linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] gpio: dt-bindings: add parsing of loongson gpio offset

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Message-ID: <26adb487-f8c5-9cf4-5b31-070e9161e761@loongson.cn>
Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2023 09:38:34 +0800
From:   Yinbo Zhu <zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn>
To:     Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jianmin Lv <lvjianmin@...ngson.cn>, wanghongliang@...ngson.cn,
        Liu Peibao <liupeibao@...ngson.cn>,
        loongson-kernel@...ts.loongnix.cn, zhuyinbo@...ngson.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] gpio: dt-bindings: add parsing of loongson gpio
 offset



在 2023/8/1 下午11:54, Conor Dooley 写道:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 04:34:30PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
>>
>>
>> 在 2023/8/1 下午3:23, Conor Dooley 写道:
>>> On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 02:39:49PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 在 2023/7/31 下午11:55, Conor Dooley 写道:
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 05:10:58PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
>>>>>> Add parsing GPIO configure, input, output, interrupt register offset
>>>>>> address and GPIO control mode support.
>>>>>
>>>>> This reeks of insufficient use of SoC specific compatibles. Do GPIO
>>>>> controllers on the same SoC have different register offsets?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes,
>>>>
>>>>> Where are the users for this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For example, ls2k500 contains multiple GPIO chips with different
>>>> (configure, input, output, interrupt) offset addresses, but all others
>>>> are the same.
>>>
>>> Right. That's admittedly not what I expected to hear! Can you firstly
>>> explain this in the commit message,
>>
>>
>> I will add following explain in the commit message. Do you think it's
>> suitable?
>>
>> Loongson GPIO controllers come in multiple variants that are compatible
>> except for certain register offset values.  Add support in yaml file for
>> device properties allowing to specify them in DT.
> 
> Sure, that would be helpful.
> 
>>> and secondly add a soc-specific
>>> compatible for the ls2k500 and only allow these properties on that SoC?
> 
>> Sorry, I may not have described it clearly before, the ls2k500 was only
>> as a example, actually, Loongson GPIO controllers (2k500,2k1000,eg)come
>> in multiple variants that are compatible except for certain register
>> offset values.  So above all offset device property was used to in all
>> loongson gpio controller.
> 
> But it would be good to know why they are different. Do they each
> support some different features, or was there some other reason for
> making controllers like this?


There are no other reasons, just differences in these offset addresses.

Thanks,
Yinbo.