Re: [PATCH net-next v2 15/15] arm64: dts: allwinner: a64: add SRAM controller device tree node

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Hi,

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 11:47:16PM -0700, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 1:03 AM, Maxime Ripard
> <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 1;5201;0c
> > On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 12:37:49PM -0700, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 4:54 AM, Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 06:19:51PM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> 于 2018年5月2日 GMT+08:00 下午5:53:21, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@xxxxxxxx> 写到:
> >> >> >On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Maxime Ripard
> >> >> ><maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 12:12:27AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> >> >> >>> From: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxx>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Allwinner A64 has a SRAM controller, and in the device tree
> >> >> >currently
> >> >> >>> we have a syscon node to enable EMAC driver to access the EMAC clock
> >> >> >>> register. As SRAM controller driver can now export regmap for this
> >> >> >>> register, replace the syscon node to the SRAM controller device
> >> >> >node,
> >> >> >>> and let EMAC driver to acquire its EMAC clock regmap.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxx>
> >> >> >>> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@xxxxxxxx>
> >> >> >>> ---
> >> >> >>>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64.dtsi | 23
> >> >> >+++++++++++++++----
> >> >> >>>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64.dtsi
> >> >> >b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64.dtsi
> >> >> >>> index 1b2ef28c42bd..1c37659d9d41 100644
> >> >> >>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64.dtsi
> >> >> >>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/allwinner/sun50i-a64.dtsi
> >> >> >>> @@ -168,10 +168,25 @@
> >> >> >>>               #size-cells = <1>;
> >> >> >>>               ranges;
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> -             syscon: syscon@1c00000 {
> >> >> >>> -                     compatible =
> >> >> >"allwinner,sun50i-a64-system-controller",
> >> >> >>> -                             "syscon";
> >> >> >>> +             sram_controller: sram-controller@1c00000 {
> >> >> >>> +                     compatible =
> >> >> >"allwinner,sun50i-a64-sram-controller";
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I don't think there's anything preventing us from keeping the
> >> >> >> -system-controller compatible. It's what was in the DT before, and
> >> >> >> it's how it's called in the datasheet.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I actually meant to ask you about this. The -system-controller
> >> >> >compatible matches the datasheet better. Maybe we should just
> >> >> >switch to that one?
> >> >>
> >> >> No, if we do the switch the system-controller compatible,
> >> >> the device will be probed on the same memory region with
> >> >> a syscon on old DTs.
> >> >
> >> > The device hasn't magically changed either. Maybe we just need to add
> >> > a check to make sure we don't have the syscon compatible in the SRAM
> >> > driver probe so that the double driver issue doesn't happen?
> >>
> >> The syscon interface (which is not even a full blown device driver)
> >> only looks at the "syscon" compatible. Either way we're removing that
> >> part from the device tree so things should be ok for new device trees.
> >> As Maxime mentioned we can do a check for the syscon compatible and
> >> either give a warning to the user asking them to update their device
> >> tree, or not register our custom regmap, or not probe the SRAM driver.
> >> Personally I prefer the first option. The system controller block is
> >> probed before any syscon users, so we should be fine, given the dwmac
> >> driver goes the custom regmap path first.
> >>
> >> BTW, I still might end up changing the compatible. The manual uses
> >> "system control", not "system controller", which I think makes sense,
> >> since it is just a bunch of register files, kind of like the GRF
> >> (General Register Files) block found in Rockchip SoCs [1], and not an
> >> actual "controller".
> >
> > I'm not really fond of that, but we should at least make it consistent
> > on the other patches Paul sent then.
> 
> For the A10s / A13 right?

And A33, yep.

> I think my naming is slightly better, but it's just a minor detail.

Let's do this then.

> While we're still debating this, can I merge the R40 stuff first?
> The driver bits are already in.

Yep, go ahead.

Maxime

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