From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765702AbdEYMtW (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2017 08:49:22 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:41234 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765680AbdEYMtT (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2017 08:49:19 -0400 DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org F0F1423A04 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=robh+dt@kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <889E8F7F-FC0F-490E-B924-D04D9F4D3402@goldelico.com> References: <78B1501A-B9AD-4C6E-A481-26F647AA2BCE@goldelico.com> <0D94BEA0-F98D-48F6-9DDC-99F932AE7834@goldelico.com> <889E8F7F-FC0F-490E-B924-D04D9F4D3402@goldelico.com> From: Rob Herring Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 07:48:57 -0500 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC 0/3] misc: new serdev based drivers for w2sg00x4 GPS module and w2cbw003 wifi/bluetooth To: "H. Nikolaus Schaller" Cc: Mark Rutland , =?UTF-8?Q?Beno=C3=AEt_Cousson?= , Tony Lindgren , Russell King , Thierry Reding , Jonathan Cameron , Maxime Ripard , Jarkko Sakkinen , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , linux-omap , Discussions about the Letux Kernel , kernel@pyra-handheld.com, Marcel Holtmann Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 8:49 AM, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > Hi Rob, > >> Am 23.05.2017 um 15:10 schrieb Rob Herring : >> >> +Marcel > > Good! > >> >> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 7:48 AM, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >>> Hi Rob, >>> >>>> Am 23.05.2017 um 14:28 schrieb Rob Herring : >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:43 AM, H. Nikolaus Schaller >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi Rob, >>>>> >>>>>> Am 23.05.2017 um 04:26 schrieb Rob Herring : >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 5:44 AM, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >>>>>>> Since our proposed API was not acceptable and the new serdev API has arrived in 4.11 kernels, >>>>>>> we finally took the challenge to update the w2sg and w2cbw drivers to use the serdev API. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The approach is to write a "man in the middle" driver which is on one side a serdev client >>>>>>> which directly controls the UART where the device is connected to and on the other side >>>>>>> presents a new tty port so that user-space software can talk to the chips as if they would >>>>>>> directly talk to the UART of the SoC (e.g. ttyO1). This is similar to connecting to a remote >>>>>>> serial device e.g. through USB (ttyACM) or Bluetooth UART profiles. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For example gpsd or hciattach expect a /dev/tty they can control (flow control, baud rate >>>>>>> etc.). >>>>>> >>>>>> I understand from the prior discussion why you want to pass the data >>>>>> thru for gps, but why do you need to do that for BT? >>>>> >>>>> Because we otherwise can't turn on power when /dev/ttyBT0 is opened and turn off when it >>>>> is closed. I.e. it should not be powered unless someone does a hciattach /dev/ttyBT0. And it >>>>> should be turned off by a killall hciattach. >>>> >>>> Still, you can do power control within BT HCI drivers. >>> >>> We do not use any driver for bluetooth. We just start hciattach on demand. >>> And afaik there is no plugin mechanism for adding power control to hciattach. >> >> You don't need hciattach. All userspace has to do for kernel BT >> drivers is "hciconfig hci0 up|down". > > Hm. Well: > > root@letux:~# hciconfig hci0 up > Can't get device info: No such device > root@letux:~# > > I wonder how I can tell hciconfig about the UART port if not by running hciattach /dev/ttyBT0? You don't create a tty device. Instead you call hci_uart_register_device from the serdev probe. >>> Or do you have a link to what you think about? >> >> Look at the nokia BT or TI (HCI_LL) BT drivers. Those both have f/w >> downloading and some GPIO controls. Given that this module is based on >> Marvell chipset, I'd expect you need to add serdev support to >> hci_mrvl.c. > > The w2cb003 has a Marvell WiFi (libertas) but a CSR Bluetooth side. > > It has built-in firmware and already talks serial HCI over simple UART right > after power-on. This is why our serdev driver has no firmware download. Okay, then probably add serdev support to hci_bcsp. In any case, hci_uart_register_device just needs to register the correct protocol. Rob