Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] greybus: Add mikroBUS manifest types

From: Vaishnav Achath <vaishnav.a@ti.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] greybus: Add mikroBUS manifest types
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:56:29 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6eff590b-3f4a-4824-95e7-b2a94656408b@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240317193714.403132-4-ayushdevel1325@gmail.com>

On 18/03/24 01:07, Ayush Singh wrote:
> DONOTMERGE
> 

Why?

> mikroBUS addon boards allow using same mikroBUS connector for a wide
> range of peripherals. It is also possible for the addon board not to use
> all the pins in mikroBUS socket (marked by NC or Not Connected). This
> would require the need to create an almost new overlays for each
> permutation of the hardware.
> 
> To overcome this, a manifest format based on Greybus manifest
> specification was created which allows describing mikroBUS addon boards.
> The reason for choosing greybus manifest for the identifier is that so far
> we discussed only about physical mikroBUS ports on the board, but we can

you will need to reword the commit message properly in imperative mood, 
here and in multiple other places.

> also have mikroBUS ports on a remote microcontroller appearing on host
> over greybus and there a device tree overlay solution does not work as the
> standard identifier mechanism.
> 
> The patch introduces 3 new greybus descriptor types:
> 1. mikrobus-descriptor:
>     Is a fixed-length descriptor (12 bytes), and the manifest shall have
>     precisely one mikroBUS descriptor. Each byte describes a configuration
>     of the corresponding pin on the mikroBUS addon board in a clockwise
>     direction starting from the PWM pin omitting power (VCC and ground)
>     pins as same as the default state of the pin.
>     There are mikroBUS addon boards that use some dedicated SPI, UART, PWM,
>     and I2C pins as GPIO pins, so it is necessary to redefine the default
>     pin configuration of that pins on the host system. Also, sometimes it is
>     required the pull-up on the host pin for correct functionality
> 2. property-descriptor:
>     Are used to pass named properties or named GPIOs to the host. The host
>     system uses this information to properly configure specific board
>     drivers by passing the properties and GPIO name. There can be multiple
>     instances of property descriptors per add-on board manifest.
> 3. device-descriptor:
>     Describes a device on the mikroBUS port. The device descriptor is a
>     fixed-length descriptor, and there can be multiple instances of device
>     descriptors in an add-on board manifest in cases where the add-on board
>     presents more than one device to the host.
> 
> New mikroBUS addon boards also sometimes contain a 1-wire EEPROM with
> the mikroBUS manifest, thus enabling plug and play support.
> 

new mikroBUS sometimes contain an EEPROM? aren't these called Click ID 
compliant add-on boards? there should be clarity in the commit message.

> I have also created PR to add mikrobus descriptors in Greybus spec and I
> think the old PR on manifesto by Vaishnav should also work. However,
> both of these repositories seem to be inactive. I am guessing the
> greybus mailing list can provide more information on how I should go
> about these.

Why is information like these inside the commit message, these go below 
the tear line.

> 
> Here is a sample mikroBUS manifest:
> ```
> ;;
> ; PRESSURE CLICK
> ; https://www.mikroe.com/pressure-click
> ; CONFIG_IIO_ST_PRESS
> ;
> ; Copyright 2020 BeagleBoard.org Foundation
> ; Copyright 2020 Texas Instruments
> ;
> 
> [manifest-header]
> version-major = 0
> version-minor = 1
> 
> [interface-descriptor]
> vendor-string-id = 1
> product-string-id = 2
> 
> [string-descriptor 1]
> string = MIKROE
> 
> [string-descriptor 2]
> string = Pressure
> 
> [mikrobus-descriptor]
> pwm-state = 4
> int-state = 1
> rx-state = 7
> tx-state = 7
> scl-state = 6
> sda-state = 6
> mosi-state = 5
> miso-state = 5
> sck-state = 5
> cs-state = 5
> rst-state = 2
> an-state = 1
> 
> [device-descriptor 1]
> driver-string-id = 3
> protocol = 0x3
> reg = 0x5d
> 
> [string-descriptor 3]
> string = lps331ap
> ```
> 
> Link: https://www.mikroe.com/clickid ClickID
> Link:
> https://docs.beagleboard.org/latest/projects/beagleconnect/index.html
> beagleconnect
> Link: https://github.com/projectara/greybus-spec Greybus Spec
> Link: https://github.com/projectara/greybus-spec/pull/4 Greybus Spec PR
> Link: https://github.com/projectara/manifesto/pull/2 manifesto PR
> 

The manifesto PR might not be updated.

Thanks and Regards,
Vaishnav

> Co-developed-by: Vaishnav M A <vaishnav@beagleboard.org>
> Signed-off-by: Vaishnav M A <vaishnav@beagleboard.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ayush Singh <ayushdevel1325@gmail.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/greybus/greybus_manifest.h | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/greybus/greybus_manifest.h b/include/linux/greybus/greybus_manifest.h
> index bef9eb2093e9..83241e19d9b3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/greybus/greybus_manifest.h
> +++ b/include/linux/greybus/greybus_manifest.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ enum greybus_descriptor_type {
>   	GREYBUS_TYPE_STRING		= 0x02,
>   	GREYBUS_TYPE_BUNDLE		= 0x03,
>   	GREYBUS_TYPE_CPORT		= 0x04,
> +	GREYBUS_TYPE_MIKROBUS		= 0x05,
> +	GREYBUS_TYPE_PROPERTY		= 0x06,
> +	GREYBUS_TYPE_DEVICE		= 0x07,
>   };
>   
>   enum greybus_protocol {
> @@ -151,6 +154,49 @@ struct greybus_descriptor_cport {
>   	__u8	protocol_id;	/* enum greybus_protocol */
>   } __packed;
>   
> +/*
> + * A mikrobus descriptor is used to describe the details
> + * about the bus ocnfiguration for the add-on board
> + * connected to the mikrobus port.
> + */
> +struct greybus_descriptor_mikrobus {
> +	__u8 pin_state[12];
> +} __packed;
> +
> +/*
> + * A property descriptor is used to pass named properties
> + * to device drivers through the unified device properties
> + * interface under linux/property.h
> + */
> +struct greybus_descriptor_property {
> +	__u8 length;
> +	__u8 id;
> +	__u8 propname_stringid;
> +	__u8 type;
> +	__u8 value[];
> +} __packed;
> +
> +/*
> + * A device descriptor is used to describe the
> + * details required by a add-on board device
> + * driver.
> + */
> +struct greybus_descriptor_device {
> +	__u8 id;
> +	__u8 driver_stringid;
> +	__u8 protocol;
> +	__u8 reg;
> +	__le32 max_speed_hz;
> +	__u8 irq;
> +	__u8 irq_type;
> +	__u8 mode;
> +	__u8 prop_link;
> +	__u8 gpio_link;
> +	__u8 reg_link;
> +	__u8 clock_link;
> +	__u8 pad[1];
> +} __packed;
> +
>   struct greybus_descriptor_header {
>   	__le16	size;
>   	__u8	type;		/* enum greybus_descriptor_type */
> @@ -164,6 +210,9 @@ struct greybus_descriptor {
>   		struct greybus_descriptor_interface	interface;
>   		struct greybus_descriptor_bundle	bundle;
>   		struct greybus_descriptor_cport		cport;
> +		struct greybus_descriptor_mikrobus	mikrobus;
> +		struct greybus_descriptor_property	property;
> +		struct greybus_descriptor_device	device;
>   	};
>   } __packed;
>   