Re: [PATCH v2 RESEND 1/5] dt-bindings: soc: samsung: Add Exynos USI bindings

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 1:36 PM Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 at 21:31, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 01:13:21PM +0200, Sam Protsenko wrote:
> > > Add constants for choosing USIv2 configuration mode in device tree.
> > > Those are further used in USI driver to figure out which value to write
> > > into SW_CONF register. Also document USIv2 IP-core bindings.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@linaro.org>
> > > ---
> > > Changes in v2:
> > >   - Combined dt-bindings doc and dt-bindings header patches
> > >   - Added i2c node to example in bindings doc
> > >   - Added mentioning of shared internal circuits
> > >   - Added USI_V2_NONE value to bindings header
> > >
> > >  .../bindings/soc/samsung/exynos-usi.yaml      | 135 ++++++++++++++++++
> > >  include/dt-bindings/soc/samsung,exynos-usi.h  |  17 +++
> > >  2 files changed, 152 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/samsung/exynos-usi.yaml
> > >  create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/soc/samsung,exynos-usi.h
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/samsung/exynos-usi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/samsung/exynos-usi.yaml
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..a822bc62b3cd
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/samsung/exynos-usi.yaml
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
> > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > > +%YAML 1.2
> > > +---
> > > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/soc/samsung/exynos-usi.yaml#
> > > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > > +
> > > +title: Samsung's Exynos USI (Universal Serial Interface) binding
> > > +
> > > +maintainers:
> > > +  - Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@linaro.org>
> > > +  - Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com>
> > > +
> > > +description: |
> > > +  USI IP-core provides selectable serial protocol (UART, SPI or High-Speed I2C).
> > > +  USI shares almost all internal circuits within each protocol, so only one
> > > +  protocol can be chosen at a time. USI is modeled as a node with zero or more
> > > +  child nodes, each representing a serial sub-node device. The mode setting
> > > +  selects which particular function will be used.
> > > +
> > > +  Refer to next bindings documentation for information on protocol subnodes that
> > > +  can exist under USI node:
> > > +
> > > +  [1] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/samsung_uart.yaml
> > > +  [2] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-exynos5.txt
> > > +  [3] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-samsung.txt
> > > +
> > > +properties:
> > > +  $nodename:
> > > +    pattern: "^usi@[0-9a-f]+$"
> > > +
> > > +  compatible:
> > > +    const: samsung,exynos-usi-v2
> >
> > Use SoC based compatibles.
> >
>
> In this particular case, I'd really prefer to have it like this. Most
> likely we'll only have USIv1 and USIv1 in the end, and I think that
> would be more clear to have USI version in compatible, rather than SoC
> name. Please let me know if you have a strong opinion on this one --
> if so I'll re-send.

Fine if you have some evidence the ratio of versions to SoC are much
more than 1:1 and the versions correspond to something (IOW, you
aren't making them up).

We went down the version # path with QCom and in the end about every
SoC had a different version.

>
> > > +
> > > +  reg:
> > > +    maxItems: 1
> > > +
> > > +  clocks:
> > > +    items:
> > > +      - description: Bus (APB) clock
> > > +      - description: Operating clock for UART/SPI/I2C protocol
> > > +
> > > +  clock-names:
> > > +    items:
> > > +      - const: pclk
> > > +      - const: ipclk
> > > +
> > > +  ranges: true
> > > +
> > > +  "#address-cells":
> > > +    const: 1
> > > +
> > > +  "#size-cells":
> > > +    const: 1
> > > +
> > > +  samsung,sysreg:
> > > +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
> > > +    description:
> > > +      Should be phandle/offset pair. The phandle to System Register syscon node
> > > +      (for the same domain where this USI controller resides) and the offset
> > > +      of SW_CONF register for this USI controller.
> > > +
> > > +  samsung,mode:
> > > +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> > > +    description:
> > > +      Selects USI function (which serial protocol to use). Refer to
> > > +      <include/dt-bindings/soc/samsung,exynos-usi.h> for valid USI mode values.
> >
> > This seems to be redundant. Just check which child is enabled.
> >
>
> I think it's not that easy. Soon we'll have USIv1 support added, and
> that has some weird configurations, like having dual I2C mode (two
> child I2C nodes must be enabled) and UART+I2C mode, etc.

So you are going to turn around and make this an array? If you already
know you have changes, I'd rather review this all at once.

> Looks like it
> might take some not very elegant logic to figure out which exactly
> mode value should be written in SW_CONF register in that way, it's
> much easier to just specify mode in USI node. Also, that reflects
> hardware better: we actually write that specified mode to SW_CONF
> register.

You just have to compare the child node names or compatibles.

> Also, later we might want to be able to switch that mode via
> SysFS, e.g. for testing purposes. Current design seems to be better
> suited for some things like that.

The binding should have no impact on that. If for testing, use debugfs.

> Please let me know if you have a strong opinion on this one, or it's
> ok to leave it as is.
>
> All other comments are addressed and will be present in v3. Thanks for
> the review!

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