Re: [PATCH V10 5/9] mfd: pm8008: Use i2c_new_dummy_device() API

["Satya Priya Kakitapalli (Temp)" <quic_c_skakit@quicinc.com>]

On 4/19/2022 12:53 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Satya Priya Kakitapalli (Temp) (2022-04-18 08:08:33)
>> On 4/15/2022 5:51 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>>> Quoting Satya Priya (2022-04-14 05:30:14)
>>>> Use i2c_new_dummy_device() to register clients along with
>>>> the main mfd device.
>>> Why?
>>
>> As discussed on V9 of this series, I've done these changes.
>>
>> By using this API we can register other clients at different address
>> space without having separate DT node.
>>
>> This avoids calling the probe twice for the same chip, once for each
>> address space 0x8 and 0x9. I'll add this description in commit text.
>>
> Perfect, thanks.
>
>>>> @@ -221,19 +236,38 @@ static int pm8008_probe_irq_peripherals(struct pm8008_data *chip,
>>>>
>>>>    static int pm8008_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>>>>    {
>>>> -       int rc;
>>>> +       int rc, i;
>>>>           struct pm8008_data *chip;
>>>> +       struct device_node *node = client->dev.of_node;
>>>>
>>>>           chip = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>>           if (!chip)
>>>>                   return -ENOMEM;
>>>>
>>>>           chip->dev = &client->dev;
>>>> -       chip->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(client, &qcom_mfd_regmap_cfg);
>>>> -       if (!chip->regmap)
>>>> -               return -ENODEV;
>>>>
>>>> -       i2c_set_clientdata(client, chip);
>>>> +       for (i = 0; i < PM8008_NUM_CLIENTS; i++) {
>>> This is 2. Why do we have a loop? Just register the i2c client for
>>> pm8008_infra first and then make a dummy for the second address without
>>> the loop and the indentation. Are there going to be more i2c clients?
>>
>> There wont be more than 2 clients, I can remove the loop, but then we
>> will have repetitive code.. something like below
> Repetitive code can be refactored into a subroutine.
>
>>        chip->dev = &client->dev;
>>        i2c_set_clientdata(client, chip);
>>
>>        regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(client, &qcom_mfd_regmap_cfg[0]);
>>        if (!regmap)
>>            return -ENODEV;
>>
>>
>>        pm8008_client = i2c_new_dummy_device(client->adapter,
>>                                client->addr + 1);
>>        if (IS_ERR(pm8008_client)) {
>>            dev_err(&pm8008_client->dev, "can't attach client\n");
>>            return PTR_ERR(pm8008_client);
>>        }
>>        pm8008_client->dev.of_node = of_node_get(client->dev.of_node);
>>        i2c_set_clientdata(pm8008_client, chip);
>>
>>        regulators_regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(pm8008_client,
>> &qcom_mfd_regmap_cfg[1]);
>>        if (!regmap)
>>            return -ENODEV;
>>
>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/qcom_pm8008.h b/include/linux/mfd/qcom_pm8008.h
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..bc64f01
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/include/linux/mfd/qcom_pm8008.h
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
>>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
>>>> +#ifndef __QCOM_PM8008_H__
>>>> +#define __QCOM_PM8008_H__
>>>> +
>>>> +#define PM8008_INFRA_SID       0
>>>> +#define PM8008_REGULATORS_SID  1
>>>> +
>>>> +#define PM8008_NUM_CLIENTS     2
>>>> +
>>>> +struct pm8008_data;
>>>> +struct regmap *pm8008_get_regmap(struct pm8008_data *chip, u8 sid);
>>> Could this be avoided if the regulator driver used
>>> dev_get_regmap(&pdev->dev.parent, "regulator") to find the regmap named
>>> "regulator" of the parent device, i.e. pm8008-infra.
>> I gave it a try, it didn't work. I could not get the regmap for
>> regulators using pm8008-infra i.e., 0x8 device pointer.
> Did it not work because the regmap config for the regulator config
> didn't have a name?


No I specified the name "regulators" in the regmap_config struct for 
regulator config.