[PATCH 2/2] ARM: kirkwood: extend the kirkwood i2s driver for DT usage

[moinejf@free.fr (Jean-Francois Moine)]

OOn Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:01:19 +0100
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> wrote:

> > If you want to use some external clock given by, say, the si5351
> > module, as all modules are loaded at the same time, the module
> > kirkwood-i2s may be initialized before the si5351 and, so, the clock
> > will not be seen as available.
> 
> If the DT says the clock should exist, and of_clk_get() fails, return
> -EDEFER in the probe. The kernel will try again later once more
> modules have been loaded.

Hi Andrew,

I will try that.

> > > If there is SoC specific data (e.g. burst_size) you can use
> > > .data to pass it according to the compatible string:
> > > 
> > > static struct of_device_id kirkwood_i2s_of_match[] = {
> > > 	{ .compatible = "marvell,kirkwood-i2s", .data = (void *)32 },
> > > 	{ .compatible = "marvell,dove-i2s", .data = (void *)128 },
> > > 	{ .compatible = "marvell,armada-370-i2s", .data = (void *)128 },
> > > 	{ }
> > > };
> > 
> > I don't like this solution: the burst value is hidden and hard coded.
> > If a new machine uses this same driver, it is easier to change the DT
> > instead of recompiling a whole kernel.
> 
> If its a new SoC family, its not a change to DT, its a whole new DT,
> for that SoC family. There is no inheritance between SoC
> families. There is no sharing between dove, kirkwood, 370 for .dts or
> dtsi files. As far as i can see, burst is a SoC family property. So
> will not be expected to change from board to board, which is the
> typical use case for DT.

Maybe I did not explain clearly.

Suppose Marvell creates a new machine, say "toto", which includes the
same audio controller. In its DT, there would be something as
"marvell,toto-i2s". So, to use it, you should add a line:

	{ .compatible = "marvell,toto-i2s", .data = (void *)128 },

in the kirkwood-i2s.c.

While, if the 'burst' value is defined in the DT, there would be no
change in this file kirkwood-i2s.c, and, as you proposed, the
of_device_id would be simply:

	{ .compatible = "marvell,mvebu-i2s" },

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