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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/4] dt-bindings: memory: Add binding for NVIDIA Tegra30 External Memory Controller
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02.05.2019 3:52, Dmitry Osipenko пишет:
> 02.05.2019 3:17, Rob Herring пишет:
>> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 7:06 PM Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 30.04.2019 1:05, Rob Herring пишет:
>>>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 11:20:07PM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>>>>> Add device-tree binding for NVIDIA Tegra30 External Memory Controller.
>>>>> The binding is based on the Tegra124 EMC binding since hardware is
>>>>> similar, although there are couple significant differences.
>>>>
>>>> My comments on Tegra124 binding apply here.
>>>
>>> The common timing definition doesn't fully match the definition that is
>>> used by Tegra's Memory Controller, thus the DQS (data strobe) timing
>>> parameter is comprised of multiple sub-parameters that describe how to
>>> generate the strobe in hardware. There are also more additional
>>> parameters that are specific to Tegra and they are individually
>>> characterized for each memory model and clock rate. Hence the common
>>> timing definition isn't usable.
>>
>> I don't understand. Every PC in the world can work with any DIMM
>> (within a given generation) just with SPD data. Why is that not
>> sufficient here?
>
> Because this is not a standard PC, but a custom embedded hardware that
> is simpler and also doesn't fully follow the standards in some cases.

Even if there is a way to derive at least some of required parameters
from the common timing, I don't have information about how to do it and
there is pretty much no chance to get it into public.

Rob, please let me know if you're okay with this binding.

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