[PATCH v4 04/12] thermal: armada: Clarify control registers accesses

[Miquel RAYNAL]

Hi Baruch,

On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:19:41 +0200
Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> wrote:

> Hi Miquèl,
> 
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 09:08:14AM +0100, Miquel RAYNAL wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 07:51:54 +0200
> > Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> wrote:  
> > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 01:32:33AM +0100, Miquel RAYNAL wrote:  
> > > > On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 22:35:42 +0200
> > > > Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> wrote:    
> > > > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 03:36:35PM +0100, Miquel Raynal
> > > > > wrote:    
> > > > > > Bindings were incomplete for a long time by only exposing
> > > > > > one of the two available control registers. To ease the
> > > > > > migration to the full bindings (already in use for the
> > > > > > Armada 375 SoC), rename the pointers for clarification.
> > > > > > This way, it will only be needed to add another pointer to
> > > > > > access the other control register when the time comes.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This avoids dangerous situations where the offset 0 of the
> > > > > > control area can be either one register or the other
> > > > > > depending on the bindings used. After this change, device
> > > > > > trees of other SoCs could be migrated to the "full"
> > > > > > bindings if they may benefit from features from the
> > > > > > unaccessible register, without any change in the driver.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal
> > > > > > <miquel.raynal at free-electrons.com> Reviewed-by: Gregory
> > > > > > CLEMENT <gregory.clement at free-electrons.com> ---      
> > > > > 
> > > > > [...]
> > > > >     
> > > > > > +	/*
> > > > > > +	 * Legacy DT bindings only described "control1"
> > > > > > register (also referred
> > > > > > +	 * as "control MSB" on old documentation). New
> > > > > > bindings cover
> > > > > > +	 * "control0/control LSB" and "control1/control
> > > > > > MSB" registers within
> > > > > > +	 * the same resource, which is then of size 8
> > > > > > instead of 4.
> > > > > > +	 */
> > > > > > +	if (resource_size(res) == LEGACY_CONTROL_MEM_LEN) {
> > > > > > +		/* ->control0 unavailable in this
> > > > > > configuration */
> > > > > > +		priv->control1 = control +
> > > > > > LEGACY_CONTROL1_OFFSET;
> > > > > > +	} else {
> > > > > > +		priv->control0 = control + CONTROL0_OFFSET;
> > > > > > +		priv->control1 = control + CONTROL1_OFFSET;
> > > > > > +	}      
> > > > > 
> > > > > The needs_control0 field that you mentioned in the cover page
> > > > > is missing here.    
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, at this point nobody actually *needs* control0 so the
> > > > limitation is added with the patch that introduce ap806 support
> > > > as it is the first compatible that needs both control0 and
> > > > control1 to work correctly. Does this bother you?    
> > > 
> > > No. It is just that we agreed to have a verification here that the
> > > size of the control registers resource matches the binding. I
> > > thought that the needs_control0 field that you mention in the
> > > cover page is meant to implement that.  
> > 
> > That is absolutely right, but at this point in the series, the
> > supported compatible strings are
> > "marvell,armada[370|375|38x|xp]-thermal". All of them can use both
> > bindings so I don't see the point to have a needs_control0 field in
> > this patch. It is introduced in the next patch that adds support
> > for ap806 by only supporting the new bindings though.  
> 
> OK. Makes sense.
> 
> > > necessary. It would just make sure that no one introduces a DT
> > > with the wrong resource size.  
> > 
> > Not sure I understand what exactly you wanna check, can you
> > give me an example?  
> 
> I wrote that before it occurred to me that we can use the control
> registers size the distinguish between the old binding and the new
> one.
> 
> I still think it would be nice to add needs_control0=true to
> armada375_data, for consistency with the ap806 and cp110.

Oh that is right, I forgot about that. I will add it and move the
need_control0 boolean to this patch.

Thank you,
Miquèl

> 
> baruch
> 



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