Re: [PATCH] spi: sh-msiof: drop support for R-Car H3 ES1.[01]

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wolfram,

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 8:58 AM Wolfram Sang
<wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> These revisions have HW issues and are only early engineering samples
> used internally. We simply drop the MSIOF support for them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> We got confirmation from Renesas for dropping ES1.* support.

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-sh-msiof.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-sh-msiof.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>  #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>  #include <linux/sh_dma.h>
> +#include <linux/sys_soc.h>
>
>  #include <linux/spi/sh_msiof.h>
>  #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
> @@ -1257,8 +1258,15 @@ static void sh_msiof_release_dma(struct sh_msiof_spi_priv *p)
>         dma_release_channel(ctlr->dma_tx);
>  }
>
> +static const struct soc_device_attribute sh_msiof_blacklist[] = {
> +       /* Those have HW issues */
> +       { .soc_id = "r8a7795", .revision = "ES1.[01]" },
> +       { /* Sentinel */ }
> +};
> +
>  static int sh_msiof_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
> +       const struct soc_device_attribute *attr;
>         struct spi_controller *ctlr;
>         const struct sh_msiof_chipdata *chipdata;
>         struct sh_msiof_spi_info *info;
> @@ -1267,6 +1275,10 @@ static int sh_msiof_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         int i;
>         int ret;
>
> +       attr = soc_device_match(sh_msiof_blacklist);
> +       if (attr)
> +               return -ENOTSUPP;

I don't think adding more soc_device_match() calls is the proper way to
handle this...
What about adding a single check to drivers/soc/renesas/renesas-soc.c,
removing r8a77950*dts*, and removing all R-Car H3 ES1.x matches from
all drivers?

> +
>         chipdata = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
>         if (chipdata) {
>                 info = sh_msiof_spi_parse_dt(&pdev->dev);

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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