Hello Marek,

On 10/22/2015 12:07 PM, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> On 2015-10-22 06:14, Alim Akhtar wrote:
>> On 10/22/2015 08:22 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>> On 10/22/2015 03:43 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On 22.10.2015 10:20, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:> Hello Krzysztof,

[snip]

>>>>> And $SUBJECT should not cause any regressions for the platforms that
>>>>> are currently using the pwrseq_emmc, since the restart handler was
>>>>> already being called before the system restart handler so bumping
>>>>> the priority should not cause any effect.
>>>>
>>>> I found at least one platform where the sequence *might* change. There
>>>> could be more of them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Agreed, I missed that rk3288-veyron is using a restart handler with higher
>>> priority and could be other boards too as you said.
>>>
>>> Let's see what is Marek's opinion since he added the pwrseq_emmc support
>>> and also what Ulf thinks about always doing a eMMC reset before reboot.
>>>
>>> I can't think how doing a eMMC card reset before reboot could affect a
>>> board but you are right that we don't know without testing.
>>>
>> git grep result shows:
>> ======
>>  git grep mmc-pwrseq-emmc
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc-pwrseq-emmc.txt:- compatible : 
>> contains "mmc-pwrseq-emmc".
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc-pwrseq-emmc.txt: compatible = 
>> "mmc-pwrseq-emmc";
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/am335x-sl50.dts:              compatible = 
>> "mmc-pwrseq-emmc";
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos4412-odroid-common.dtsi: compatible = 
>> "mmc-pwrseq-emmc";
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5422-odroidxu3-common.dtsi: compatible = 
>> "mmc-pwrseq-emmc";
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/rk3288-veyron.dtsi:           compatible = 
>> "mmc-pwrseq-emmc";
>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3368-r88.dts:            compatible = 
>> "mmc-pwrseq-emmc";
>> drivers/mmc/core/pwrseq.c:              .compatible = "mmc-pwrseq-emmc",
>> =====
>> So apart from exynos, there are rk3xxx and am335x which used 
>> pwrseq-emmc-restart. So lets wait for the feedback from these guys as well.
>> Thanks.
>>
> 
> The priority was initially chosen in such a way to do the emmc reset just 
> before performing system reboot. I wanted let other possible handlers 
> potentially use mmc if needed (although there is no such case atm). Now it 
> turns that this approach was not the best idea, because there are other 
> board-specific restart handlers with higher priority than the default I was 
> using. IMHO the change proposed by Javier seems to be the best solution for 
> now. The other possibility would be to entirely get rid of restart handler 
> usage and wire this logic to mmc_shutdown(). This makes sense from the 
> logical point of view, but the drawback of this solution is the lack of 
> proper reset sequence in case of emergency reboot (shutdown callbacks are not 
> called on emergency reboot).
>

Thanks a lot for your feedback, I'm glad that you agree with the change then.
 
> Best regards

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America
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