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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 3/5] fsi: master-ast-cf: Add new FSI master using Aspeed ColdFire
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On Thu, 2018-07-12 at 17:53 +1000, Joel Stanley wrote:
> On 12 July 2018 at 13:48, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > The Aspeed AST2x00 can contain a ColdFire v1 coprocessor which
> > is currently unused on OpenPower systems.
> >
> > This adds an alternative to the fsi-master-gpio driver that
> > uses that coprocessor instead of bit banging from the ARM
> > core itself. The end result is about 4 times faster.
> >
> > The firmware for the coprocessor and its source code can be
> > found at https://github.com/ozbenh/cf-fsi and is system specific.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
> > ---
> > drivers/fsi/Kconfig | 9 +
> > drivers/fsi/Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/fsi/cf-fsi-fw.h | 157 +++
> > drivers/fsi/fsi-master-ast-cf.c | 1438 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > include/trace/events/fsi_master_ast_cf.h | 150 +++
> > 5 files changed, 1755 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 drivers/fsi/cf-fsi-fw.h
> > create mode 100644 drivers/fsi/fsi-master-ast-cf.c
> > create mode 100644 include/trace/events/fsi_master_ast_cf.h
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/fsi/Kconfig b/drivers/fsi/Kconfig
> > index 322cec393cf2..e0220d1e1357 100644
> > --- a/drivers/fsi/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/fsi/Kconfig
> > @@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ config FSI_MASTER_HUB
> > allow chaining of FSI links to an arbitrary depth. This allows for
> > a high target device fanout.
> >
> > +config FSI_MASTER_AST_CF
> > + tristate "FSI master based on Aspeed ColdFire coprocessor"
> > + depends on GPIOLIB
> > + depends on GPIO_ASPEED
> > + ---help---
> > + This option enables a FSI master using the AST2400 and AST2500 GPIO
> > + lines driven by the internal ColdFire coprocessor. This requires
> > + the corresponding machine specific ColdFire firmware to be available.
>
> The "machine specific" part isn't true anymore, is it?

Right, I'll fixup the changelog before pushing if that's the last spin.

> I gave this a spin on a palmetto and it appeared to work fine for me.
>
> Tested-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>

Thanks !

Cheers,
Ben
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