Hi Vadym,
On 08/09/2021 10:38, Vadym Kochan wrote:
Hi Srini,
Sorry for such delay in replies, I am still confused how to
implement it properly, let me please explain the issues
which I faced with:
Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On 16/06/2021 13:33, Vadym Kochan wrote:
diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index bca671ff4e54..648373ced6d4 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct nvmem_device {
nvmem_reg_read_t reg_read;
nvmem_reg_write_t reg_write;
struct gpio_desc *wp_gpio;
+ struct nvmem_parser_data *parser_data;
This should be renamed to nvmem_cell_info_parser or something on those lines
to avoid any misunderstanding on what exactly this parser is about.
May be can totally avoid this by using parser name only during register.
I added this to keep parsed cells particulary for this nvmem in case
same parser is used for several nvmem's and mostly because of using also
cell lookup info. I will try to also answer your below question why do I need
lookups ?
I use of_get_mac_address() func to fetch mac-address from nvmem cell.
Eventually this func calls of_get_mac_addr_nvmem() which (as I understand it
correctly) can find cells via DT by parsing "nvmem-cell-names" or via cell lookup
info of platform_device. I use the 2nd option with the following sample
solution:
## DT ##
eeprom_at24: at24@56 {
compatible = "atmel,24c32";
nvmem-cell-parser-name = "onie-tlv-cells";
reg = <0x56>;
};
onie_tlv_parser: onie-tlv-cells {
compatible = "nvmem-cell-parser";
status = "okay";
---> add ability here to map cell con_id to cell_name ?
};
some_dev_node {
compatible = "xxx";
base-mac-provider = <&onie_tlv_parser>;
Real nvmem provider is eeprom_at24, why do you use onie_tlv_parse as
your mac provider?
If you use eeprom_at24 then of_get_mac_address() should get mac-address
directly from cell info.
1) This DT node is a trick to register it as a platform_device because of:
static int of_get_mac_addr_nvmem(struct device_node *np, u8 *addr)
{
struct platform_device *pdev = of_find_device_by_node(np);
struct nvmem_cell *cell;
const void *mac;
size_t len;
int ret;
/* Try lookup by device first, there might be a nvmem_cell_lookup
* associated with a given device.
*/
if (pdev) {
ret = nvmem_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, addr);
put_device(&pdev->dev);
return ret;
}
cell = of_nvmem_cell_get(np, "mac-address");
if (IS_ERR(cell))
return PTR_ERR(cell);
...
}
I tried to use at24_eeprom as ref in DTS file, but this device is not a
platform device but a nvmem bus device, so it fails on:
...
struct platform_device *pdev = of_find_device_by_node(np);
...
/* Try lookup by device first, there might be a nvmem_cell_lookup
* associated with a given device.
*/
if (pdev) {
ret = nvmem_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, addr);
put_device(&pdev->dev);
return ret;
}
...
Probably this might be fixed by lookup nvmem device too ?
Honestly, this approach is a total hack to get it working.
This is what Am thinking which should look like:
## DT ##
eeprom_at24: at24@56 {
compatible = "atmel,24c32";
/* Some way to identify that this is a TLV data */
nvmem-cell-parser-name = "onie-tlv-cells";
reg = <0x56>;
mac_address: mac-address {
/* THIS REG is updated once TLV is parsed */
reg = <0 0x6>
};
};
some_dev_node {
compatible = "xxx";
nvmem-cells = <&mac_address>;
nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
};
== CODE ==
ret = of_get_mac_address(dev->of_node, base_mac);
==========
If you notice the mac_address node reg is 0.
This node "reg" property should be updated ( using of_update_property())
by nvmem-provider driver while tlv parsing and by matching the node name
with tlv name.
That way rest of the code will work as usual.
If this work for you then we can ask Rob if he foresee any issues in
this approach. I already see similar usage in reserved-memory case.
--srini
2) Regarding cell lookups registration, I had to use it because
of_nvmem_cell_get() will not find parser cells via OF.
status = "okay";
};
########
== CODE ==
base_mac_np = of_parse_phandle(np, "base-mac-provider", 0);
ret = of_get_mac_address(base_mac_np, base_mac);
==========
And it works with this implementation because onie-tlv-cells is
registered as platform_device which name is the same as parser's name.
So the really tricky part for me is to make this cells lookup work.
cell lookups are more of intended for board files, adding them in this
case is really not correct. The whole purpose of this driver is to
parse the tlv cell infos into nvmem cell info.
--srini
Of course would be great if you can point a way/idea to get rid the need of
lookups.
