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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/3] hwmon: (aspeed-pwm-tacho) Deassert reset in probe
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On 11/02/2017 07:32 PM, Joel Stanley wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 1:54 AM, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 02:53:48PM +1100, Joel Stanley wrote:
>>> The ASPEED SoC must deassert a reset in order to use the PWM/tach
>>> peripheral.
>>>
>> Again, you claim that the current driver would not work at all, which
>> is simply not correct. It doesn't work if the chip wasn't taken out
>> of reset by other means. This doesn't take into account situations and
>> hardware where the chip is taken out of reset automatically at boot, h
>> or by the ROM monitor/BIOS. It assumes that the reset pin can _always_
>> be controlled by software.
>
> The reset is internal to the SoC. There is no pin to speak of, just a
> wire inside the SoC, so it can always be controlled by software.
>
> There's SoC does not release any resets automatically; the default
> value on boot is for the reset to be asserted and this is not
> configurable.
>
>> Similar, it forces the chip into reset when the driver is removed,
>> which is even worse. Unload the driver, and no more fan control ?
>> Really ? Then why is there an autonomous chip for fan control
>> to start with ? This is questionable even if the reset pin is
>> optional.
>
> Similarly, the PWM/Tach unit is inside the SoC; it's not an external device.
>
> It would be strange to remove the driver and expect the system to keep
> operating normally.
>
>> You'll have to make reset handling optional for me to accept it.
>> I am quite sure that I said that before.
>
> Please reconsider in light of the details above. It does not make any
> sense to build a system without this reset.
>

So you are saying that this driver never worked ? Hard to believe.
I'll need input from other users.

Guenter

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