Re: [PATCH 2/3] usb: dwc3: add Fujitsu Specific Glue layer

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Hi,

On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 04:28:34PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 02 January 2015 19:21:28 Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 11:12:51AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > On Monday 29 December 2014 01:52:04 Sneeker Yeh wrote:
> > > > > > +static int dwc3_mb86s70_remove_child(struct device *dev, void *unused)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +     struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +     of_device_unregister(pdev);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +     return 0;
> > > > > > +}
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +static u64 dwc3_mb86s70_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
> > > > >
> > > > > why ? Use dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent().
> > > > >
> > > > 
> > > > okay.
> > > 
> > > Actually that is still wrong: we use dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent() to
> > > annotate drivers that have traditionally been forcing their own dma mask
> > > by some other means and that need to be changed to something proper (after
> > > finding out why they did it in the first place).
> > > 
> > > Since this is about a child device, the correct interface is to use
> > > platform_device_register_full().
> > 
> > no, that's wrong. He's essentially fixing the default set by OF core,
> > which is always 32-bits anyway, so this can actually be removed. Your
> > suggestion would just make it worse.
> 
> Ah, so this was for a device that gets probed from DT? Yes, then no
> change is needed here at all.

right.

> Note that I'm working on a patch set to change the DT initialization to
> be a little smarter about the mask. Specifically any device whose parent
> has a smaller dma-ranges window than 4GB needs to start out with the
> smaller mask, and the dma_set_mask function that is called to allow 64-bit
> DMA on a device will check if the bus can actually support it.

please make sure have that patch soaking in linux-next for weeks before
attempting to merge it upstream. I would target v3.21 with such a patch.
At least keystone might be a little weird about what you describe
considering the thing boots from HIGHMEM. Also needs to consider LPAE,
etc.

-- 
balbi

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