[PATCH RFC 1/2] spmi: Add support for multi-master

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 11:08, Abel Vesa <abel.vesa at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> On 24-02-07 09:23:09, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 09:19, Abel Vesa <abel.vesa at linaro.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 24-02-07 01:55:39, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 01:34, Abel Vesa <abel.vesa at linaro.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Some newer SPMI controllers support multiple bus masters.
> > > > > Such a master can control multiple slave devices. The generic
> > > > > framework needs to be able to pass on the master id to the
> > > > > controller-specific driver. So do that. The framework will
> > > > > check if the devicetree child nodes are actually bus masters
> > > > > and will register the devices for each master. The legacy
> > > > > approach will still be supported for backwards compatibility.
> > > >
> > > > Please remind me, are those two actual bus musters driving a single
> > > > bus in parallel or two SPMI buses being handled by a single device? In
> > > > the latter case this implementation is incorrect. There should be
> > > > multiple spmi_controller instances, one for each bus. Allocate them in
> > > > a loop and set ctrl->dev.of_node after allocating.
> > >
> > > It's two SPMI buses (two sets of wires) handled by the same controller,
> > > HW-wise.
> > >
> > > If we register two spmi controllers with the kernel framework, it will
> > > be HW inaccurate, because there is just one controller which has
> > > multiple masters.
> >
> > struct spmi_controller is a controller for a single bus. Inside your
> > device you have two SPMI buses, each can be controlled by its own
> > struct spmi_controller. Just like devices that control multiple I2C,
> > SPI or USB busses register a separate instance of the bus controller.
>
> Well, this is what this patchset is trying to do in the generic part.
> The SPMI controller supports multiple buses (HW-wise) and therefore SW
> implementation shouldn't be tied to single bus requirement.

SPMI controller doesn't support multiple buses. You have a device
which has two SPMI controllers inside. Just like all multi-bus
controllers.

>
> >
> > >
> > > I'm not saying it might not work. But, to me, it looks more like a hack.
> > >
> > > Basically, we would be mapping HW bus masters to kernel controllers.
> >
> > Buses, not just masters.
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa at linaro.org>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/spmi/spmi-mtk-pmif.c |  6 ++--
> > > > >  drivers/spmi/spmi-pmic-arb.c | 10 +++---
> > > > >  drivers/spmi/spmi.c          | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> > > > >  include/linux/spmi.h         | 10 +++---
> > > > >  4 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > With best wishes
> > > > Dmitry
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > With best wishes
> > Dmitry



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With best wishes
Dmitry