linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] mfd: syscon: add a DT property to set value width

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Message-ID: <20151117092126.GH17829@x1>
Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2015 09:21:26 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Damien Riegel <damien.riegel@...oirfairelinux.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, shawnguo@...nel.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, wim@...ana.be, robh+dt@...nel.org,
	sameo@...ux.intel.com, dinh.linux@...il.com, linux@...ck-us.net,
	kernel@...oirfairelinux.com, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] mfd: syscon: add a DT property to set value width

Looks like you forgot to Cc Arnd too.

Doing that for you now.

On Tue, 17 Nov 2015, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Damien Riegel wrote:
> 
> > Currently syscon has a fixed configuration of 32 bits for register and
> > values widths. In some cases, it would be desirable to be able to
> > customize the value width.
> > 
> > For example, certain boards (like the ones manufactured by Technologic
> > Systems) have a FPGA that is memory-mapped, but its registers are only
> > 16-bit wide.
> > 
> > This patch adds an optional "bus-width" DT binding for syscon that
> > allows to change the width for the data bus (i.e. val_bits). If this
> > property is provided, it will also adjust the register stride to
> > bus-width / 8. If not provided, the default configuration is used.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Damien Riegel <damien.riegel@...oirfairelinux.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt |  3 +++
> >  drivers/mfd/syscon.c                             | 12 ++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt
> > index fe8150b..4c9d187 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt
> > @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Required properties:
> >  - compatible: Should contain "syscon".
> >  - reg: the register region can be accessed from syscon
> >  
> > +Optional property:
> > +- bus-width: width of the data bus. Can be <8>, <16>, <32>, or <64>.
> > +
> >  Examples:
> >  gpr: iomuxc-gpr@...e0000 {
> >  	compatible = "fsl,imx6q-iomuxc-gpr", "syscon";
> > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
> > index 176bf0f..00b0995 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
> > @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static struct syscon *of_syscon_register(struct device_node *np)
> >  	struct syscon *syscon;
> >  	struct regmap *regmap;
> >  	void __iomem *base;
> > +	u32 bus_width;
> >  	int ret;
> >  	struct regmap_config syscon_config = syscon_regmap_config;
> >  
> > @@ -69,6 +70,17 @@ static struct syscon *of_syscon_register(struct device_node *np)
> >  	 else if (of_property_read_bool(np, "little-endian"))
> >  		syscon_config.val_format_endian = REGMAP_ENDIAN_LITTLE;
> >  
> > +	 ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "bus-width", &bus_width);
> > +	 if (!ret) {
> 
> This syntax is confusing, as we normally associate it with an error
> condition.  Instead, I'd use:
> 
>   if (of_property_read_u32(np, "bus-width", &bus_width) == 0)
> 
> Or, for more clarity:
> 
>   of_property_read_u32(np, "bus-width", &bus_width);
>   if (bus_width)
> 
> If you choose this version (which I think is my preferred method, don't
> forget to initialise 'bus_width' to zero.
> 
> > +		 /*
> > +		  * the property has been provided, regmap_init_mmio
> > +		  * will return an error if these values are invalid
> > +		  * so there is no need to check them here.
> > +		  */
> > +		 syscon_config.val_bits = bus_width;
> > +		 syscon_config.reg_stride = syscon_config.val_bits / 8;
> > +	 }
> > +
> >  	regmap = regmap_init_mmio(NULL, base, &syscon_config);
> >  	if (IS_ERR(regmap)) {
> >  		pr_err("regmap init failed\n");
> 

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