[PATCH v2 15/24] net: can: mscan: add a comment on reg to idx mapping
Gerhard Sittig
gsi at denx.de
Thu Jul 18 16:20:49 EDT 2013
add a comment about the magic of deriving an MSCAN component index
from the peripheral's physical address / register offset
Signed-off-by: Gerhard Sittig <gsi at denx.de>
---
drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c b/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c
index 5b0ee8e..bc422ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ static u32 mpc512x_can_get_clock(struct platform_device *ofdev,
goto exit_put;
}
- /* Determine the MSCAN device index from the physical address */
+ /* Determine the MSCAN device index from the peripheral's
+ * physical address. Register address offsets against the
+ * IMMR base are: 0x1300, 0x1380, 0x2300, 0x2380
+ */
pval = of_get_property(ofdev->dev.of_node, "reg", &plen);
BUG_ON(!pval || plen < sizeof(*pval));
clockidx = (*pval & 0x80) ? 1 : 0;
--
1.7.10.4
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