[RFC PATCH 00/23] at91: Replace duplicate device initialisation code with common code

Ryan Mallon ryan at bluewatersys.com
Tue Apr 19 23:58:33 EDT 2011


On 04/20/2011 03:47 PM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 	I work olso on the same ideayou send first good
> 
> 	will take a look on it this week-end and test it

Thanks, that would be really helpful.

Hartley pointed out that there are a couple of mistakes in the patch
series (some bits get applied in the wrong patch, which I will fix), but
if you apply the whole series it should work correctly.

Thanks,
~Ryan

> Best Regards,
> J.
> On 13:10 Wed 20 Apr     , Ryan Mallon wrote:
>> Each AT91 variant (AT91RM9200, AT91SAM9260, etc) currently has its own
>> devices file, which includes the MMIO address, interrupt
>> configuration, GPIO setup, etc for each device. This results in a large
>> amount of duplicated code.
>>
>> This patch set introduces a framework for adding shared devices for the
>> AT91 platform and replaces the multiple device setup implementations for
>> each device with single implementations in the new framework. This has
>> a net reduction of nearly 5000 lines of code.
>>
>> Each of the arch/arm/mach-at91/*_devices.c files becomes a collection of
>> structures (with some initialisation callbacks where necessary) with a
>> table of devices which are present on the particular AT91 variant. All
>> structures/functions are marked as __init/__initdata so there is little
>> additional memory overhead. This also means that the #ifdefs around each
>> device can be removed from the *_devices.c files (but remain in the new
>> common devices.c file) without overhead.
>>
>> I have build tested the patch series for all of the  AT91 variants 
>> and devices, and have boot tested it on the AT91SAM9260 (Snapper 9260
>> board) and tested basic device functionality.
>>
>> Ryan Mallon (23):
>>   at91: Add common devices framework
>>   at91: Make Ethernet device common
>>   at91: Make USB OHCI/EHCI devices common
>>   at91: Make UDC device common
>>   at91: Make MMC device common
>>   at91: Make NAND device common
>>   at91: Make TWI device common
>>   at91: Make SPI device common
>>   at91: Make TCB device common
>>   at91: Make RTT device common
>>   at91: Make watchdog device common
>>   at91: Make UART devices common
>>   at91: Make PWM device common
>>   at91: Make SSC device common
>>   at91: Make AC97 device common
>>   at91: Make LCD controller device common
>>   at91: Make touchscreen device common
>>   at91: Make HDMAC device common
>>   at91: Make RTC device common
>>   at91: Make high speed USB gadget device common
>>   at91: Make compact flash device common
>>   at91: Move at91sam9263 CAN device to common devices
>>   at91: Remove mAgic and ISI device code
>>
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/Makefile               |    2 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at572d940hf.c          |    4 +
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at572d940hf_devices.c  | 1022 +++-------------
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91cap9.c             |    4 +
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91cap9_devices.c     | 1411 ++++----------------
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91rm9200.c           |    4 +
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91rm9200_devices.c   | 1321 ++++---------------
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9260.c          |    4 +
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9260_devices.c  | 1471 ++++-----------------
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9261.c          |    4 +
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9261_devices.c  | 1172 ++++--------------
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9263.c          |    4 +
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9263_devices.c  | 1589 +++++------------------
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9g45.c          |    4 +
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9g45_devices.c  | 1779 +++++---------------------
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9rl.c           |    4 +
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9rl_devices.c   | 1332 ++++----------------
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-1arm.c           |    6 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-afeb-9260v1.c    |   10 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-at572d940hf_ek.c |   12 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-cam60.c          |    2 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-cap9adk.c        |    4 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-carmeva.c        |    6 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-cpu9krea.c       |   16 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-cpuat91.c        |   12 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-csb337.c         |    4 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-csb637.c         |    4 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-eb9200.c         |    8 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-ecbat91.c        |    6 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-eco920.c         |    2 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-flexibity.c      |    2 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-foxg20.c         |   16 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-gsia18s.c        |   14 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-kafa.c           |    6 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-kb9202.c         |   10 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-neocore926.c     |    6 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-pcontrol-g20.c   |   10 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-picotux200.c     |    6 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-qil-a9260.c      |   10 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-rm9200dk.c       |    6 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-rm9200ek.c       |    6 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-sam9-l9260.c     |    8 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-sam9260ek.c      |   10 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-sam9261ek.c      |    6 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-sam9263ek.c      |    6 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-sam9g20ek.c      |   10 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-sam9m10g45ek.c   |    2 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-sam9rlek.c       |    4 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-snapper9260.c    |   14 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-stamp9g20.c      |   20 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-usb-a9260.c      |    4 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-usb-a9263.c      |    4 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/board-yl-9200.c        |   10 +-
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/devices.c              | 2002 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/devices.h              |  237 ++++
>>  arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/board.h   |   21 +-
>>  56 files changed, 4483 insertions(+), 9190 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-at91/devices.c
>>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-at91/devices.h


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