[PATCH] ARM: AM33XX: board-generic: Add of_dev_auxdata to fix dev_id for CAN module

[Vaibhav Hiremath]

On 8/8/2012 5:13 PM, Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 07:38:01, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On 08/07/2012 10:53 AM, Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 20:49:48, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>> On 08/07/2012 08:37 AM, Vaibhav Hiremath wrote:
>>>>> If the module requires only one clocksource to function, then
>>>>> driver can very well call clk_get() api with "con_id = NULL",
>>>>>
>>>>>        clk = clk_get(dev, NULL);
>>>>>
>>>>> And platform code should respect this and return valid clk handle.
>>>>> That means, now the clk_get() api would rely on dev_id, and platform
>>>>> code should either have clk node with matching dev_id (with con_id=NULL)
>>>>> or return dummy clk node.
>>>>>
>>>>> With DT support, we can fix the dev_id for particular module
>>>>> using "struct of_dev_auxdata" to satisfy above clk framework requirement.
>>>>>
>>>>> In case of AM33XX, we required this for the DCAN module, so this
>>>>> patch adds "of_dev_auxdata" for both DCAN_0/1 instances.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Hiremath <hvaibhav at ti.com>
>>>>> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com>
>>>>> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul at pwsan.com>
>>>>> Cc: Benoit Cousson <b-cousson at ti.com>
>>>>> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> This patch is boot tested on BeagleBone platform, and checked for
>>>>> clk_get() return value in d_can module driver.
>>>>>
>>>>>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>  1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
>>>>> index 6f93a20..c9b7903 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
>>>>> @@ -37,11 +37,27 @@ static struct of_device_id omap_dt_match_table[] __initdata = {
>>>>>  	{ }
>>>>>  };
>>>>>
>>>>> +/*
>>>>> + * Lookup table for attaching a specific name and platform_data pointer to
>>>>> + * devices as they get created by of_platform_populate(). Ideally this table
>>>>> + * would not exist, but the current clock implementation depends on some devices
>>>>> + * having a specific name OR to satisfy NULL con_id requirement from driver.
>>>>> + */
>>>>> +static const struct of_dev_auxdata am33xx_auxdata_lookup[] __initconst = {
>>>>> +	OF_DEV_AUXDATA("bosch,d_can", 0x481cc000, "d_can.0", NULL),
>>>>> +	OF_DEV_AUXDATA("bosch,d_can", 0x481d0000, "d_can.1", NULL),
>>>>> +	{ },
>>>>> +};
>>>>
>>>> Adding an additional clkdev lookup accomplishes the same thing and is a
>>>> cleaner solution.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That is also required and I have submitted patch for the same -
>>>
>>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg187998.html
>>
>> That only adds the non-DT name. What I'm saying is you can have 2 lookup
>> names for the same clock.
>>
>>>
>>> With DT support, I am getting dev_id as -
>>>
>>>  - Without "reg" property: d_can.16 and d_can.17,
>>>    (I believe it changes dynamically here)
>>>
>>>  - With "reg" property: 481cc000.d_can and 481d0000.d_can
>>>
>>> Which is not so intuitive, I would like to see them as per Spec/TRM, so 
>>> doesn't this patch make sense?
>>
>> The spec doesn't have a base address for the module? This name is going
>> to get used in sysfs anyway, and the old name should be going away.
>>
> 
> This is certainly going to change user interface change, and I thought we 
> should not change the user interface irrespective of whether it is DT or 
> non-DT.
> Few points, which I do care about, are,
> 
> 1. request_irq():
>    For the driver if I am using dev_name(dev) as for the 3rd argument, which 
>    will now different with DT support - brings change in user interface.
> 
>    Non-DT:
>     #cat /proc/interrupts
>                CPU0
>     52:          0      INTC  xxx0
>     55:          0      INTC  xxx1
> 
>    DT:
>     #cat /proc/interrupts
>                CPU0
>     52:          0      INTC  481cc000.xxx
>     55:          0      INTC  481d0000.xxx
> 
> 
> 2. SYSFS:
>    For example,
>    Without auxdata:
>      /sys/devices/481cc000.xxx/
>      /sys/devices/481d0000.xxx/
> 
>    With auxdata:
>      /sys/devices/xxx.0/
>      /sys/devices/xxx.1/
> 
>    From user perspective, I still would not want to change the existing 
>    naming convention.
> 
> 3. Certainly I don't want user to go back to spec everytime to find out 
>    which address is mapped to which instance of module.
>    Also, in addition to that, in case of SoC's like AM33xx (for that matter, 
>    any embedded SoC) we have different domains and modules are placed in 
>    different domains as per use-cases.
>    For example, in this case, can0 is places in wakeup domain and can1 is 
>    placed in per-domain. Some boards might use only one instance or some 
>    board might use both of them.
> 
>    I still would like to keep instance number wherever user interface comes 
>    into picture and populate base address as an additional info to user.
> 
> 
> I may be missing something, may be I am not able to see the bigger picture 
> here.
> 
> Grant/Benoit, May be you can conform and put your opinion on this.
> 

Rob,

I think we do not have any conclusion on this, so here should I assume
that I should just simply add another clk node entry in clock-tree, like
below -

CLK("481cc000.d_can",   NULL,           &dcan0_fck,     CK_AM33XX),
CLK("481d0000.d_can",   NULL,           &dcan1_fck,     CK_AM33XX),



Thanks,
Vaibhav