2016-11-24 6:03 GMT+01:00 Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@xxxxxx>:
> On Thursday 24 November 2016 04:18 AM, David Lechner wrote:
>> On 11/23/2016 04:32 PM, Kevin Hilman wrote:
>>> David Lechner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 11/23/2016 04:27 AM, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>>>>> 2016-11-22 23:23 GMT+01:00 David Lechner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>> On 11/15/2016 05:00 AM, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Add the nodes for the MSTPRI configuration and DDR2/mDDR memory
>>>>>>> controller drivers to da850.dtsi.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> v1 -> v2:
>>>>>>> - moved the priority controller node above the cfgchip node
>>>>>>> - renamed added nodes to better reflect their purpose
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> arch/arm/boot/dts/da850.dtsi | 8 ++++++++
>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/da850.dtsi
>>>>>>> b/arch/arm/boot/dts/da850.dtsi
>>>>>>> index 1bb1f6d..412eec6 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/da850.dtsi
>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/da850.dtsi
>>>>>>> @@ -210,6 +210,10 @@
>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>> + prictrl: priority-controller@14110 {
>>>>>>> + compatible = "ti,da850-mstpri";
>>>>>>> + reg = <0x14110 0x0c>;
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think we should add status = "disabled"; here and let boards opt in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> + };
>>>>>>> cfgchip: chip-controller@1417c {
>>>>>>> compatible = "ti,da830-cfgchip", "syscon",
>>>>>>> "simple-mfd";
>>>>>>> reg = <0x1417c 0x14>;
>>>>>>> @@ -451,4 +455,8 @@
>>>>>>> 1 0 0x68000000 0x00008000>;
>>>>>>> status = "disabled";
>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>> + memctrl: memory-controller@b0000000 {
>>>>>>> + compatible = "ti,da850-ddr-controller";
>>>>>>> + reg = <0xb0000000 0xe8>;
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> same here. status = "disabled";
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> + };
>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>
>>>>> I did that initially[1][2] and it was rejected by Kevin[3] and
>>>>> Laurent[4].
>>>>>
>>>>> FYI this patch has already been queued by Sekhar.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. I did not see those threads.
>>>>
>>>> FYI to maintainers, having these enabled by default causes error
>>>> messages in the kernel log for other boards that are not supported by
>>>> the drivers.
>>>
>>> Then the driver is too noisy and should be cleaned up.
>>>
>>>> Since there is only one board that is supported and soon
>>>> to be 2 that are not, I would rather have this disabled by default to
>>>> avoid the error messages.
>>>
>>> IMO, what exactly are the error messages? Sounds like the driver is
>>> being too verbose, and calling things errors that are not really errors.
>>
>> It is just one line per driver.
>>
>> dev_err(dev, "no master priorities defined for this board\n");
>>
>> and
>>
>> dev_err(dev, "no settings defined for this board\n");
>>
>>
>> Since "ti,da850-lcdk" is the only board supported in these drivers, all
>> other boards will see these error messages.
>
> Thats pretty bad. Sorry about that. The original justification for
> keeping them enabled all the time was that they are in-SoC modules with
> no external dependencies (like IO lines or voltage rails) so they can be
> enabled on all boards that use DA850. While that remains true, the
> configuration itself is board specific.
>
> I think the error messages are still useful, so instead of silencing
> them, I think we should go back to keeping these nodes disabled by
> default and enabling only on boards which have support for it in the driver.
>
> Thanks,
> Sekhar
I'll send a patch.
Thanks,
Bartosz
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