[RFC PATCH v2 1/5] clk: meson: axg: move reset controller's code to separate module

[Jerome Brunet]

On Wed 10 Apr 2024 at 10:56, Philipp Zabel <p.zabel at pengutronix.de> wrote:

> On Di, 2024-04-09 at 19:27 -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>> Quoting Conor Dooley (2024-04-09 05:05:37)
>> > On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 06:05:51PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
>> > 
>> > > > > Seconded, the clk-mpfs/reset-mpfs and clk-starfive-jh7110-sys/reset-
>> > > > > starfive-jh7110 drivers are examples of this.
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > > The auxiliary device creation function can also be in the
>> > > > > > drivers/reset/ directory so that the clk driver calls some function
>> > > > > > to create and register the device.
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > I'm undecided about this, do you think mpfs_reset_controller_register()
>> > > > > and jh7110_reset_controller_register() should rather live with the
>> > > > > reset aux drivers in drivers/reset/ ?
>> > > > 
>> > > > Yes, and also mpfs_reset_read() and friends. We should pass the base
>> > > > iomem pointer and parent device to mpfs_reset_adev_alloc() instead and
>> > > > then move all that code into drivers/reset with some header file
>> > > > exported function to call. That way the clk driver hands over the data
>> > > > without having to implement half the implementation.
>> > > 
>> > > I'll todo list that :)
>> > 
>> > Something like the below?
>> > 
>> > -- >8 --
>> > From a12f281d2cb869bcd9a6ffc45d0c6a0d3aa2e9e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> > From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
>> > Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 11:54:34 +0100
>> > Subject: [PATCH] clock, reset: microchip: move all mpfs reset code to the
>> >  reset subsystem
>> > 
>> > <insert something here>
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
>> 
>> Looks pretty good.
>
> Yes, that does look convincing.

Thanks a lot for the example Conor !

When it comes to Amlogic, I think the bits of reset instanciated by
clock drivers could probably share (part of) the code of the existing
amlogic reset driver. Some have toggle only, no level, but it is mostly
the same.

I'll try to have a look at it

>
> regards
> Philipp


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Jerome