linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/14] staging: comedi: daqboard2000: rename serial EEPROM register macros

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Message-ID: <573C4319.8020007@mev.co.uk>
Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 11:25:29 +0100
From:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:	Hartley Sweeten <HartleyS@...ionengravers.com>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/14] staging: comedi: daqboard2000: rename serial EEPROM
 register macros

On 17/05/16 18:22, Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 2:53 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
>> Rename the macros defining values for the Serial EEPROM Control Register
>> to avoid CamelCase.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
>> ---
>>   drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/daqboard2000.c | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
>>   1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/daqboard2000.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/daqboard2000.c
>> index fde0924..b3b68e8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/daqboard2000.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/daqboard2000.c
>> @@ -116,12 +116,12 @@
>>   #define DAQBOARD2000_SUBSYSTEM_IDS4	0x0004	/* Daqboard/2000 - 4 Dacs */
>
> Ian,
>
> This board uses a PLX-9080 chip for the PCI interface.
>
> If would be better to include <plx9080.h> and use the register/bit defines
> to remove the magic numbers.

I was planning to do that, but want to massage plx9080.h a bit first.

>
> The only PLX register used is PLX_CONTROL_REG (0x6c).
>
>>   /* Initialization bits for the Serial EEPROM Control Register */
>> -#define DAQBOARD2000_SECRProgPinHi      0x8001767e
>> -#define DAQBOARD2000_SECRProgPinLo      0x8000767e
>> -#define DAQBOARD2000_SECRLocalBusHi     0xc000767e
>> -#define DAQBOARD2000_SECRLocalBusLo     0x8000767e
>> -#define DAQBOARD2000_SECRReloadHi       0xa000767e
>> -#define DAQBOARD2000_SECRReloadLo       0x8000767e
>> +#define DAQBOARD2000_SECR_PROG_PIN_HI	0x8001767e
>> +#define DAQBOARD2000_SECR_PROG_PIN_LO	0x8000767e
>> +#define DAQBOARD2000_SECR_LOCAL_BUS_HI	0xc000767e
>> +#define DAQBOARD2000_SECR_LOCAL_BUS_LO	0x8000767e
>> +#define DAQBOARD2000_SECR_RELOAD_HI	0xa000767e
>> +#define DAQBOARD2000_SECR_RELOAD_LO	0x8000767e
>
> These "Initialization bits" are just various combinations of the
> PLX_CONTROL_REG bit defines (CTL_*) to toggle the various
> EEPROM bits.

Yes, it would be better to read the control register and only change the 
bits of interest.

I plan to do some more work on this driver.  This series is mainly to 
get the checkpatch warnings (well, most of them) out of the way first.

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