[PATCH 1/7] ARM: shmobile: r8a73a4 dtsi: Add missing "gpio-ranges" to gpio node
Geert Uytterhoeven
geert at linux-m68k.org
Tue Jul 14 05:05:14 PDT 2015
Hi Laurent, Linus,
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 June 2015 09:45:21 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> If a GPIO driver uses gpiochip_add_pin_range() (which is usually the
>> case for GPIO/PFC combos), the GPIO hogging mechanism configured from DT
>> doesn't work:
>>
>> requesting hog GPIO led1-high (chip r8a73a4_pfc, offset 28) failed
>>
>> The actual error code is -517 == -EPROBE_DEFER.
>>
>> The problem is that PFC+GPIO registration is handled in multiple steps:
>> 1. pinctrl_register(),
>> 2. gpiochip_add(),
>> 3. gpiochip_add_pin_range().
>>
>> Configuration of the hogs is handled in gpiochip_add():
>>
>> gpiochip_add
>> of_gpiochip_add
>> of_gpiochip_scan_hogs
>> gpiod_hog
>> gpiochip_request_own_desc
>> __gpiod_request
>> chip->request
>> pinctrl_request_gpio
>> pinctrl_get_device_gpio_range
>>
>> However, at this point the GPIO controller hasn't been added to
>> pinctrldev_list yet, so the range can't be found, and the operation fails
>> with -EPROBE_DEFER.
>>
>> To fix this, add a "gpio-ranges" property to the gpio device node, so
>> the ranges are added by of_gpiochip_add_pin_range(), which is called by
>> of_gpiochip_add() before the call to of_gpiochip_scan_hogs().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
>
> This looks sane to me, even though referencing the same DT node seems a bit
> dodgy. I'll let Linus comment on that, but for the implementation itself,
>
> Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
Thank you!
Any wise words from Linus?
Thanks again!
>
>> ---
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi | 7 +++++++
>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
>> index 5090d1a8f652e8be..cb4f7b2798fe23be 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
>> @@ -207,6 +207,13 @@
>> reg = <0 0xe6050000 0 0x9000>;
>> gpio-controller;
>> #gpio-cells = <2>;
>> + gpio-ranges =
>> + <&pfc 0 0 31>, <&pfc 32 32 9>,
>> + <&pfc 64 64 22>, <&pfc 96 96 31>,
>> + <&pfc 128 128 7>, <&pfc 160 160 19>,
>> + <&pfc 192 192 31>, <&pfc 224 224 27>,
>> + <&pfc 256 256 28>, <&pfc 288 288 21>,
>> + <&pfc 320 320 10>;
>> interrupts-extended =
>> <&irqc0 0 0>, <&irqc0 1 0>, <&irqc0 2 0>, <&irqc0 3 0>,
>> <&irqc0 4 0>, <&irqc0 5 0>, <&irqc0 6 0>, <&irqc0 7 0>,
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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