Re: [PATCH v2 bus+gpio 1/4] bus: Add support for Moxtet bus

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 11:35 AM Marek Behún <marek.behun@xxxxxx> wrote:

> On the Turris Mox router different modules can be connected to the main
> CPU board: currently a module with a SFP cage, a module with MiniPCIe
> connector, a 4-port switch module, an 8-port switch module, and a 4-port
> USB3 module.
>
> For example:
>   [CPU]-[PCIe]-[8-port switch]-[8-port switch]-[SFP]
>
> Each of this modules has an input and output shift register, and these
> are connected via SPI to the CPU board.
>
> Via SPI we are able to discover which modules are connected, in which
> order, and we can also read some information about the modules or
> configure them.
> From each module 8 bits can be read (of which low 4 bits identify the
> module) and 8 bits can be written.
>
> For example from the module with a SFP cage we can read the LOS,
> TX-FAULT and MOD-DEF0 signals, while we can write TX-DISABLE and
> RATE-SELECT signals.
>
> This driver creates a new bus type, called "moxtet". For each Mox module
> it finds via SPI, it creates a new device on the moxtet bus so that
> drivers can be written for them.
>
> The topology of how Mox modules are connected can then be read by
> listing /sys/bus/moxtet/devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <marek.behun@xxxxxx>

This looks fine to me. Maybe strange with "gpio" in the
subject of the mail? Consider adding sysfs ABI documentation
in Documentation/ABI/testing/*
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij