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From: Tim auf der Landwehr <tadl-git@taufderl.de>
To: Kristian Brox <isyourbrainfoss@proton.me>
Cc: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>,
	luca.weiss@fairphone.com, oe-linux-nfc@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Tim auf der Landwehr <tadl-git@taufderl.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] nfc: st-nci: restart the reference clock on power-up
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:41:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260929224125.3656680-3-tadl-git@taufderl.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902-fp5-st21nfcd-v4-v4-0-ded2f1c501be@proton.me>

On the Fairphone 4 (and reported on the Fairphone 5), the ST21NFCD stops
answering NCI after a poll enable/disable cycle: the next NFC_CMD_DEV_UP
sends CORE_RESET and never gets a response (__nci_request timeout,
nfc_dev_up: SE discovery failed), and the controller stays dead until a
reboot. No tag is needed to trigger it; enable/disable/enable polling is
enough.

A reset pulse alone does not recover the part; its input clock has to be
stopped and restarted. The driver enabled the clock once at probe and left
it running, so only re-probing (which cycles the clock) recovered it.

Cycle the reference clock in the power-up path, while the controller is
held in reset. Scope it to the raw-NCI (st21nfcd) part so the NDLC parts
are untouched; the reset-assert delay stays unconditional.

Signed-off-by: Tim auf der Landwehr <tadl-git@taufderl.de>
---
 drivers/nfc/st-nci/i2c.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nfc/st-nci/i2c.c b/drivers/nfc/st-nci/i2c.c
index e527d3cc9..16f643b3a 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/st-nci/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/st-nci/i2c.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct st_nci_i2c_phy {
 	bool irq_active;
 	bool raw_nci;
 
+	struct clk *clk;
 	struct gpio_desc *gpiod_reset;
 
 	struct st_nci_se_status se_status;
@@ -60,15 +61,29 @@ static int st_nci_i2c_enable(void *phy_id)
 	 * chip-running. GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW: logical 1 asserts reset
 	 * (physical LOW).
 	 */
-	if (gpiod_is_active_low(phy->gpiod_reset)) {
+	if (gpiod_is_active_low(phy->gpiod_reset))
 		gpiod_set_value(phy->gpiod_reset, 1);
-		usleep_range(10000, 15000);
+	else
 		gpiod_set_value(phy->gpiod_reset, 0);
-	} else {
+
+	/*
+	 * The ST21NFCD (raw NCI) stops answering NCI after a poll on/off cycle
+	 * and does not recover on a reset pulse alone: its input clock has to be
+	 * stopped and restarted. The clock is enabled once at probe, so cycle it
+	 * here, while the controller is held in reset, on every power-up. Scoped
+	 * to the raw-NCI part; the NDLC parts keep their previous timing. The
+	 * usleep below is the reset-assert width and stays unconditional.
+	 */
+	if (phy->raw_nci)
+		clk_disable_unprepare(phy->clk);
+	usleep_range(10000, 15000);
+	if (phy->raw_nci)
+		clk_prepare_enable(phy->clk);
+
+	if (gpiod_is_active_low(phy->gpiod_reset))
 		gpiod_set_value(phy->gpiod_reset, 0);
-		usleep_range(10000, 15000);
+	else
 		gpiod_set_value(phy->gpiod_reset, 1);
-	}
 	usleep_range(80000, 85000);
 
 	if (phy->ndlc->powered == 0 && phy->irq_active == 0) {
@@ -282,9 +297,10 @@ static int st_nci_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 	if (r && r != -ENODEV)
 		return dev_err_probe(dev, r, "failed to enable vdd-io\n");
 
-	r = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(devm_clk_get_optional_enabled(dev, NULL));
-	if (r)
-		return dev_err_probe(dev, r, "failed to enable clock\n");
+	phy->clk = devm_clk_get_optional_enabled(dev, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(phy->clk))
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(phy->clk),
+				     "failed to enable clock\n");
 
 	/* Get RESET GPIO */
 	phy->gpiod_reset = devm_gpiod_get(dev, "reset", GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-29 22:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-02 21:22 [PATCH v4 0/3] nfc: st-nci: Fairphone 5 NFC bring-up (ST21NFCD) Kristian Brox
2026-09-02 21:22 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] dt-bindings: net: nfc: add st,st21nfcd Kristian Brox
2026-09-03 13:47   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-09-02 21:22 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] nfc: st-nci: add raw NCI path for ST21NFCD Kristian Brox
2026-09-02 21:22 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: qcm6490-fairphone-fp5: add ST21NFCD NFC Kristian Brox
2026-09-03  6:49   ` Konrad Dybcio
2026-09-03  7:49   ` Abel Vesa
2026-09-18  8:08 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] nfc: st-nci: Fairphone 5 NFC bring-up (ST21NFCD) Luca Weiss
2026-09-23 19:35   ` Kristian Brox
2026-09-29 22:41 ` [PATCH 0/3] nfc: st-nci: three ST21NFCD fixes found bringing v4 up on the Fairphone 4 Tim auf der Landwehr
2026-09-29 22:41 ` [PATCH 1/3] nfc: st-nci: map proprietary RF 0x90 to MIFARE Tim auf der Landwehr
2026-09-29 22:41 ` Tim auf der Landwehr [this message]
2026-09-29 22:41 ` [PATCH 3/3] nfc: st-nci: treat the idle 0x7e read as no-data Tim auf der Landwehr

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