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Message-ID: <20140318184551.GC22445@amegan>
Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:45:51 +0100
From:	Apelete Seketeli <apelete@...eteli.net>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] documentation: docbook: document process of writing
 an musb glue layer

Hello Rob,

On Mon, Feb-17-2014 at 01:45:52 AM +0100, Apelete Seketeli wrote:
> Document the process of writing an musb glue layer by taking the
> Ingenic JZ4740 glue layer as an example, as it seems more simple than
> most glue layers due to the basic feature set of the JZ4740 USB device
> controller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Apelete Seketeli <apelete@...eteli.net>

This is a gentle reminder for a review about this patch.
Any chance that you could review this anytime soon ?

Thank you in advance,
Cheers.

> ---
>  Documentation/DocBook/Makefile                     |    3 +-
>  Documentation/DocBook/writing_musb_glue_layer.tmpl |  873 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 875 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/DocBook/writing_musb_glue_layer.tmpl
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
> index 0f9c6ff..0bf7370 100644
> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
> @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml device-drivers.xml \
>  	    genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \
>  	    80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml \
>  	    alsa-driver-api.xml writing-an-alsa-driver.xml \
> -	    tracepoint.xml drm.xml media_api.xml
> +	    tracepoint.xml drm.xml media_api.xml \
> +	    writing_musb_glue_layer.xml
>  
>  include $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
>  
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/writing_musb_glue_layer.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/writing_musb_glue_layer.tmpl
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..837eca7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/writing_musb_glue_layer.tmpl
> @@ -0,0 +1,873 @@
> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
> +	"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
> +
> +<book id="Writing-MUSB-Glue-Layer">
> + <bookinfo>
> +  <title>Writing an MUSB Glue Layer</title>
> +
> +  <authorgroup>
> +   <author>
> +    <firstname>Apelete</firstname>
> +    <surname>Seketeli</surname>
> +    <affiliation>
> +     <address>
> +      <email>apelete at seketeli.net</email>
> +     </address>
> +    </affiliation>
> +   </author>
> +  </authorgroup>
> +
> +  <copyright>
> +   <year>2014</year>
> +   <holder>Apelete Seketeli</holder>
> +  </copyright>
> +
> +  <legalnotice>
> +   <para>
> +     This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it
> +     and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
> +     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> +     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +   </para>
> +
> +   <para>
> +     This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be
> +     useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
> +     warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> +     See the GNU General Public License for more details.
> +   </para>
> +
> +   <para>
> +     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> +     along with this documentation; if not, write to the Free Software
> +     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
> +     02111-1307 USA
> +   </para>
> +
> +   <para>
> +     For more details see the file COPYING in the Linux kernel source
> +     tree.
> +   </para>
> +  </legalnotice>
> + </bookinfo>
> +
> +<toc></toc>
> +
> +  <chapter id="introduction">
> +    <title>Introduction</title>
> +    <para>
> +      The Linux MUSB subsystem is part of the larger Linux USB
> +      subsystem. It provides support for embedded USB Device Controllers
> +      (UDC) that do not use Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI)
> +      or Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI).
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Instead, these embedded UDC rely on the USB On-the-Go (OTG)
> +      specification which they implement at least partially. The silicon
> +      reference design used in most cases is the Multipoint USB
> +      Highspeed Dual-Role Controller (MUSB HDRC) found in the Mentor
> +      Graphics Inventra™ design.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      As a self-taught exercise I have written an MUSB glue layer for
> +      the Ingenic JZ4740 SoC, modelled after the many MUSB glue layers
> +      in the kernel source tree. This layer can be found at
> +      drivers/usb/musb/jz4740.c. In this documentation I will walk
> +      through the basics of the jz4740.c glue layer, explaining the
> +      different pieces and what needs to be done in order to write your
> +      own device glue layer.
> +    </para>
> +  </chapter>
> +
> +  <chapter id="linux-musb-basics">
> +    <title>Linux MUSB Basics</title>
> +    <para>
> +      To get started on the topic, please read USB On-the-Go Basics (see
> +      Resources) which provides an introduction of USB OTG operation at
> +      the hardware level. A couple of wiki pages by Texas Instruments
> +      and Analog Devices also provide an overview of the Linux kernel
> +      MUSB configuration, albeit focused on some specific devices
> +      provided by these companies. Finally, getting acquainted with the
> +      USB specification at USB home page may come in handy, with
> +      practical instance provided through the Writing USB Device Drivers
> +      documentation (again, see Resources).
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Linux USB stack is a layered architecture in which the MUSB
> +      controller hardware sits at the lowest. The MUSB controller driver
> +      abstract the MUSB controller hardware to the Linux USB stack.
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting>
> +      ------------------------
> +      |                      | &lt;------- drivers/usb/gadget
> +      | Linux USB Core Stack | &lt;------- drivers/usb/host
> +      |                      | &lt;------- drivers/usb/core
> +      ------------------------
> +                 ⬍
> +     --------------------------
> +     |                        | &lt;------ drivers/usb/musb/musb_gadget.c
> +     | MUSB Controller driver | &lt;------ drivers/usb/musb/musb_host.c
> +     |                        | &lt;------ drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c
> +     --------------------------
> +                 ⬍
> +  ---------------------------------
> +  | MUSB Platform Specific Driver |
> +  |                               | &lt;-- drivers/usb/musb/jz4740.c
> +  |       aka &quot;Glue Layer&quot;        |
> +  ---------------------------------
> +                 ⬍
> +  ---------------------------------
> +  |   MUSB Controller Hardware    |
> +  ---------------------------------
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      As outlined above, the glue layer is actually the platform
> +      specific code sitting in between the controller driver and the
> +      controller hardware.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Just like a Linux USB driver needs to register itself with the
> +      Linux USB subsystem, the MUSB glue layer needs first to register
> +      itself with the MUSB controller driver. This will allow the
> +      controller driver to know about which device the glue layer
> +      supports and which functions to call when a supported device is
> +      detected or released; remember we are talking about an embedded
> +      controller chip here, so no insertion or removal at run-time.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      All of this information is passed to the MUSB controller driver
> +      through a platform_driver structure defined in the glue layer as:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static struct platform_driver jz4740_driver = {
> +	.probe		= jz4740_probe,
> +	.remove		= jz4740_remove,
> +	.driver		= {
> +		.name	= "musb-jz4740",
> +	},
> +};
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      The probe and remove function pointers are called when a matching
> +      device is detected and, respectively, released. The name string
> +      describes the device supported by this glue layer. In the current
> +      case it matches a platform_device structure declared in
> +      arch/mips/jz4740/platform.c. Note that we are not using device
> +      tree bindings here.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      In order to register itself to the controller driver, the glue
> +      layer goes through a few steps, basically allocating the
> +      controller hardware resources and initialising a couple of
> +      circuits. To do so, it needs to keep track of the information used
> +      throughout these steps. This is done by defining a private
> +      jz4740_glue structure:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +struct jz4740_glue {
> +	struct device           *dev;
> +	struct platform_device  *musb;
> +	struct clk		*clk;
> +};
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      The dev and musb members are both device structure variables. The
> +      first one holds generic information about the device, since it's
> +      the basic device structure, and the latter holds information more
> +      closely related to the subsystem the device is registered to. The
> +      clk variable keeps information related to the device clock
> +      operation.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Let's go through the steps of the probe function that leads the
> +      glue layer to register itself to the controller driver.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      N.B.: For the sake of readability each function will be split in
> +      logical parts, each part being shown as if it was independent from
> +      the others.
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static int jz4740_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct platform_device		*musb;
> +	struct jz4740_glue		*glue;
> +	struct clk                      *clk;
> +	int				ret;
> +
> +	glue = devm_kzalloc(&amp;pdev->dev, sizeof(*glue), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!glue)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	musb = platform_device_alloc("musb-hdrc", PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO);
> +	if (!musb) {
> +		dev_err(&amp;pdev->dev, "failed to allocate musb device\n");
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +
> +	clk = devm_clk_get(&amp;pdev->dev, "udc");
> +	if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
> +		dev_err(&amp;pdev->dev, "failed to get clock\n");
> +		ret = PTR_ERR(clk);
> +		goto err_platform_device_put;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = clk_prepare_enable(clk);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(&amp;pdev->dev, "failed to enable clock\n");
> +		goto err_platform_device_put;
> +	}
> +
> +	musb->dev.parent		= &amp;pdev->dev;
> +
> +	glue->dev			= &amp;pdev->dev;
> +	glue->musb			= musb;
> +	glue->clk			= clk;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_platform_device_put:
> +	platform_device_put(musb);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      The first few lines of the probe function allocate and assign the
> +      glue, musb and clk variables. The GFP_KERNEL flag (line 8) allows
> +      the allocation process to sleep and wait for memory, thus being
> +      usable in a blocking situation. The PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO flag (line
> +      12) allows automatic allocation and management of device IDs in
> +      order to avoid device namespace collisions with explicit IDs. With
> +      devm_clk_get() (line 18) the glue layer allocates the clock -- the
> +      <literal>devm_</literal> prefix indicates that clk_get() is
> +      managed: it automatically frees the allocated clock resource data
> +      when the device is released -- and enable it.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Then comes the registration steps:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static int jz4740_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct musb_hdrc_platform_data	*pdata = &amp;jz4740_musb_platform_data;
> +
> +	pdata->platform_ops		= &amp;jz4740_musb_ops;
> +
> +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, glue);
> +
> +	ret = platform_device_add_resources(musb, pdev->resource,
> +					    pdev->num_resources);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(&amp;pdev->dev, "failed to add resources\n");
> +		goto err_clk_disable;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = platform_device_add_data(musb, pdata, sizeof(*pdata));
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(&amp;pdev->dev, "failed to add platform_data\n");
> +		goto err_clk_disable;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_clk_disable:
> +	clk_disable_unprepare(clk);
> +err_platform_device_put:
> +	platform_device_put(musb);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      The first step is to pass the device data privately held by the
> +      glue layer on to the controller driver through
> +      platform_set_drvdata() (line 7). Next is passing on the device
> +      resources information, also privately held at that point, through
> +      platform_device_add_resources() (line 9).
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Finally comes passing on the platform specific data to the
> +      controller driver (line 16). Platform data will be discussed in
> +      <link linkend="device-platform-data">Chapter 4</link>, but here
> +      we are looking at the platform_ops function pointer (line 5) in
> +      musb_hdrc_platform_data structure (line 3).  This function
> +      pointer allows the MUSB controller driver to know which function
> +      to call for device operation:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static const struct musb_platform_ops jz4740_musb_ops = {
> +	.init		= jz4740_musb_init,
> +	.exit		= jz4740_musb_exit,
> +};
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      Here we have the minimal case where only init and exit functions
> +      are called by the controller driver when needed. Fact is the
> +      JZ4740 MUSB controller is a basic controller, lacking some
> +      features found in other controllers, otherwise we may also have
> +      pointers to a few other functions like a power management function
> +      or a function to switch between OTG and non-OTG modes, for
> +      instance.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      At that point of the registration process, the controller driver
> +      actually calls the init function:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static int jz4740_musb_init(struct musb *musb)
> +{
> +	musb->xceiv = usb_get_phy(USB_PHY_TYPE_USB2);
> +	if (!musb->xceiv) {
> +		pr_err("HS UDC: no transceiver configured\n");
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Silicon does not implement ConfigData register.
> +	 * Set dyn_fifo to avoid reading EP config from hardware.
> +	 */
> +	musb->dyn_fifo = true;
> +
> +	musb->isr = jz4740_musb_interrupt;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      The goal of jz4740_musb_init() is to get hold of the transceiver
> +      driver data of the MUSB controller hardware and pass it on to the
> +      MUSB controller driver, as usual. The transceiver is the circuitry
> +      inside the controller hardware responsible for sending/receiving
> +      the USB data. Since it is an implementation of the physical layer
> +      of the OSI model, the transceiver is also referred to as PHY.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Getting hold of the MUSB PHY driver data is done with
> +      usb_get_phy() which returns a pointer to the structure
> +      containing the driver instance data. The next couple of
> +      instructions (line 12 and 14) are used as a quirk and to setup
> +      IRQ handling respectively. Quirks and IRQ handling will be
> +      discussed later in <link linkend="device-quirks">Chapter
> +      5</link> and <link linkend="handling-irqs">Chapter 3</link>.
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static int jz4740_musb_exit(struct musb *musb)
> +{
> +	usb_put_phy(musb->xceiv);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      Acting as the counterpart of init, the exit function releases the
> +      MUSB PHY driver when the controller hardware itself is about to be
> +      released.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Again, note that init and exit are fairly simple in this case due
> +      to the basic set of features of the JZ4740 controller hardware.
> +      When writing an musb glue layer for a more complex controller
> +      hardware, you might need to take care of more processing in those
> +      two functions.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Returning from the init function, the MUSB controller driver jumps
> +      back into the probe function:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static int jz4740_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	ret = platform_device_add(musb);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(&amp;pdev->dev, "failed to register musb device\n");
> +		goto err_clk_disable;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_clk_disable:
> +	clk_disable_unprepare(clk);
> +err_platform_device_put:
> +	platform_device_put(musb);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      This is the last part of the device registration process where the
> +      glue layer adds the controller hardware device to Linux kernel
> +      device hierarchy: at this stage, all known information about the
> +      device is passed on to the Linux USB core stack.
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static int jz4740_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct jz4740_glue	*glue = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> +
> +	platform_device_unregister(glue->musb);
> +	clk_disable_unprepare(glue->clk);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      Acting as the counterpart of probe, the remove function unregister
> +      the MUSB controller hardware (line 5) and disable the clock (line
> +      6), allowing it to be gated.
> +    </para>
> +  </chapter>
> +
> +  <chapter id="handling-irqs">
> +    <title>Handling IRQs</title>
> +    <para>
> +      Additionally to the MUSB controller hardware basic setup and
> +      registration, the glue layer is also responsible for handling the
> +      IRQs:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static irqreturn_t jz4740_musb_interrupt(int irq, void *__hci)
> +{
> +	unsigned long   flags;
> +	irqreturn_t     retval = IRQ_NONE;
> +	struct musb     *musb = __hci;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&amp;musb->lock, flags);
> +
> +	musb->int_usb = musb_readb(musb->mregs, MUSB_INTRUSB);
> +	musb->int_tx = musb_readw(musb->mregs, MUSB_INTRTX);
> +	musb->int_rx = musb_readw(musb->mregs, MUSB_INTRRX);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The controller is gadget only, the state of the host mode IRQ bits is
> +	 * undefined. Mask them to make sure that the musb driver core will
> +	 * never see them set
> +	 */
> +	musb->int_usb &amp;= MUSB_INTR_SUSPEND | MUSB_INTR_RESUME |
> +	    MUSB_INTR_RESET | MUSB_INTR_SOF;
> +
> +	if (musb->int_usb || musb->int_tx || musb->int_rx)
> +		retval = musb_interrupt(musb);
> +
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&amp;musb->lock, flags);
> +
> +	return retval;
> +}
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      Here the glue layer mostly has to read the relevant hardware
> +      registers and pass their values on to the controller driver which
> +      will handle the actual event that triggered the IRQ.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      The interrupt handler critical section is protected by the
> +      spin_lock_irqsave() and counterpart spin_unlock_irqrestore()
> +      functions (line 7 and 24 respectively), which prevent the
> +      interrupt handler code to be run by two different threads at the
> +      same time.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Then the relevant interrupt registers are read (line 9 to 11):
> +    </para>
> +    <itemizedlist>
> +      <listitem>
> +        <para>
> +          MUSB_INTRUSB: indicates which USB interrupts are currently
> +          active,
> +        </para>
> +      </listitem>
> +      <listitem>
> +        <para>
> +          MUSB_INTRTX: indicates which of the interrupts for TX
> +          endpoints are currently active,
> +        </para>
> +      </listitem>
> +      <listitem>
> +        <para>
> +          MUSB_INTRRX: indicates which of the interrupts for TX
> +          endpoints are currently active.
> +        </para>
> +      </listitem>
> +    </itemizedlist>
> +    <para>
> +      Note that musb_readb() is used to read 8-bit registers at most,
> +      while musb_readw() allows us to read at most 16-bit registers.
> +      There are other functions that can be used depending on the size
> +      of your device registers. See musb_io.h for more information.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Instruction on line 18 is another quirk specific to the JZ4740
> +      USB device controller, which will be discussed later in <link
> +      linkend="device-quirks">Chapter 5</link>.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      The glue layer still needs to register the IRQ handler though.
> +      Remember the instruction on line 14 of the init function:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static int jz4740_musb_init(struct musb *musb)
> +{
> +	musb->isr = jz4740_musb_interrupt;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      This instruction sets a pointer to the glue layer IRQ handler
> +      function, in order for the controller hardware to call the handler
> +      back when an IRQ comes from the controller hardware. The interrupt
> +      handler is now implemented and registered.
> +    </para>
> +  </chapter>
> +
> +  <chapter id="device-platform-data">
> +    <title>Device Platform Data</title>
> +    <para>
> +      In order to write an MUSB glue layer, you need to have some data
> +      describing the hardware capabilities of your controller hardware,
> +      which is called the platform data.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Platform data is specific to your hardware, though it may cover a
> +      broad range of devices, and is generally found somewhere in the
> +      arch/ directory, depending on your device architecture.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      For instance, platform data for the JZ4740 SoC is found in
> +      arch/mips/jz4740/platform.c. In the platform.c file each device of
> +      the JZ4740 SoC is described through a set of structures.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Here is the part of arch/mips/jz4740/platform.c that covers the
> +      USB Device Controller (UDC):
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +/* USB Device Controller */
> +struct platform_device jz4740_udc_xceiv_device = {
> +	.name = "usb_phy_gen_xceiv",
> +	.id   = 0,
> +};
> +
> +static struct resource jz4740_udc_resources[] = {
> +	[0] = {
> +		.start = JZ4740_UDC_BASE_ADDR,
> +		.end   = JZ4740_UDC_BASE_ADDR + 0x10000 - 1,
> +		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM,
> +	},
> +	[1] = {
> +		.start = JZ4740_IRQ_UDC,
> +		.end   = JZ4740_IRQ_UDC,
> +		.flags = IORESOURCE_IRQ,
> +		.name  = "mc",
> +	},
> +};
> +
> +struct platform_device jz4740_udc_device = {
> +	.name = "musb-jz4740",
> +	.id   = -1,
> +	.dev  = {
> +		.dma_mask          = &amp;jz4740_udc_device.dev.coherent_dma_mask,
> +		.coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32),
> +	},
> +	.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(jz4740_udc_resources),
> +	.resource      = jz4740_udc_resources,
> +};
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      The jz4740_udc_xceiv_device platform device structure (line 2)
> +      describes the UDC transceiver with a name and id number.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      At the time of this writing, note that
> +      &quot;usb_phy_gen_xceiv&quot; is the specific name to be used for
> +      all transceivers that are either built-in with reference USB IP or
> +      autonomous and doesn't require any PHY programming. You will need
> +      to set CONFIG_NOP_USB_XCEIV=y in the kernel configuration to make
> +      use of the corresponding transceiver driver. The id field could be
> +      set to -1 (equivalent to PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE), -2 (equivalent to
> +      PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO) or start with 0 for the first device of this
> +      kind if we want a specific id number.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      The jz4740_udc_resources resource structure (line 7) defines the
> +      UDC registers base addresses.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      The first array (line 9 to 11) defines the UDC registers base
> +      memory addresses: start points to the first register memory
> +      address, end points to the last register memory address and the
> +      flags member defines the type of resource we are dealing with. So
> +      IORESOURCE_MEM is used to define the registers memory addresses.
> +      The second array (line 14 to 17) defines the UDC IRQ registers
> +      addresses. Since there is only one IRQ register available for the
> +      JZ4740 UDC, start and end point at the same address. The
> +      IORESOURCE_IRQ flag tells that we are dealing with IRQ resources,
> +      and the name &quot;mc&quot; is in fact hard-coded in the MUSB core
> +      in order for the controller driver to retrieve this IRQ resource
> +      by querying it by its name.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Finally, the jz4740_udc_device platform device structure (line 21)
> +      describes the UDC itself.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      The &quot;musb-jz4740&quot; name (line 22) defines the MUSB
> +      driver that is used for this device; remember this is in fact
> +      the name that we used in the jz4740_driver platform driver
> +      structure in <link linkend="linux-musb-basics">Chapter
> +      2</link>. The id field (line 23) is set to -1 (equivalent to
> +      PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE) since we do not need an id for the device:
> +      the MUSB controller driver was already set to allocate an
> +      automatic id in <link linkend="linux-musb-basics">Chapter
> +      2</link>. In the dev field we care for DMA related information
> +      here. The dma_mask field (line 25) defines the width of the DMA
> +      mask that is going to be used, and coherent_dma_mask (line 26)
> +      has the same purpose but for the alloc_coherent DMA mappings: in
> +      both cases we are using a 32 bits mask. Then the resource field
> +      (line 29) is simply a pointer to the resource structure defined
> +      before, while the num_resources field (line 28) keeps track of
> +      the number of arrays defined in the resource structure (in this
> +      case there were two resource arrays defined before).
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      With this quick overview of the UDC platform data at the arch/
> +      level now done, let's get back to the MUSB glue layer specific
> +      platform data in drivers/usb/musb/jz4740.c:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static struct musb_hdrc_config jz4740_musb_config = {
> +	/* Silicon does not implement USB OTG. */
> +	.multipoint = 0,
> +	/* Max EPs scanned, driver will decide which EP can be used. */
> +	.num_eps    = 4,
> +	/* RAMbits needed to configure EPs from table */
> +	.ram_bits   = 9,
> +	.fifo_cfg = jz4740_musb_fifo_cfg,
> +	.fifo_cfg_size = ARRAY_SIZE(jz4740_musb_fifo_cfg),
> +};
> +
> +static struct musb_hdrc_platform_data jz4740_musb_platform_data = {
> +	.mode   = MUSB_PERIPHERAL,
> +	.config = &amp;jz4740_musb_config,
> +};
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      First the glue layer configures some aspects of the controller
> +      driver operation related to the controller hardware specifics.
> +      This is done through the jz4740_musb_config musb_hdrc_config
> +      structure.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Defining the OTG capability of the controller hardware, the
> +      multipoint member (line 3) is set to 0 (equivalent to false)
> +      since the JZ4740 UDC is not OTG compatible. Then num_eps (line
> +      5) defines the number of USB endpoints of the controller
> +      hardware, including endpoint 0: here we have 3 endpoints +
> +      endpoint 0. Next is ram_bits (line 7) which is the width of the
> +      RAM address bus for the MUSB controller hardware. This
> +      information is needed when the controller driver cannot
> +      automatically configure endpoints by reading the relevant
> +      controller hardware registers. This issue will be discussed when
> +      we get to device quirks in <link linkend="device-quirks">Chapter
> +      5</link>. Last two fields (line 8 and 9) are also about device
> +      quirks: fifo_cfg points to the USB endpoints configuration table
> +      and fifo_cfg_size keeps track of the size of the number of
> +      entries in that configuration table. More on that later in <link
> +      linkend="device-quirks">Chapter 5</link>.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Then this configuration is embedded inside
> +      jz4740_musb_platform_data musb_hdrc_platform_data structure (line
> +      11): config is a pointer to the configuration structure itself,
> +      and mode tells the controller driver if the controller hardware
> +      may be used as MUSB_HOST only, MUSB_PERIPHERAL only or MUSB_OTG
> +      which is a dual mode.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Remember that jz4740_musb_platform_data is then used to convey
> +      platform data information as we have seen in the probe function
> +      in <link linkend="linux-musb-basics">Chapter 2</link>
> +    </para>
> +  </chapter>
> +
> +  <chapter id="device-quirks">
> +    <title>Device Quirks</title>
> +    <para>
> +      Completing the platform data specific to your device, you may also
> +      need to write some code in the glue layer to work around some
> +      device specific limitations. These quirks may be due to some
> +      hardware bugs, or simply be the result of an incomplete
> +      implementation of the USB On-the-Go specification.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      The JZ4740 UDC exhibits such quirks, some of which we will discuss
> +      here for the sake of insight even though these might not be found
> +      in the controller hardware you are working on.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Let's get back to the init function first:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static int jz4740_musb_init(struct musb *musb)
> +{
> +	musb->xceiv = usb_get_phy(USB_PHY_TYPE_USB2);
> +	if (!musb->xceiv) {
> +		pr_err("HS UDC: no transceiver configured\n");
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Silicon does not implement ConfigData register.
> +	 * Set dyn_fifo to avoid reading EP config from hardware.
> +	 */
> +	musb->dyn_fifo = true;
> +
> +	musb->isr = jz4740_musb_interrupt;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      Instruction on line 12 helps the MUSB controller driver to work
> +      around the fact that the controller hardware is missing registers
> +      that are used for USB endpoints configuration.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Without these registers, the controller driver is unable to read
> +      the endpoints configuration from the hardware, so we use line 12
> +      instruction to bypass reading the configuration from silicon, and
> +      rely on a hard-coded table that describes the endpoints
> +      configuration instead:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static struct musb_fifo_cfg jz4740_musb_fifo_cfg[] = {
> +{ .hw_ep_num = 1, .style = FIFO_TX, .maxpacket = 512, },
> +{ .hw_ep_num = 1, .style = FIFO_RX, .maxpacket = 512, },
> +{ .hw_ep_num = 2, .style = FIFO_TX, .maxpacket = 64, },
> +};
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      Looking at the configuration table above, we see that each
> +      endpoints is described by three fields: hw_ep_num is the endpoint
> +      number, style is its direction (either FIFO_TX for the controller
> +      driver to send packets in the controller hardware, or FIFO_RX to
> +      receive packets from hardware), and maxpacket defines the maximum
> +      size of each data packet that can be transmitted over that
> +      endpoint. Reading from the table, the controller driver knows that
> +      endpoint 1 can be used to send and receive USB data packets of 512
> +      bytes at once (this is in fact a bulk in/out endpoint), and
> +      endpoint 2 can be used to send data packets of 64 bytes at once
> +      (this is in fact an interrupt endpoint).
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Note that there is no information about endpoint 0 here: that one
> +      is implemented by default in every silicon design, with a
> +      predefined configuration according to the USB specification. For
> +      more examples of endpoint configuration tables, see musb_core.c.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Let's now get back to the interrupt handler function:
> +    </para>
> +    <programlisting linenumbering="numbered">
> +static irqreturn_t jz4740_musb_interrupt(int irq, void *__hci)
> +{
> +	unsigned long   flags;
> +	irqreturn_t     retval = IRQ_NONE;
> +	struct musb     *musb = __hci;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&amp;musb->lock, flags);
> +
> +	musb->int_usb = musb_readb(musb->mregs, MUSB_INTRUSB);
> +	musb->int_tx = musb_readw(musb->mregs, MUSB_INTRTX);
> +	musb->int_rx = musb_readw(musb->mregs, MUSB_INTRRX);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The controller is gadget only, the state of the host mode IRQ bits is
> +	 * undefined. Mask them to make sure that the musb driver core will
> +	 * never see them set
> +	 */
> +	musb->int_usb &amp;= MUSB_INTR_SUSPEND | MUSB_INTR_RESUME |
> +	    MUSB_INTR_RESET | MUSB_INTR_SOF;
> +
> +	if (musb->int_usb || musb->int_tx || musb->int_rx)
> +		retval = musb_interrupt(musb);
> +
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&amp;musb->lock, flags);
> +
> +	return retval;
> +}
> +    </programlisting>
> +    <para>
> +      Instruction on line 18 above is a way for the controller driver to
> +      work around the fact that some interrupt bits used for USB host
> +      mode operation are missing in the MUSB_INTRUSB register, thus left
> +      in an undefined hardware state, since this MUSB controller
> +      hardware is used in peripheral mode only. As a consequence, the
> +      glue layer masks these missing bits out to avoid parasite
> +      interrupts by doing a logical AND operation between the value read
> +      from MUSB_INTRUSB and the bits that are actually implemented in
> +      the register.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      These are only a couple of the quirks found in the JZ4740 USB
> +      device controller. Some others were directly addressed in the MUSB
> +      core since the fixes were generic enough to provide a better
> +      handling of the issues for others controller hardware eventually.
> +    </para>
> +  </chapter>
> +
> +  <chapter id="conclusion">
> +    <title>Conclusion</title>
> +    <para>
> +      Writing a Linux MUSB glue layer should be a more accessible task,
> +      as this documentation tries to show the ins and outs of this
> +      exercise.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      The JZ4740 USB device controller being fairly simple, I hope its
> +      glue layer serves as a good example for the curious mind. Used
> +      with the current MUSB glue layers, this documentation should
> +      provide enough guidance to get started; should anything gets out
> +      of hand, the linux-usb mailing list archive is another helpful
> +      resource to browse through.
> +    </para>
> +  </chapter>
> +
> +  <chapter id="acknowledgements">
> +    <title>Acknowledgements</title>
> +    <para>
> +      Many thanks to Lars-Peter Clausen and Maarten ter Huurne for
> +      answering my questions while I was writing the JZ4740 glue layer
> +      and for helping me out getting the code in good shape.
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      I would also like to thank the Qi-Hardware community at large for
> +      its cheerful guidance and support.
> +    </para>
> +  </chapter>
> +
> +  <chapter id="resources">
> +    <title>Resources</title>
> +    <para>
> +      USB Home Page:
> +      <ulink url="http://www.usb.org">http://www.usb.org</ulink>
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      linux-usb Mailing List Archives:
> +      <ulink url="http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb">http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb</ulink>
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      USB On-the-Go Basics:
> +      <ulink url="http://www.maximintegrated.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/1822">http://www.maximintegrated.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/1822</ulink>
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Writing USB Device Drivers:
> +      <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/writing_usb_driver/index.html">https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/writing_usb_driver/index.html</ulink>
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Texas Instruments USB Configuration Wiki Page:
> +      <ulink url="http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Usbgeneralpage">http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Usbgeneralpage</ulink>
> +    </para>
> +    <para>
> +      Analog Devices Blackfin MUSB Configuration:
> +      <ulink url="http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=linux-kernel:drivers:musb">http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=linux-kernel:drivers:musb</ulink>
> +    </para>
> +  </chapter>
> +
> +</book>
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