[PATCH v5 1/3] ARM: mxs: add GPMI-NFC support for imx23/imx28

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello,

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 03:55:19PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 30 June 2011, Huang Shijie wrote:
> > add GPMI-NFC support for imx23 and imx28.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <b32955 at freescale.com>
> 
> > +/**
> > + * struct gpmi_nfc_platform_data - GPMI NFC driver platform data.
> > + *
> > + * This structure communicates platform-specific information to the GPMI NFC
> > + * driver that can't be expressed as resources.
> > + *
> > + * @platform_init:           A pointer to a function the driver will call to
> > + *                           initialize the platform (e.g., set up the pin mux).
> > + * @platform_exit:           A pointer to a function the driver will call to
> > + *                           exit the platform (e.g., free pins).
> > + * @min_prop_delay_in_ns:    Minimum propagation delay of GPMI signals to and
> > + *                           from the NAND Flash device, in nanoseconds.
> > + * @max_prop_delay_in_ns:    Maximum propagation delay of GPMI signals to and
> > + *                           from the NAND Flash device, in nanoseconds.
> > + * @max_chip_count:          The maximum number of chips for which the driver
> > + *                           should configure the hardware. This value most
> > + *                           likely reflects the number of pins that are
> > + *                           connected to a NAND Flash device. If this is
> > + *                           greater than the SoC hardware can support, the
> > + *                           driver will print a message and fail to initialize.
> > + * @partitions:              An optional pointer to an array of partition
> > + *                           descriptions.
> > + * @partition_count:         The number of elements in the partitions array.
> > + */
> > +struct gpmi_nfc_platform_data {
> > +	/* SoC hardware information. */
> > +	int		(*platform_init)(void);
> > +	void		(*platform_exit)(void);
> > +
> > +	/* NAND Flash information. */
> > +	unsigned int	min_prop_delay_in_ns;
> > +	unsigned int	max_prop_delay_in_ns;
> > +	unsigned int	max_chip_count;
> > +
> > +	/* Medium information. */
> > +	struct mtd_partition *partitions;
> > +	unsigned	partition_count;
> > +};
> 
> When adding new infrastructure, always keep in mind how you want it to look
> after the device tree conversion. The partitions and min/max_* are easily covered
> with that, but the init/exit function pointers are somewhat problematic.
> 
> Fortunately, you don't really require these functions for this driver. The _exit
> function is completely unused, so just get rid of it.
> 
> The init function is used only to set up iomux, so the logical replacement is
> a pointer to the iomux data, and calling mxs_iomux_setup_multiple_pads
> directly from the driver.
Why not put the iomux stuff into the per-machine table and get rid of
the init callback, too?

Best regards
Uwe

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