Re: [PATCH v7 05/15] dt-bindings: Document the STM32 reset bindings

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2015-05-05 16:07 GMT+02:00 Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 04/05/15 12:25, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>>
>> 2015-05-02 12:01 GMT+02:00 Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> On 02/05/15 08:55, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2015-05-01 10:08 GMT+02:00 Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 30/04/15 17:20, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This adds documentation of device tree bindings for the
>>>>>> STM32 reset controller.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tested-by: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Acked-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>     .../devicetree/bindings/reset/st,stm32-rcc.txt     | 107
>>>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>     1 file changed, 107 insertions(+)
>>>>>>     create mode 100644
>>>>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/st,stm32-rcc.txt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/st,stm32-rcc.txt
>>>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/st,stm32-rcc.txt
>>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>>> index 0000000..c1b0f8d
>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reset/st,stm32-rcc.txt
>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
>>>>>> +STMicroelectronics STM32 Peripheral Reset Controller
>>>>>> +====================================================
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +The RCC IP is both a reset and a clock controller. This documentation
>>>>>> only
>>>>>> +documents the reset part.
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +Please also refer to reset.txt in this directory for common reset
>>>>>> +controller binding usage.
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +Required properties:
>>>>>> +- compatible: Should be "st,stm32-rcc"
>>>>>> +- reg: should be register base and length as documented in the
>>>>>> +  datasheet
>>>>>> +- #reset-cells: 1, see below
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +example:
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +rcc: reset@40023800 {
>>>>>> +       #reset-cells = <1>;
>>>>>> +       compatible = "st,stm32-rcc";
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you intend the clock driver to use the same compatible string (given
>>>>> it
>>>>> is the same bit of hardware).
>>>>>
>>>>> If so, is it better to use st,stm32f4-rcc here? It seems unlikey to me
>>>>> that
>>>>> the register layout of the PLLs and dividers can be the same on the f7
>>>>> parts
>>>>> (and later).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I agree we need a compatible dedicate to f4 series for clocks, and
>>>> maybe even one for f429 (to be checked).
>>>> For the reset part, we don't have this need.
>>>>
>>>> So either we use only "st,stm32f4" as you suggest, or we can have both
>>>> in device tree:
>>>>
>>>> rcc: reset@40023800 {
>>>>       #reset-cells = <1>;
>>>>       compatible = "st,stm32f4-rcc", "st,stm32-rcc";
>>>>       reg = <0x40023800 0x400>;
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Having both makes sense. The reset driver probably doesn't care about
>>> differences between F4 and F7 (I know very little about F7 but I can't
>>> think
>>> of any obvious h/ware evolution that would confuse the current reset
>>> driver).
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> +       reg = <0x40023800 0x400>;
>>>>>> +};
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +Specifying softreset control of devices
>>>>>> +=======================================
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +Device nodes should specify the reset channel required in their
>>>>>> "resets"
>>>>>> +property, containing a phandle to the reset device node and an index
>>>>>> specifying
>>>>>> +which channel to use.
>>>>>> +The index is the bit number within the RCC registers bank, starting
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> RCC
>>>>>> +base address.
>>>>>> +It is calculated as: index = register_offset / 4 * 32 + bit_offset.
>>>>>> +Where bit_offset is the bit offset within the register.
>>>>>> +For example, for CRC reset:
>>>>>> +  crc = AHB1RSTR_offset / 4 * 32 + CRCRST_bit_offset = 0x10 / 4 * 32
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> 12
>>>>>> = 140
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +example:
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +       timer2 {
>>>>>> +               resets                  = <&rcc 256>;
>>>>>> +       };
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +List of valid indices for STM32F429:
>>>>>> + - gpioa: 128
>>>>>> + - gpiob: 129
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> + - sai1: 310
>>>>>> + - ltdc: 314
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> These numbers are stable for all STM32F4 family parts. Should this
>>>>> table
>>>>> go
>>>>> into a dt-bindings header file?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This has already been discussed with Philipp and Arnd in earlier
>>>> versions of this series [0].
>>>> I initially created a header file, and we  decided going this way
>>>> finally.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the link. I had overlooked that (I only really started paying
>>> attention at v5; I should probably have looked further back before
>>> commenting).
>>>
>>> However...
>>>
>>> Arnd's concerns about mergability of headers can also be met by using
>>> h/ware
>>> values in the header file can't there. To be honest my comment was pretty
>>> heavily influenced after having read a recent patch from Rob Herring (
>>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/5/1/14 ) which does exactly this.
>>>
>>> The main reason I got interested in having a header is that the reset
>>> bits
>>> and the clock gate bits are encoded using the same bit patterns so I
>>> wondering it we could express that only once.
>>
>>
>> Ok, I understand your need, and it makes sense.
>> The problem is that the values defined today cannot be re-used
>> directly for clocks.
>> Since the calculation is starting from rcc base, there is a 128 offset.
>>
>> To re-use the same values, maybe we should create a mfd dt-binding header
>> file.
>> It would contain the bits definition starting from 0, and  define
>> macros for both reset and clocks to add the offsets.
>>
>> For example, includes/dt-bindings/mfd/stm32f4-rcc.h would look like:
>>
>> #define GPIOA 0
>> #define GPIOB 1
>> ...
>> #define LTDC 186
>>
>> #define STM32F4_RESET(x) (x + 128)
>> #define STM32F4_CLOCK(x) (x + 384)
>>
>> Then, in DT, a reset would be described like this:
>>
>> timer2 {
>>      resets = <&rcc STM32F4_RESET(TIM2)>;
>> };
>>
>> Phillip, Daniel, does that look acceptable to you?
>
>
> Doesn't look unreasonable.
>
> I am a little uneasy simply because there are very few similar header files
> in that directory but I haven't thought of a better idea.

Since this file will be shared by both clock and reset drivers, I
don't see better option.
I will implement it in v8 if Philipp agrees.

Thanks,
Maxime

>
>
> Daniel.
>
>
>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Maxime
>>>
>>>
>>> I guess it doesn't matter that much, especially given there is only one
>>> .dtsi file, and we can add a header later and remain binary compatible.
>>> However if the same number set does end up repeated in different .dtsi
>>> files
>>> I think that would motivate adding a header for F4 family.
>>>
>>>
>>> Daniel.
>>>
>
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