On Tuesday 05 February 2013 at 15:29:09, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:51:36 +0100, Linus Walleij
<linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Lars Poeschel <larsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.txt
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
> > > +Microchip MCP2308/MCP23S08/MCP23017/MCP23S17 driver for
> > > +8-/16-bit I/O expander with serial interface (I2C/SPI)
> > > +
> > > +Required properties:
> > > +- compatible : Should be "mcp,mcp23s08-gpio", "mcp,mcp23s17-gpio",
> > > + "mcp,mcp23008-gpio" or "mcp,mcp23017-gpio"
> > > +- base : The first gpio number that should be assigned by this chip.
> >
> > No. We do not tie the global GPIO numbers into the device tree.
> >
> > In the DT GPIOs are referenced by ampersand <&gpio0 1 2>
> > notation referring to the instance, so as you realize DT itself
> > has no need for that number.
> >
> > Further it is not OS-neutral.
> >
> > You have to find another way to handle this in the driver code.
> > In worst case: use AUXDATA.
>
> Hi Lars,
>
> The trick is to declare the io expander to be a "gpio-controller" and
> use the #gpio-cells property to declare how many cells (32-bit numbers)
> are need to specify a single gpio line. Most gpio controllers use
> "gpio-cells=<2>"; The first cell is the *controller local* gpio
> number, and the second cell is used for flags. That way your gpio
> controller can be referenced by other nodes in the tree with a "gpios"
> property.
>
> You can find lots of examples of this in the tree.
Linus, Grant, thanks for the explanations. I think I have catched where it
should go.
The thing that confused me was, that the platform_data for the chip has a
mandatory "base" member, that sets the linux global gpio number at which the
chip should appear. A value of -1 for automatic assigning gpio number is not
allowed, the chip will not probe.
I have to change the driver to allow at least this -1 as an additional value.
As Linus pointed out, it is not desirable to set the global gpio base number
from device tree, right ? If I have 3 instances of this chips then, how can
userspace sw distinguish then to which one it is talking ?
This is an example for a DT entry (for i2c version) of the chip as I am
targetting it now:
gpiom1: gpio@20 {
reg = <0x20>;
compatible = "mcp,mcp23017-gpio";
gpio-controller;
#gpio-cells = <2>;
};
I am working on this but I have some strange issues with the driver
probing/not probing and kernel debug output. I hope I will solve this today.
I will send a new patch then.
Lars
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