[PATCH 13/18] ARM: at91/rtc-at91sam9: pass the GPBR to use via ressources
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Mon Feb 20 04:16:47 EST 2012
On 07:36 Mon 20 Feb , Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 02:20:10AM +0100, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > On 11:43 Mon 20 Feb , Ryan Mallon wrote:
> > > On 18/02/12 04:50, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
> > > >
> > > > The GPBR registers are used for storing RTC values. The GPBR registers
> > > > to use are now provided using standard resource entry. The array is
> > > > filled in SoC specific code.
> > > > rtc-at91sam9 RTT as RTC driver is modified to retrieve this information.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
> > > > Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at atmel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9260_devices.c | 10 +++++++-
> > > > arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9261_devices.c | 8 ++++++-
> > > > arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9263_devices.c | 16 +++++++++++--
> > > > arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9g45_devices.c | 8 ++++++-
> > > > arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9rl_devices.c | 8 ++++++-
> > > > arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91sam9260.h | 5 +--
> > > > arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91sam9261.h | 5 +--
> > > > arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91sam9263.h | 5 +--
> > > > arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91sam9g45.h | 5 +--
> > > > arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91sam9rl.h | 2 +-
> > > > drivers/rtc/rtc-at91sam9.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > > 11 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9260_devices.c b/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9260_devices.c
> > > > index 2071017..ae2b648 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9260_devices.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/at91sam9260_devices.c
> > > > @@ -718,14 +718,16 @@ static struct resource rtt_resources[] = {
> > > > .start = AT91SAM9260_BASE_RTT,
> > > > .end = AT91SAM9260_BASE_RTT + SZ_16 - 1,
> > > > .flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
> > > > - }
> > > > + }, {
> > > > + .flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
> > > > + },
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > static struct platform_device at91sam9260_rtt_device = {
> > > > .name = "at91_rtt",
> > > > .id = 0,
> > > > .resource = rtt_resources,
> > > > - .num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(rtt_resources),
> > > > + .num_resources = 1,
> > >
> > >
> > > Why this change? The device has two resources, and the rtc driver
> > > request both of them, so why are you saying there is only one resource
> > > here. It either needs to be changed back to use ARRAY_SIZE, or needs a
> > > comment explaining what magic is in use.
> > because the number of resources depends on the user of rtt
> > we must not hardcode the GPBR reg as this resource will be present only if the
> > rtc-at91sam9 is enabled
>
> Better would be to leave .num_resources uninitalized and set that
> appropriately elsewhere when you make the decision whether GPBR is
> present or not. That may help to avoid people trying to "fix" this
> for you via static checking tools.
>
> As Ryan mentions, a comment in the code would be a good idea too.
the comment is in the drivers code and Kconfig
and will be drop soon in favor of DT
Best Regards,
J.
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