[MinnowBoard] SPI questions

Kevin Shelton kmshelton at gmail.com
Thu Jan 29 19:51:33 UTC 2015


Looks like my gpio number was wrong for my 3.17 system.  I confirmed
on the datasheet that SIO_SPI_CS# goes to GPIO_S0_SC[66], which should
be the 67th GPIO in the block of 102 GPIOs beginning at 154 on my
system (so that checks out to the 220 on the wiki).  However, I run
into:

[  143.049918] byt_gpio INT33FC:00: pin 66 cannot be used as GPIO.
[  143.056556] spi spi0.0: failed to request chip select GPIO220
[  143.063007] pxa2xx-spi 80860F0E:00: can't setup spi0.0, status -22

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 2:01 AM, Kevin Shelton <kmshelton at gmail.com> wrote:
> pin 5 still idling high at 3.3V after the pxa2xx_spi_chip addition
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Kevin Shelton <kmshelton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> added the following to my board file:
>>
>> #include <linux/spi/pxa2xx_spi.h>
>>
>> static struct pxa2xx_spi_chip mbm = {
>>   .gpio_cs = 476
>> };
>>
>> as well as
>>   .controller_data = &mbm
>> to the spi_board_info struct
>>
>> And now my module no longer returns from cs_setup before getting to
>> the cs polarity logic (at least in ACPI mode, not yet tested in PCI
>> mode).  I've also yet to confirm that my SPI device is actually
>> working, but I think this is on the right track.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Kevin Shelton <kmshelton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> My board file loads, but with a NULL chip_info when I'm in ACPI mode
>>> for LPSS & SCC Devices Mode (so IIUC, the NULL chip_info prevents
>>> spi-pxa2xx.c from flipping the polarity on the SS line).
>>>
>>> My module will explode when in PCI mode (tried in PCI mode because
>>> spi-pxa2xx.c has a comment "Slave devices enumerated from ACPI
>>> namespace don't usually have chip_info") with:
>>>
>>> [  559.236046] divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
>>> [  559.241217] Modules linked in: low_speed_spidev(O+)
>>> [  559.246686] CPU: 0 PID: 11980 Comm: insmod Tainted: G           O
>>> 3.17.0-rc4-yocto-standard+ #13
>>> [  559.256712] Hardware name: Circuitco MinnowBoard MAX B3
>>> PLATFORM/MinnowBoard MAX, BIOS MNW2MAX1.X64.0076.R01.1412081258
>>> 12/08/2014
>>> [  559.269850] task: ffff880073e5dfc0 ti: ffff880078f30000 task.ti:
>>> ffff880078f30000
>>> [  559.278222] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8148c57d>]  [<ffffffff8148c57d>]
>>> ssp_get_clk_div+0x3b/0x4a
>>> [  559.287481] RSP: 0018:ffff880078f33c80  EFLAGS: 00010246
>>> [  559.293422] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff880073f4b660 RCX: 000000000000003f
>>> [  559.301405] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff880073e54428
>>> [  559.309388] RBP: ffff880078f33c80 R08: 00000000000000df R09: ffffffff82075580
>>> [  559.317370] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff880078578400
>>> [  559.325353] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff880073e54428 R15: 0000000000002710
>>> [  559.333338] FS:  00007f8296dcd700(0000) GS:ffff880079200000(0000)
>>> knlGS:0000000000000000
>>> [  559.342392] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
>>> [  559.348819] CR2: 00007f8296dc9000 CR3: 000000007418b000 CR4: 00000000001007f0
>>> [  559.356801] Stack:
>>> [  559.359046]  ffff880078f33cc0 ffffffff8148caa8 000000e000000040
>>> ffff880078578400
>>> [  559.367334]  0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff880073e54000
>>> 0000000000000000
>>> [  559.375628]  ffff880078f33d10 ffffffff814888e6 0000000000000000
>>> ffff880078f33d10
>>> [  559.383923] Call Trace:
>>> [  559.386660]  [<ffffffff8148caa8>] setup+0x1fb/0x4b8
>>> [  559.392119]  [<ffffffff814888e6>] spi_setup+0xfd/0x1ad
>>> [  559.397871]  [<ffffffff8143b32f>] ? bus_for_each_dev+0x63/0x85
>>> [  559.404399]  [<ffffffff81488aa4>] spi_add_device+0x10e/0x1a6
>>> [  559.410732]  [<ffffffff81489062>] spi_new_device+0xb5/0xcb
>>> [  559.416874]  [<ffffffffa00030bf>]
>>> low_speed_spidev_module_init+0xbf/0x133 [low_speed_spidev]
>>> [  559.426318]  [<ffffffffa0003000>] ? 0xffffffffa0003000
>>> [  559.432070]  [<ffffffff8100032d>] do_one_initcall+0xff/0x185
>>> [  559.438404]  [<ffffffff8110172a>] ? __vunmap+0xa9/0xaf
>>> [  559.444155]  [<ffffffff8108e4fb>] load_module+0x1756/0x1ef0
>>> [  559.450392]  [<ffffffff8108bfd3>] ? free_modinfo_version+0x27/0x27
>>> [  559.457311]  [<ffffffff8108ed57>] SyS_init_module+0xc2/0xcf
>>> [  559.463550]  [<ffffffff8175fed2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>>>
>>> I notice the below that sounds a little curious when I'm in PCI mode
>>> (these are present for other devices, but from looking at
>>> /sys/class/spi_master it seems that pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.5 is the
>>> pxa2xx).
>>>
>>> [    1.282369] pci 0000:00:1e.5: BAR 0: reserving [mem
>>> 0x9093c000-0x9093cfff flags 0x40200] (d=0, p=0)
>>> [    1.282377] pci 0000:00:1e.5: can't claim BAR 0 [mem
>>> 0x9093c000-0x9093cfff]: no compatible bridge window
>>> [    1.292998] pci 0000:00:1e.5: BAR 1: reserving [mem
>>> 0x9093d000-0x9093dfff flags 0x40200] (d=0, p=0)
>>> [    1.293007] pci 0000:00:1e.5: can't claim BAR 1 [mem
>>> 0x9093d000-0x9093dfff]: no compatible bridge window
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Kevin Shelton <kmshelton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> through liberal sprinkling of printks I find that when spi_new_device
>>>> gets called in my board file, eventually setup_cs gets called in
>>>> drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c, but setup_cs returns before it can set
>>>> gpio_cs_inverted because chip_info is NULL
>>>>
>>>> Should board files define a pxa2xx_spi_chip struct (I see this done in
>>>> arch/arm/mach-pxa/hx4700.c)?
>>>>
>>>> Am I correct in calling hx4700.c a board file?
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>>>> This changes the mechanism used to enumerate the hardware device to the
>>>>> OS. Recent Linux kernels 3.16+ support for ACPI and PCI enumeration. ACPI
>>>>> is supported since 3.14. Either should work for a board-file.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Darren
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/27/15, 3:13 PM, "Kevin Shelton" <kmshelton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>sorry for the not clear writing: I meant to say ACPI mode for the
>>>>>>"LPSS & SCC Devices Mode" setting
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Kevin Shelton <kmshelton at gmail.com>
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>> I realized that in my BIOS settings, I was in ACPI mode.  Do I need to
>>>>>>> be in PCI mode to use a board file?  What does that ACPI-PCI switch in
>>>>>>> the BIOS do?  thanks for all the help
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 11:35 PM, Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>> The SPI bus controlled by the pxa2xx driver is on the LPSS, which, yes,
>>>>>>>> corresponds to the Low Power IO Controller in that block diagram.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 1/26/15, 10:38 PM, "Kevin Shelton" <kmshelton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Thanks John and Darren.  I will play with spid_devtest and have
>>>>>>>>>reached out to linux-spi at vger.kernel.org.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>A minnowmax-specific question: In the Baytrail block diagram at
>>>>>>>>>http://media.bestofmicro.com/Y/3/400395/original/bay-trail-soc.jpg
>>>>>>>>>does the Marvell pxa27x correspond to the "Low Power IO Controller"?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com>
>>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 1/26/15, 5:52 PM, "John Hawley" <john.hawley at intel.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On 01/26/2015 05:47 PM, Kevin Shelton wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:41 PM, John Hawley <john.hawley at intel.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:john.hawley at intel.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > I saw the thread 'Adding an SPI device to the Minnowboard'
>>>>>>>>>>>>from
>>>>>>>>>>>>late
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > 2013 and 'SPI support on minnowboard v1' from Aug 2014.
>>>>>>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > Darren Hart notes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > Ultimately we want to do things like this without board
>>>>>>>>>>>>files by
>>>>>>>>>>>>using
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > the _DSD mechanisms introduced by the ACPI 5.1 specification
>>>>>>>>>>>>last
>>>>>>>>>>>>week
>>>>>>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > I just wanted to confirm the ACPI mechanism is not the
>>>>>>>>>>>>recommended way
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > yet, and that using low-speed-spidev.c as a template is still
>>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>>way to go.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>     The answer to that will depend on what kernel you are
>>>>>>>>>>>>intending to
>>>>>>>>>>>>     target.  Kernel's with ACPI 5.1 _DSD support, I think you'd
>>>>>>>>>>>>want
>>>>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>>>push
>>>>>>>>>>>>     on that.  Older kernels without that, likely spidev or a more
>>>>>>>>>>>>targeted
>>>>>>>>>>>>     driver.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Currently, I am targeting 3.17.  3.17 does not have ACPI 5.1 _DSD
>>>>>>>>>>>> support, correct?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Off the top of my head that came in in 3.18, so yes that's correct.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 3.19 iirc.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Also, using _DSD required a firmware change, or at least a DSDT
>>>>>>>>>>update.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > Additional q:
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > How do you tell the SPI controller that you have an
>>>>>>>>>>>>active-high
>>>>>>>>>>>>instead
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > of the usual active-low device?  Is it correct to do a
>>>>>>>>>>>>bitwise
>>>>>>>>>>>>or
>>>>>>>>>>>>with
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > SPI_CS_HIGH (0x4) with your SPI_MODE in your spi_board_info
>>>>>>>>>>>>struct, like:
>>>>>>>>>>>>     > .mode = SPI_MODE_0 | SPI_CS_HIGH
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>     That should work, but take my statement with a grain of salt
>>>>>>>>>>>>as I
>>>>>>>>>>>>     haven't tried it with a device.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It seems to have no effect that I can discern.  Pin 5 idles at 3.3V
>>>>>>>>>>>> whether I have
>>>>>>>>>>>>  .mode = SPI_MODE_3 | SPI_CS_HIGH
>>>>>>>>>>>> -or-
>>>>>>>>>>>> .mode = SPI_MODE_3
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I threw in a
>>>>>>>>>>>> pr_info("SPI mode=%i\n", cod_spi_board_info.mode);
>>>>>>>>>>>> to sanity check that I am setting the mode to what I think I am (3
>>>>>>>>>>>>or
>>>>>>>>>>>>7).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Any debugging ideas?
>>>>>>>>>>>> What is the best way to learn more about the SPI master?  It's
>>>>>>>>>>>>built
>>>>>>>>>>>> into the CPU, correct?
>>>>>>>>>>>> This smells in the ballpark of
>>>>>>>>>>>> relatedness:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-June/2634
>>>>>>>>>>>>67.
>>>>>>>>>>>>ht
>>>>>>>>>>>>ml
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't grok that patch, but I confirmed my version of pxa2xx.c in
>>>>>>>>>>>>my
>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.17 tree appears to contain that change.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The SPI interface is indeed built into the CPU.  It's the pxa2xx
>>>>>>>>>>>core,
>>>>>>>>>>>which it looks like you've found.  I'd have to punt to someone else,
>>>>>>>>>>>as
>>>>>>>>>>>I'll admit, I don't know the SPI code well enough to say what's going
>>>>>>>>>>>on.  I've CC'ed Darren Hart, he might know who to check with next.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Those are some very specific SPI usage questions that I don't know
>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>> answer to off the top of my head. To find out, I would:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1) Search for other drivers in tree and externally that use
>>>>>>>>>>active-high
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> First hit looks interesting:
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2) Lookup the right mailing lists for SPI Linux kernel development
>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>ask
>>>>>>>>>> the same question there
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Darren Hart
>>>>>>>>>> Intel Open Source Technology Center
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Darren Hart
>>>>>>>> Intel Open Source Technology Center
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Darren Hart
>>>>> Intel Open Source Technology Center
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>


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