linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mpc5200: psc-spi driver must not touch port

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:27:21 -0600
From:	"Grant Likely" <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	"Domen Puncer" <domen.puncer@...argo.com>
Cc:	"Dragos Carp" <dragos.carp@...tica.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mpc5200: psc-spi driver must not touch port_config or cdm registers

On 10/23/07, Domen Puncer <domen.puncer@...argo.com> wrote:
> On 23/10/07 21:39 -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> > From: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
> >
> > port_config and the cdm are the responsibility of firmware; and if
> > firmware doesn't set it up correctly, it should be fixed up by
> > platform code on a per-board basis because it's a property of the
> > board.
> >
> > Drivers should never touch these registers.  They are completely
> > unprotected and the platform may do odd things with them that the
> > driver must not interfere with.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
> > ---
> >
> > Domen, Dragos; can you please check your usage of this driver.  None of
> > the in-tree board ports use it as-is, but they are of course just a
> > device tree change away from being usable on the lite5200b.
>
> My test cases were just a jumper on RX-TX line.
>
> It's not even allowed to set mclken_div_pscX?
> There can be different speed devices on same SPI
> (spi_board_info->max_speed_hz).

Nope; do it in the platform code or a cdm driver.  Otherwise there is
no protection against collisions on the cdm registers.  The driver
could call a platform hook to fiddle with clocking, but it must not
touch it directly.

(BTW, I don't intended to push this version of the patch; I just want
to get everyone's brain juices flowing to figure out the best way to
solve it.)

Cheers,
g.

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
grant.likely@...retlab.ca
(403) 399-0195
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