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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] gpio: UniPhier: add driver for UniPhier GPIO controller
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Hi Linus,

2015-07-16 16:42 GMT+09:00 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
>> 2015-07-16 16:07 GMT+09:00 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>:
>
>>>> ngpio == 248 for some SoCs,
>>>> and ngpio == 136 for some, etc.
>>>
>>> That is the wrong way to handle different SoC. That should be handled
>>> by different compatible strings, and then you select the number of GPIOs
>>> for the version corresponding to that compatibe string.
>>>
>>>>>> +static const struct of_device_id uniphier_gpio_match[] = {
>>>>>> + { .compatible = "socionext,uniphier-gpio" },
>>>>>> + { /* sentinel */ }
>>>>>> +};
>>>
>>> i.e. you should use the .data field of of_device_id to carry variant-specific
>>> information.
>>
>>
>> Currently, I want to use this driver on 7 SoCs
>>
>> PH1-sLD3: ngpio == 136
>> PH1-LD4 : ngpio == 136
>> PH1-Pro4: ngpio == 248
>> PH1-sLD8: ngpio == 136
>> PH1-Pro5: ngpio == 248
>> ProXstream2: ngpio == 232
>> PH1-LD6b: ngpio == 232
>>
>> So, should I describe the OF match table like this?
>>
>> static const struct of_device_id uniphier_gpio_match[] = {
>> { .compatible = "socionext,ph1-sld3-gpio" .data = (void *)136 },
>> { .compatible = "socionext,ph1-ld4-gpio" .data = (void *)136 },
>> { .compatible = "socionext,ph1-pro4-gpio" .data = (void *)248 },
>> { .compatible = "socionext,ph1-sld8-gpio" .data = (void *)136 },
>> { .compatible = "socionext,ph1-pro5-gpio" .data = (void *)248 },
>> { .compatible = "socionext,proxstream2-gpio", .data = (void *)232 },
>> { .compatible = "socionext,ph1-ld6b-gpio", .data = (void *)232 },
>> { /* sentinel */ }
>> };
>
> Yes.
>
>> One disadvantage for this way is that
>> I need to touch the driver file every time I add a new SoC support.
>
> That is appropriate since it is a new hardware. This is the same as
> the fact that we touch the kernel to add new USB IDs and PCI IDs
> every time a new hardware comes out for x86, we should know
> what hardware we are toying with.
>
> Since you seem to have a pin controller in parallel anyways I see
> it as natural to do this at the same time as you do that anyways.
>

OK, I will do it in v4.







--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada


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