Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] mfd: Add I2C based System Configuaration (SYSCON) access

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Wed, 01 Jul 2020, Michael Walle wrote:

> Hi Lee,
> 
> Am 2020-06-30 11:16, schrieb Michael Walle:
> > I'm just trying to use this for my sl28 driver. Some remarks, see below.
> > 
> > Am 2020-06-22 09:51, schrieb Lee Jones:
> > > The existing SYSCON implementation only supports MMIO (memory mapped)
> > > accesses, facilitated by Regmap.  This extends support for registers
> > > held behind I2C busses.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Changelog:
> > > 
> > > v3 => v4
> > >   - Add ability to provide a non-default Regmap configuration
> > > 
> > > v2 => v3
> > >   - Change 'is CONFIG' present check to include loadable modules
> > >     - s/#ifdef CONFIG_MFD_SYSCON_I2C/#if
> > > IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MFD_SYSCON_I2C)/
> > > 
> > > v1 => v2
> > >   - Remove legacy references to OF
> > >   - Allow building as a module (fixes h8300 0-day issue)
> > > 
> > > drivers/mfd/Kconfig            |   7 +++
> > >  drivers/mfd/Makefile           |   1 +
> > >  drivers/mfd/syscon-i2c.c       | 104
> > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  include/linux/mfd/syscon-i2c.h |  36 ++++++++++++
> > >  4 files changed, 148 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/mfd/syscon-i2c.c
> > >  create mode 100644 include/linux/mfd/syscon-i2c.h
> > > 
> > 
> > [..]
> > 
> > > +static struct regmap *syscon_i2c_get_regmap(struct i2c_client
> > > *client,
> > > +					    struct regmap_config *regmap_config)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct device *dev = &client->dev;
> > > +	struct syscon *entry, *syscon = NULL;
> > > +
> > > +	spin_lock(&syscon_i2c_list_slock);
> > > +
> > > +	list_for_each_entry(entry, &syscon_i2c_list, list)
> > > +		if (entry->dev == dev) {
> > > +			syscon = entry;
> > > +			break;
> > > +		}
> > > +
> > > +	spin_unlock(&syscon_i2c_list_slock);
> > > +
> > > +	if (!syscon)
> > > +		syscon = syscon_i2c_register(client, regmap_config);
> > > +
> > > +	if (IS_ERR(syscon))
> > > +		return ERR_CAST(syscon);
> > > +
> > > +	return syscon->regmap;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +struct regmap *syscon_i2c_to_regmap_config(struct i2c_client *client,
> > > +					   struct regmap_config *regmap_config)
> > > +{
> > > +	return syscon_i2c_get_regmap(client, regmap_config);
> > > +}
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(syscon_i2c_to_regmap_config);
> > > +
> > > +struct regmap *syscon_i2c_to_regmap(struct i2c_client *client)
> > > +{
> > > +	return syscon_i2c_get_regmap(client, &syscon_i2c_regmap_config);
> > > +}
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(syscon_i2c_to_regmap);
> > 
> > What do you think about
> > 
> > struct regmap *syscon_i2c_to_regmap(struct device *dev)
> > {
> > 	struct i2c_client *client = i2c_verify_client(dev);
> > 
> > 	if (!client)
> > 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> > 
> > 	return syscon_i2c_get_regmap(client, &syscon_i2c_regmap_config);
> > }
> > 
> > Or even move it to syscon_i2c_get_regmap().
> > 
> > This way, (a) a driver doesn't have to use "#include <linux/i2c.h>" just
> > to call to_i2c_client() (or i2c_verify_client()) and (b) you won't do it
> > all over again in all sub drivers.
> > 
> > So you could just do a
> >   regmap = syscon_i2c_to_regmap(pdev->dev.parent);
> > 
> > I've also noticed that the mmio syscon uses device_node as parameter.
> > What
> > was the reason to divert from that? Just curious.
> 
> How is this supposed to be used?
> 
> I had something like the following in mind:
> 
> &i2c {
>   cpld@4a {
>     compatible = "simple-mfd";
>     reg = <0x4a>;
> 
>     gpio@4 {
>       compatible = "vendor,gpio";
>       reg = <0x4>;
>     };
>   };
> };

Yes, that was the idea.

> But I think the childen are not enumerated if its an I2C device. And
> the actual i2c driver is also missing.

What do you mean?  Can you elaborate?

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
Senior Technical Lead - Developer Services
Linaro.org │ Open source software for Arm SoCs
Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog



[Index of Archives]     [Device Tree Compilter]     [Device Tree Spec]     [Linux Driver Backports]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux PCI Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [XFree86]     [Yosemite Backpacking]


  Powered by Linux