Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] gpio: dt-bindings: add parsing of loongson gpio offset

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 8:19 AM Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 在 2023/8/9 下午11:39, Conor Dooley 写道:
> > On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 03:47:55PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
> >> 在 2023/8/8 下午8:05, Conor Dooley 写道:
> >>> On Mon, Aug 07, 2023 at 03:40:42PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
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> >>>> +  loongson,gpio-ctrl-mode:
> >>>> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> >>>> +    description:
> >>>> +      This option indicate this GPIO control mode, where '0' represents
> >>>> +      bit control mode and '1' represents byte control mode.
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> >>> How is one supposed to know which of these modes to use?
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> >> Byte mode is to access by byte, such as gpio3, the base address of the
> >> gpio controller is offset by 3 bytes as the access address of gpio3.
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> >> The bit mode is the normal mode that like other platform gpio and it is
> >> to access by bit.
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> >> If both modes are supported, it is recommended to prioritize using byte
> >> mode that according to spec.
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> > So, sounds like this property should instead be a boolean that notes
> > whether the hardware supports the mode or not, rather than the current
> > enum used to determine software policy.
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> okay, I got it, I will use boolean,
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Why do you want to put it into device-tree so badly? This is not the
first driver that would have of_match_data for different variants
where you can have a structure that would keep offsets for different
models. It's not like you will have hundreds of "compatible" chips
anyway, most likely just a few?

Bart