Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] spi: Add Renesas R-Car Gen3 RPC-IF SPI controller driver

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Mason,

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 7:32 AM <masonccyang@mxic.com.tw> wrote:
> > "Sergei Shtylyov" <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
> > 2019/01/17 上午 03:36
> > >>
> > >> [...]
> > >> > +#define RPC_WBUF      0x8000   // Write Buffer
> > >> > +#define RPC_WBUF_SIZE      256   // Write Buffer size
> > >>
> > >>    I wonder if the write buffer should be in a separate "reg" prop tuple...
> > >> Have you considered that?
> > >>
> > >
> > > I don't get your point!
> >
> >    I mean that the write buffer should be a separate "reg" property
> > address/size tuple,
> > so that the RPC device has 3 memory resources. Our SPI driver used
> > this scheme, and I
> > like it.
> >
>
> I got your point but I think this RPC_WBUF@0xEE20_8000 is in the same group
> and it's size only 256 bytes, not like external address space read mode
> @0x0800_0000 w/ 64K bytes.
>
> Maybe Geert or Marek could comment on it, thanks.

Given the writer buffer is separate from the other registers (it's in
a different
4 KiB page, and thus may be at a different offset on future SoCs), and not
present on RZ/A1, I think it's a good idea to use a separate reg entry for it.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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