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Message-ID: <20110603192230.246630@gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:22:30 +0200
From: "Gerhard Pircher" <gerhard_pircher@....net>
To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Cc: benh@...nel.crashing.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [patch 00/14] Sort out i8253 and PC speaker locking and headers
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 19:00:38 +0100
> Von: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> An: Gerhard Pircher <gerhard_pircher@....net>
> CC: linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> Betreff: Re: [patch 00/14] Sort out i8253 and PC speaker locking and headers
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 09:11:19PM +0200, Gerhard Pircher wrote:
>
> > > #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS) || defined(CONFIG_X86)
> > > /* Use the global PIT lock ! */
> > > #include <asm/i8253.h>
> > > #else
> > > #include <asm/8253pit.h>
> > > static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(i8253_lock);
> > > #endif
> > >
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.h:
> > >
> > > #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS) || defined(CONFIG_X86)
> > > /* Use the global PIT lock ! */
> > > #include <asm/i8253.h>
> > > #else
> > > #include <asm/8253pit.h>
> > > static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(i8253_lock);
> > >
> > > $ git grep -F pcsp.h sound/drivers/pcsp
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.c:#include "pcsp.h"
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_input.c:#include "pcsp.h"
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c:#include "pcsp.h"
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_mixer.c:#include "pcsp.h"
> > > $ git grep -w i8253_lock sound/drivers/pcsp/
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.h:static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(i8253_lock);
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_input.c:
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_lock,
> > > flags
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_input.c:
> > > raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock,
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c:
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_lock,
> > > flags
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c:
> > > raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock,
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c: raw_spin_lock(&i8253_lock);
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c: raw_spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c: raw_spin_lock(&i8253_lock);
> > > sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp_lib.c: raw_spin_unlock(&i8253_lock);
> > >
> > > Locks are great, everybody should have their own lock!
> > >
> > > $ find . -name 8253pit.h
> > > ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/8253pit.h
> > > ./arch/alpha/include/asm/8253pit.h
> > > $ cat arch/*/include/asm/8253pit.h
> > > /*
> > > * 8253/8254 Programmable Interval Timer
> > > */
> > > /*
> > > * 8253/8254 Programmable Interval Timer
> > > */
> > > $
> > >
> > > Eh...
> > >
> > > $ git grep -w PCSPKR_PLATFORM
> > > arch/mips/Kconfig: select PCSPKR_PLATFORM
> > > arch/mips/Kconfig: select PCSPKR_PLATFORM
> > > arch/mips/Kconfig: select PCSPKR_PLATFORM
> > > arch/powerpc/platforms/amigaone/Kconfig: select PCSPKR_PLATFORM
> > > drivers/input/misc/Kconfig: depends on PCSPKR_PLATFORM
> > > init/Kconfig:config PCSPKR_PLATFORM
> > > sound/drivers/Kconfig: depends on PCSPKR_PLATFORM && X86 &&
> > > HIGH_RES_TIMERS
> > >
> > > So the status is:
> > >
> > > Alpha: There is no PCSPKR_PLATFORM so while a platform device is
> > > being installed no drivers will be built. I don't know
> > > which Alpha platforms or even if all of Alpha should be
> > > doing a PCSPKR_PLATFORM so I haven't even tried to sort
> > > this.
> > > ARM: No PC speaker supported, yeah :)
> > > PowerPC: Should compile but the locking is wrong but only the
> > > AmigaOne platforms should be affected.
> > The Kconfig dependencies cleanup patch for CHRP, PSERIES, etc. should
> > also apply to the AmigaOne. Can you resend it with a fix for the
> > AmigaOne, or should I send a patch?
>
> I can sort that; it's easy enough.
Thanks a lot!
> > I'll check next week, if the PC speaker is still working on my
> > AmigaOne.
>
> I can't imagine that it's going to break - the code is sorta simple ;-)
That's true, but testing the most recent Linux kernel on the AmigaOne is
never wrong. :-)
> One obscurity I noticed is this bit in the amigaone.dts:
>
> timer@40 {
> // Also adds pcspkr to platform devices.
> compatible = "pnpPNP,100";
> reg = <1 0x00000040 0x00000020>;
> };
>
> Shouldn't that rather be something like the following?
>
> pcspeaker@61 {
> device_type = "sound";
> compatible = "pnpPNP,800";
> reg = <1 0x61 1>;
> };
>
> pnpPNP,100 is the i8253 timer as I understand and pnpPNP,800 the PC
> speaker.
> If you interpret pnpPNP,100 to imply the presence of a PC speaker you
> can't express a system that has a i8253 but no PCspeaker in a DT so
> maybe amigaone.dts and arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c should be
> changed to use pnpPNP,800 instead?
That would be cleaner, but I guess it would break CHRP and PSERIES.
These platforms probably only provide a pnpPNP,100 entry in the device
tree (at least that's the case on the Pegasos2 CHRP machine AFAICT).
Gerhard
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