linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/8] mfd:syscon: Introduce claim/read/write/release APIs

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Date:	Wed, 8 May 2013 16:01:41 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Srinivas KANDAGATLA <srinivas.kandagatla@...com>,
	dong.aisheng@...aro.org, sameo@...ux.intel.com,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
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	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 3/8] mfd:syscon: Introduce claim/read/write/release APIs

On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 04:50:22PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> > In many cases a single syconf register contains bits related to multiple
> > devices, and therefore it need to be shared across multiple drivers at
> > bit level. The same IP block can have different syscon mappings on
> > different SOCs.

> My feeling is that syscon is the wrong place for this functionality,
> since regmap already handles (some of?) these issues. If you need
> additional synchronization, it's probably best to extend regmap
> as needed so other code besides syscon can take advantage of that
> as well.

This sounds like regmap_update_bits() ought to be all that's needed.

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