On 12 December 2017 at 10:56, Wu, Hao A <hao.a...@intel.com> wrote:
> Hi Ard,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Ard
>> Biesheuvel
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 3:00 PM
>> To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
>> Cc: Ni, Ruiyu; Tian, Feng; Ard Biesheuvel; Wu, Hao A; Leif Lindholm; Kinney,
>> Michael D; Zeng, Star
>> Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH v4 0/2] quirks handling for SDHCI controllers
>>
>> On 7 December 2017 at 22:43, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
>> wrote:
>> > Many SDHCI implementations exist that are almost spec complicant, and
>> > could be driven by the generic SD/MMC host controller driver except
>> > for some minimal necessary init time tweaks.
>> >
>> > Adding such tweaks to the generic driver is undesirable. On the other
>> > hand, forking the driver for every platform that has such a SDHCI
>> > controller is problematic when it comes to upstreaming and ongoing
>> > maintenance (which is arguably the point of upstreaming in the first
>> > place).
>> >
>> > So these patches propose a workaround that is minimally invasive on the
>> > EDK2 side, but gives platforms a lot of leeway when it comes to applying
>> > SDHCI quirks.
>> >
>> > Changes since v3:
>> > - remove PassThru argument from protocol members: it is unclear whether the
>> >   protocol is available when the override protocol is invoked, and my
>> >   example use case does not need it
>> > - replace incorrect HandleProtocol with LocateProtocol, given that the
>> override
>> >   protocol is now a singleton instance
>> > - merge notifier calls into SdMmcHcReset() and SdMmcHcInitHost (), this
>> >   required changing the prototype to take a SD_MMC_HC_PRIVATE_DATA*
>> argument
>> >   and so the prototypes no longer belong in SdMmcPciHci.h and have been
>> moved
>> >   to SdMmcPciHcDxe.h
>> > - use VOID* type for capability not UINT64* since we don't know its
>> alignment
>> >
>> > Changes since v2:
>> > - use a singleton instance of the SD/MMC protocol rather than one per
>> >   controller; this is needed to support 'reconnect -r', as pointed out
>> >   by Ray
>> > - use EDKII prefixes for all types defined by the protocol
>> > - replace 'hook' with 'notify', and tweak some other identifiers
>> > - add missing function comment headers for factored out functions
>> >
>> > Changes since RFC/v1:
>> > - add EFI_SD_MMC_PASS_THRU_PROTOCOL* member to override methods
>> > - use UINT64* not VOID* to pass capability structure (which is always 64 
>> > bits
>> >   in size)
>> >
>> > Ard Biesheuvel (2):
>> >   MdeModulePkg: introduce SD/MMC override protocol
>> >   MdeModulePkg/SdMmcPciHcDxe: allow HC capabilities to be overridden
>> >
>>
>> OK, so I did send my v4 but I couldn't find it in my mail folders :-)
>>
>> Comments anyone?
>
> I still need some time to evaluate whether the current proposed override
> protocol can be utilized in our using scenario.
>
> Will let you know the feedbacks as soon as I finish the evaluation.
>
> Really sorry for the delay.
>

Any news on this?
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