linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4,4/4] drivers: uio: new driver for fsl_85xx_cache

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Message-ID: <64bb1f056abd8bfab2befef5d1e6baec2056077f.camel@buserror.net>
Date:   Thu, 16 Apr 2020 23:58:29 -0500
From:   Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>
To:     王文虎 <wenhu.wang@...o.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        christophe.leroy@....fr, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        kernel@...o.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4,4/4] drivers: uio: new driver for fsl_85xx_cache_sram

On Fri, 2020-04-17 at 10:31 +0800, 王文虎 wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2020-04-16 at 08:35 -0700, Wang Wenhu wrote:
> > > > +#define UIO_INFO_VER	"devicetree,pseudo"
> > > 
> > > What does this mean?  Changing a number into a non-obvious string (Why
> > > "pseudo"?  Why does the UIO user care that the config came from the
> > > device
> > > tree?) just to avoid setting off Greg's version number autoresponse
> > > isn't
> > > really helping anything.
> > > 
> > > > +static const struct of_device_id uio_mpc85xx_l2ctlr_of_match[] = {
> > > > +	{	.compatible = "uio,mpc85xx-cache-sram",	},
> > 
> > Form is <vendor>,<device> and "uio" is not a vendor (and never will be).
> > 
> 
> Should have been something like "fsl,mpc85xx-cache-sram-uio", and if it is
> to be defined with module parameters, this would be user defined.
> Anyway, <vendor>,<device> should always be used.
> 
> > > > +	{},
> > > > +};
> > > > +
> > > > +static struct platform_driver uio_fsl_85xx_cache_sram = {
> > > > +	.probe = uio_fsl_85xx_cache_sram_probe,
> > > > +	.remove = uio_fsl_85xx_cache_sram_remove,
> > > > +	.driver = {
> > > > +		.name = DRIVER_NAME,
> > > > +		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
> > > > +		.of_match_table	= uio_mpc85xx_l2ctlr_of_match,
> > > > +	},
> > > > +};
> > > 
> > > Greg's comment notwithstanding, I really don't think this belongs in the
> > > device tree (and if I do get overruled on that point, it at least needs
> > > a
> > > binding document).  Let me try to come up with a patch for dynamic
> > > allocation.
> > 
> > Agreed. "UIO" bindings have long been rejected.
> > 
> 
> Sounds it is. And does the modification below fit well?
> ---
> -static const struct of_device_id uio_mpc85xx_l2ctlr_of_match[] = {
> -       {       .compatible = "uio,mpc85xx-cache-sram", },
> -       {},
> +#ifdef CONFIG_OF
> +static struct of_device_id uio_fsl_85xx_cache_sram_of_match[] = {
> +       { /* This is filled with module_parm */ },
> +       { /* Sentinel */ },
>  };
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, uio_fsl_85xx_cache_sram_of_match);
> +module_param_string(of_id, uio_fsl_85xx_cache_sram_of_match[0].compatible,
> +                           sizeof(uio_fsl_85xx_cache_sram_of_match[0].compa
> tible), 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(of_id, "platform device id to be handled by cache-sram-
> uio");
> +#endif

No.  The point is that you wouldn't be configuring this with the device tree
at all.

-Scott