[PATCH] slimbus: Linux driver framework for SLIMbus.

[Sagar Dharia]

> These are initial comments. A full review of the patch will take some
> time. While I am posting this email, this is the result of work both
> by myself, and my colleague Greg Clemson (cc'ed).
>
Thank you Marc and Greg for taking time to review this.

> The enumeration slim_ch_proto is incorrect. It declares 2 transport
> protocols which do not exist in the specification: SLIM_HARD_ISO;
> SLIM_AUTO_ISO.

The enums are more SW representation (and not 1-1 mapping). Difference
between HARD_ISO and AUTO_ISO with example:
Let's say the root frequency is 24.576MHz. then all 4K family channels
(sample rate multiple of 4K) can run isochronously, and all 11.025KHz
channel can run with good efficiency.
So if a client wants 11.025KHz and is does not want to do flow-control at
this root frequency, then the client can specify AUTO_ISO to get the next
available isochronous frequency.

> I suggest that term "enumeration address" should be used.
>
Thank you for catching this. I will change it where-ever applicable.

> b) Similarly to (a) the driver may be probed before the device has
> been given a logical address (LA). This makes sense in the case of
> driver that turns on the device (say via gpio) once the bus has
> booted. However, the driver then needs to sit and poll
> slim_get_logical_addr() until the logical address.
This is not the case anymore.
While taking care of the comments for RFC, I have introduced a completion
that will be signalled when LA is given to the device. The driver can wait
on that completion (wait_enum) instead of polling.

Regards
Sagar
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