use IORESOURCE_REG resource type for non-translatable addresses in DT

[Stanimir Varbanov]

On 08/27/2014 09:24 PM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:06 PM, Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> On 07/29, Rob Herring wrote:
> [..]
>>>
>>> You might as well do of_property_read_u32 in the below example.
>>>
>>
>> Fair enough. The example is probably too simple. Things are
>> sometimes slightly more complicated and a simple
>> of_property_read_u32() isn't going to work in the case of
>> multiple reg values or when reg-names is in play.
>>
> 
> But do we have such cases in the Qualcomm PMICs?

yes, we have few - rtc, iadc and partially regulators.

> 
> The only case I've hit so far is for gpios and mpps, where it feels
> like reg should be base, size and not simply base reg of first gpio -
> but that's a different thing.
> 
> Also, so far it seems like most drivers just code the base address in
> the driver, as we have very specific compatibles.
> 
> 
> How about we stop trying so hard to make this "perfect" and just merge
> something close to Josh's original proposal and ignore this problem?
> Currently all we're doing is delaying any possibility of getting
> drivers for the individual blocks merged.
> If we have the dt bindings require the reg to be there, we can discuss
> and change this all we want later!

I totally agree with you, the latest PMIC version of the patches sent
two weeks ago follow this assumption but I didn't receive any
ack/reviewed-by from anyone and we miss the merge window. :(


-- 
regards,
Stan