[PATCH v6 4/6] mfd: tps65219: Add driver for TI TPS65219 PMIC

[Andrew Davis]

On 11/10/22 11:00 AM, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> jerome Neanne <jneanne at baylibre.com> writes:
> 
>> On 09/11/2022 22:59, Andrew Davis wrote:
>>> On 11/7/22 3:14 PM, Kevin Hilman wrote:
>>>> Nishanth Menon <nm at ti.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On 13:58-20221104, jerome Neanne wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you try an compile with W=1 please.
>>>>>> This raise one warning on mfd:
>>>>>> drivers/mfd/tps65219.c:28:12: warning: ‘tps65219_soft_shutdown’
>>>>>> defined but
>>>>>> not used [-Wunused-function]
>>>>>>      28 | static int tps65219_soft_shutdown(struct tps65219 *tps)
>>>>>>         |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>> soft_shutdown has been validated and is used in TI baseline even if not
>>>>>> hooked in upstream version further to this review:
>>>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220825150224.826258-5-msp@baylibre.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was a TI requirement to implement it...
>>>>>> Let me know if you want me to remove this function or if we can keep
>>>>>> it like
>>>>>> this.
>>>>>
>>>>> There are platforms without psci, correct? I think the comment was to
>>>>> drop the force override with system-power-controller property,
>>>>>
>>>>> if (!pm_power_off) {
>>>>>      tps65219_i2c_client = client;
>>>>>      pm_power_off = &tps65219_pm_power_off;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Could still be valid for such platforms, no? I do see that the
>>>>> capability that the PMIC has - which is software shutdown is a valid
>>>>> feature that we support in many different PMIC drivers. Is'nt the job of
>>>>> the driver to introduce the functionality in a manner that is
>>>>> appropriate to the OS framework?
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I think Nishanth is right here.
>>>>
>>>> We should probably keep the `if (!pm_power_off)` part so the PMIC will
>>>> be used if PSCI is not, but it also allows an easy way to test/use the
>>>> PMIC
>>>> shutdown functionality downstream if needed.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Then should be using the sys-off handler API[0] so it doesn't block PSCI
>>> which is also switching over[1].
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> [0] https://lwn.net/Articles/894511/
>>> [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg1024127.html
>> Can we go for upstream with v7 without tps65219_soft_shutdown. Then if
>> everyone agrees with Andrew proposal, I'll submit a separate patch which
>> adds implementation of tps65219_soft_shutdown support through sys-off
>> handler.
>>
>> So that we are not blocking upstream in case further
>> discussions/alignment are required.
> 
> Seems OK to me.  Nishanth?  Andrew?
> 
> But I think you'll need to at least submit a v8 without the unused
> code/dead code that Lee pointed out.
> 

If you need the v8 anyway, then add support through sys-off in
that spin, should only be a couple lines of change.

Andrew