linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/3] input: cygnus-update touchscreen dt node document

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:54:56 +0530
From:	Raveendra Padasalagi <raveendra.padasalagi@...adcom.com>
To:	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Jonathan Richardson <jonathar@...adcom.com>,
	Jon Mason <jonmason@...adcom.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
	Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/3] input: cygnus-update touchscreen dt node document

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Herring [mailto:robh@...nel.org]
> Sent: 12 February 2016 20:35
> To: Raveendra Padasalagi
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov; Arnd Bergmann; Russell King;
devicetree@...r.kernel.org;
> linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org; linux-input@...r.kernel.org; Pawel
Moll;
> Mark Rutland; Ian Campbell; Kumar Gala; Jonathan Richardson; Jon Mason;
> Florian Fainelli; Ray Jui; Scott Branden; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
bcm-
> kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] input: cygnus-update touchscreen dt node
document
>
> Your mailer is not handling wrapping correctly. Generally, Outlook does
not
> work for maillists.
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:24:43AM +0530, Raveendra Padasalagi wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dmitry Torokhov [mailto:dmitry.torokhov@...il.com]
> > > Sent: 09 February 2016 23:14
> > > To: Raveendra Padasalagi
> > > Cc: Arnd Bergmann; Russell King; devicetree@...r.kernel.org;
> > > linux-arm- kernel@...ts.infradead.org; linux-input@...r.kernel.org;
> > > Rob Herring;
> > Pawel
> > > Moll; Mark Rutland; Ian Campbell; Kumar Gala; Jonathan Richardson;
> > > Jon Mason; Florian Fainelli; Ray Jui; Scott Branden;
> > linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> > > bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] input: cygnus-update touchscreen dt node
> > document
>
> And Outlook's reply header is non-standard.
>
> [...]
>
> > > > In Cygnus SOC, Touch screen controller registers are shared with
> > > > ADC and flex timer IP's.
> > > > Using readl/writel could lead to race condition. So this patch is
> > > > introduced to take care mutually exclusive access of register's in
> > > > such a case.
> > > >
> > > > In the platform's where touchscreen register's are not shared
> > > > normal readl/writel could be used.
> > >
> > > Are there currently platforms where the registers are not shared? If
> > > we
> > have to
> > > use regmap to correctly update registers (and thus we need
> > > syscon) then I wonder if we should even attempt to support direct
> > register
> > > access by the driver.
> >
> > Currently there are no platforms without register sharing, but we
> > would like to keep the driver generic enough to take care of future
> > SOC's if comes with dedicated registers and same touchscreen IP being
> > re-used.
>
> These future SoCs will have a different compatible string and you should
use that
> to determine whether reg or syscon is used.

Thanks Rob. I will address this in the next patch.

> Rob