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Date:   Mon, 9 Nov 2020 11:21:59 -0500
From:   Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@...adcom.com>
To:     Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Amjad Ouled-Ameur <aouledameur@...libre.com>
Cc:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "maintainer:BROADCOM BCM7XXX ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "moderated list:BROADCOM BCM7XXX ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] reset: brcmstb rescal: implement {de}assert()
 instead of reset()

On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 5:05 AM Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> On Fri, 2020-11-06 at 14:17 -0500, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> > Before, only control_reset() was implemented.  However, the reset core only
> > invokes control_reset() once in its lifetime.  Because we need it to invoke
> > control_reset() again after resume out of S2 or S3, we have switched to
> > putting the reset functionality into the control_deassert() method and
> > having an empty control_assert() method.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@...adcom.com>
>
> You are switching to the wrong abstraction to work around a deficiency
> of the reset controller framework. Instead, it would be better to allow
> to "reactivate" shared pulsed resets so they can be triggered again.


True.
>
>
> Could you please have a look at [1], which tries to implement this with
> a new API call, and check if this can fix your problem? If so, it would
> be great if you could coordinate with Amjad to see this fixed in the
> core.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201001132758.12280-1-aouledameur@baylibre.com/


Yes, this would work for our usage.  Amjad please let me know if I can
help here.  The only "nit" I have is that I favor the name 'unreset'
over 'resettable' but truly I don't care one way or the other.

Thanks and kind regards,
Jim Quinaln
Broadcom STB
>
>
>
> regards
> Philipp
>
> > ---
> >  drivers/reset/reset-brcmstb-rescal.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/reset/reset-brcmstb-rescal.c b/drivers/reset/reset-brcmstb-rescal.c
> > index b6f074d6a65f..1f54ae4f91fe 100644
> > --- a/drivers/reset/reset-brcmstb-rescal.c
> > +++ b/drivers/reset/reset-brcmstb-rescal.c
> > @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ struct brcm_rescal_reset {
> >       struct reset_controller_dev rcdev;
> >  };
> >
> > -static int brcm_rescal_reset_set(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev,
> > -                              unsigned long id)
> > +static int brcm_rescal_reset_deassert(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev,
> > +                             unsigned long id)
> >  {
> >       struct brcm_rescal_reset *data =
> >               container_of(rcdev, struct brcm_rescal_reset, rcdev);
> > @@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ static int brcm_rescal_reset_set(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev,
> >       return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > +static int brcm_rescal_reset_assert(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev,
> > +                           unsigned long id)
> > +{
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int brcm_rescal_reset_xlate(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev,
> >                                  const struct of_phandle_args *reset_spec)
> >  {
> > @@ -60,7 +66,8 @@ static int brcm_rescal_reset_xlate(struct reset_controller_dev *rcdev,
> >  }
> >
> >  static const struct reset_control_ops brcm_rescal_reset_ops = {
> > -     .reset = brcm_rescal_reset_set,
> > +     .deassert = brcm_rescal_reset_deassert,
> > +     .assert = brcm_rescal_reset_assert,
> >  };
> >
> >  static int brcm_rescal_reset_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

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