linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/10] dt: bindings: Add bindings for Marvell Xenon SD Host Controller

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Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:49:23 +0100
From:   Marcin Wojtas <mw@...ihalf.com>
To:     Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Jimmy Xu <zmxu@...vell.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Romain Perier <romain.perier@...e-electrons.com>,
        Liuliu Zhao <zhaoliul@...vell.com>,
        Peng Zhu <zhupeng@...vell.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nadav Haklai <nadavh@...vell.com>,
        Ziji Hu <huziji@...vell.com>, Victor Gu <xigu@...vell.com>,
        Doug Jones <dougj@...vell.com>,
        Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>,
        Yehuda Yitschak <yehuday@...vell.com>,
        Xueping Liu <xpliu@...vell.com>,
        Hilbert Zhang <zzhang@...vell.com>,
        Shiwu Zhang <zhangshw@...vell.com>, Yu Cao <yucao@...vell.com>,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Hanna Hawa <hannah@...vell.com>,
        Kostya Porotchkin <kostap@...vell.com>,
        Ryan Gao <ygao@...vell.com>,
        "Wei(SOCP) Liu" <liuw@...vell.com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Keji Zhang <keji@...vell.com>,
        "Jack(SH) Zhu" <jmzhu@...vell.com>,
        "linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Wilson Ding <dingwei@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/10] dt: bindings: Add bindings for Marvell Xenon SD Host Controller

Hi Gregory,

2016-11-24 10:44 GMT+01:00 Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>:
> Hi Arnd,
>
>  On jeu., nov. 24 2016, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, November 24, 2016 10:22:31 AM CET Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't have an option for mmc in general, but using child node do not
>>> fit at all the xenon controller.
>>>
>>> For this controller each slot has its own set of register, so there is
>>> no common ressource to share so no advantage to use it. Using child node
>>> in our case will just make the code more complex for no benefit.
>>
>> If every slot has its own registers, what is it that makes up the
>> 'controller'? It sounds to me that you just have to adjust the terminology
>> and talk about multiple controllers then, with one slot per controller.
>>
>
> I agree and actually there were some words about in at the begining of
> the binding:
>
> "A single Xenon IP can support multiple slots.
> Each slot acts as an independent SDHC. It owns independent resources, such
> as register sets clock and PHY.
> Each slot should have an independent device tree node."
>
> All the confusion came from the fact that we still need to identify a
> slot ID. For an obscure reason the hardware can't guess the slot ID from
> the address register."
>

How about to avoid confusion, by simply renaming this number to
port-id/xenon-id or anything else but slot? I guess this may allow to
avoid some misunderstandings.

Best regards,
Marcin