From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sascha Hauer Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: MediaTek: Add binding document for the AUXADC Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 07:52:33 +0100 Message-ID: <20160307065233.GA21851@pengutronix.de> References: <1455866326-15095-1-git-send-email-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <20160223203254.GA14660@rob-hp-laptop> <56CDBFFE.9050406@gmail.com> <20160224151204.GP3939@pengutronix.de> <56CDF7AB.7050201@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <56CDF7AB.7050201-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Matthias Brugger Cc: Rob Herring , devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Daniel Kurtz , linux-mediatek-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 07:34:19PM +0100, Matthias Brugger wrote: > > > On 24/02/16 16:12, Sascha Hauer wrote: > >Hi Matthias, > > > >On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 03:36:46PM +0100, Matthias Brugger wrote: > >> > >> > >>On 23/02/16 21:32, Rob Herring wrote: > >>>On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 08:18:46AM +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote: > >>>>Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer > >>>>--- > >>>> > >>>>This is a supplement to the MTK Thermal series which was lacking the > >>>>description for the AUXADC. > >>> > >>>So it will be applied with that I presume. > >>> > >>>Acked-by: Rob Herring > >>> > >> > >>Well the basic problem that I see is, that the auxadc has some more > >>registers (at least in mt6589) for the touch screen registers. > >>So this makes it a candidate for syscon and regmap. > >>But this needs a patch in the thermal driver first... > > > >When we want to have a driver for the auxadc we are free to write one. > >No need to use syscon and/or regmap for it. > > > >Note that the auxadc is not used by the thermal *driver*, it's used by > >the thermal *hardware*. It's the hardware that directly reads/writes > >auxadc registers. If MTK did it right then a real auxadc driver should > >not be disturbed by the thermal controller accesses. At least from > > Right, didn't realize this. > > >checking the datasheet the registers the thermal controller accesses > >are completely orthogonal to the ones a auxadc driver would use. > > > > As you already explained, syscon/regmap is not needed here. Just for > completion: we already had completely orthogonal registers for the reset > controller, and we decided to use regmap there as well. > We should stay consistent on this. Matthias, is this some kind of action topic for me? We can use regmap for the AUXADC driver if we want to, I have no problem with that. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html