Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: aspeed-sgpio: Convert txt bindings to yaml.

[Steven Lee <steven_lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The 05/28/2021 16:35, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 6:10 AM Steven Lee <steven_lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The 05/28/2021 07:51, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 2:55 AM Steven Lee <steven_lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > +  max-ngpios:
> > > > +    description:
> > > > +      represents the number of actual hardware-supported GPIOs (ie,
> > > > +      slots within the clocked serial GPIO data). Since each HW GPIO is both an
> > > > +      input and an output, we provide max_ngpios * 2 lines on our gpiochip
> > > > +      device. We also use it to define the split between the inputs and
> > > > +      outputs; the inputs start at line 0, the outputs start at max_ngpios.
> > > > +    minimum: 0
> > > > +    maximum: 128
> > >
> > > Why can this not be derived from the compatible value?
> > >
> > > Normally there should be one compatible per hardware variant
> > > of the block. And this should be aligned with that, should it not?
> > >
> > > If this is not the case, maybe more detailed compatible strings
> > > are needed, maybe double compatibles with compatible per
> > > family and SoC?
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for your suggestion.
> > I add max-ngpios in dt-bindings as there is ngpios defined in
> > dt-bindings, users can get the both max-ngpios and ngpios information
> > from dtsi without digging sgpio driver.
> >
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed-g5.dtsi#n354
> >
> > If adding more detailed compatibles is better, I will add them to sgpio driver
> > in V3 patch and remove max-ngpios from dt-bindings.
> >
> > Since AST2600 has 2 sgpio controller one with 128 pins and another one with 80 pins.
> > For supporting max-ngpios in compatibles, 2 platform data for each
> > ast2600 sgpio controller as follows are necessary.
> >
> > ```
> > static const struct aspeed_sgpio_pdata ast2600_sgpiom1_pdata = {
> >         .max_ngpios = 128;
> > };
> > static const struct aspeed_sgpio_pdata ast2600_sgpiom2_pdata = {
> >         .max_ngpios = 80;
> > };
> >
> > { .compatible = "aspeed,ast2500-sgpio" , .data = &ast2400_sgpio_pdata, },
> > { .compatible = "aspeed,ast2600-sgpiom1", .data = &ast2600_sgpiom1_pdata, },
> > { .compatible = "aspeed,ast2600-sgpiom2", .data = &ast2600_sgpiom2_pdata, },
> 
> There is a soft border between two IP blocks being "compatible"
> and parameterized and two IP blocks being different and having
> unique compatibles.
> 
> For example we know for sure we don't use different compatibles
> because of how interrupt lines or DMA channels are connected.
> 

Thanks for sharing the knowledge and examples.

> So if this is an external thing, outside of the IP itself, I might back
> off on this and say it shall be a parameter.
> 
> But max-ngpios? It is confusingly similar to ngpios.
> 
> So we need to think about this name.
> 
> Something like gpio-hardware-slots or something else that
> really describe what this is.
> 
> Does this always strictly follow ngpios so that the number
> of gpio slots == ngpios * 2? In that case only put ngpios into
> the device tree and multiply by 2 in the driver, because ngpios
> is exactly for this: parameterizing hardware limitations.
> 

The parameter max-ngpios is the maxmum number of gpio pins that SoC supported,
ngpios is the maximum number of gpio pins that sgpio devices(e.g. sgpio cards) supported.

For instance, a sgpio card that supports 64 gpio pins which is connected to
ast2600evb sgpio master interface 2. The dts file should be configured as follows.

```
max-ngpios = <80>
ngpios = <64>

```

About the parameter naming, I was wondering if 'ngpios-of-sgpiom' is more clear
than max-ngpios as it is the maximum number of gpio pins that sgpio master
interfaces supported.

> Yours,
> Linus Walleij