding SDA low. Which is exactly the situation that recovery tries to fix. As I said, if you can't control SCL, you don't have recovery.

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See, this function is named scl_recovery, but there is no SCL involved. This is why I think there is the misunderstanding here.

I understand your point here. Perhaps just call it i2c_socfpga_recovery()?

No. adap->bus_recovery_info should be NULL.

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Hi Wolfram,

Quoted 8 lines · Wolfram Sang
Quoted 7 lines

From the original code, the first mechanism to a recovery is to acquire a
GPIO for the SCL line and send the 9 SCL pulses, after that, it does a reset of the I2C module. For the SOCFPGA part, there is no GPIO line for the SCL, thus the I2C module cannot even get a reset. This code allows the function to reset the I2C module for SOCFPGA, which is the 2nd part of the recovery process.

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The second part is totally useless if the client device is holding SDA low. Which is exactly the situation that recovery tries to fix. As I said, if you can't control SCL, you don't have recovery.

This is recovery of the master and not the slave. We have a customer that is the using I2C with the signals routed through the FPGA, and thus are not GPIO. During a timeout, with this code, the driver is able to recover the master.

Dinh

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Quoted 11 lines · Dinh Nguyen

Hi Wolfram,

Quoted 8 lines · Wolfram Sang
Quoted 7 lines

 From the original code, the first mechanism to a recovery is to acquire a GPIO for the SCL line and send the 9 SCL pulses, after that, it does a reset of the I2C module. For the SOCFPGA part, there is no GPIO line for the SCL, thus the I2C module cannot even get a reset. This code allows the function to reset the I2C module for SOCFPGA, which is the 2nd part of the recovery process.

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Quoted 4 lines

The second part is totally useless if the client device is holding SDA low. Which is exactly the situation that recovery tries to fix. As I said, if you can't control SCL, you don't have recovery.

This is recovery of the master and not the slave.  We have a customer that is the using I2C with the signals routed through the FPGA, and thus are not GPIO. During a timeout, with this code, the driver is able to recover the master.

Adding a bit more, because of patch:

ca382f5b38f3 ("i2c: designware: add i2c gpio recovery option")

the driver is now not able to reset the controller at all because it has placed a strict dependency on getting a GPIO. Before this patch, during a timeout, there was a simple call to i2c_dw_init_master(), which ultimately resets the master.

Dinh

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In reply to Dinh Nguyen

Hi Dinh,

Quoted 1 line

This is recovery of the master and not the slave. We have a customer that

This is a different issue then. bus_recovery_info is only for stuck clients, as I mentioned before. Resetting the controller can be done anytime inside the driver by calling some reset routine. You don't need an I2C core framework for that.

But when to do this reset, and how this relates to real bus recovery, that you need to deal with the designware maintainers. I don't know the HW at all.

All the best,

Wolfram