Re: [PATCH 1/2] pinmux: Add TB10x pinmux driver

[Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@abilis.com>]

On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 08:00:57AM +0800, Haojian Zhuang wrote:
> On 6 June 2013 23:30, Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@abilis.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 10:32:21PM +0800, Haojian Zhuang wrote:
> >> On 6 June 2013 22:11, Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@abilis.com> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 09:44:27AM +0800, Haojian Zhuang wrote:
> >> >> On 3 June 2013 20:30, Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@abilis.com> wrote:
> >> >> > OK, here's a simplified example of what we would like to do (this seems
> >> >> > pretty common so I suppose there is a way I haven't understood). Our
> >> >> > situation is slightly more complex but for the purpose of discussion
> >> >> > let's assume a chip with 8 pins which can be configured for the
> >> >> > following functions:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Pin   GPIO-A    I2C    SPI0     SPI1
> >> >> > ------------------------------------
> >> >> >  1    GPIOA0    SDA             MISO1
> >> >> >  2    GPIOA1    SCL             MOSI1
> >> >> >  3    GPIOA2                    SS1_B
> >> >> >  4    GPIOA3                    SCLK1
> >> >> >  5    GPIOA4           MISO0
> >> >> >  6    GPIOA5           MOSI0
> >> >> >  7    GPIOA6           SS0_B
> >> >> >  8    GPIOA7           SCLK0
> >> >> >
> >> >> > We can now define the following pinctrl-single:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > pinmux: pinmux@0xFFEE0000 {
> >> >> >         compatible = "pinctrl-single";
> >> >> >         reg = <0xFFEE0000 0x8>;
> >> >> >         #address-cells = <1>;
> >> >> >         #size-cells = <0>;
> >> >> >         #gpio-range-cells = <3>;
> >> >> >         pinctrl-single,register-width = <32>;
> >> >> >         pinctrl-single,function-mask = <0xffffffff>;
> >> >> >         pinctrl-single,gpio-range = <&range 1 8 0>;
> >> >> >         gpioa_pins: pinmux_gpioa_pins {
> >> >> >                 pinctrl-single,pins = <0x0 0 0x4 0>
> >> >> >         };
> >> >> >         i2c_pins: pinmux_i2c_pins {
> >> >> >                 pinctrl-single,pins = <0x0 1>
> >> >> >         };
> >> >> >         spi0_pins: pinmux_spi0_pins {
> >> >> >                 pinctrl-single,pins = <0x1 1>
> >> >> <0x1 1>?
> >> >>
> >> >> If each pinmux register is only for one pin in your SoC.
> >> >> I think that your definitions are wrong above. We use
> >> >> register offset as the first argument, not pin number.
> >> >> And the second argument should be pin function number.
> >> >
> >> > In our case each pinmux register (bit field) actually controls an entire
> >> > group of pins.
> >> >
> >> >> If multiple pins are sharing one register with different bits,
> >> >> you need to enable "pinctrl-single,bit-per-mux".
> >> >
> >> > Multiple pins are sharing the same bits in the same register. Do you
> >> > think this prevents us from using pinctrl-single?
> >> >
> >> Could you give me your register definition? Then I can understand you
> >> better.
> >
> > In our example, the register map would look a bit like the following.
> > Note that every register configures four pins at a time.
> >
> > Register 0x0:
> >  Mode  GPIO-A    I2C    SPI1
> >  Value 0x0       0x1    0x2
> >  ---------------------------
> >  Pin1  GPIOA0    SDA    MISO1
> >  Pin2  GPIOA1    SCL    MOSI1
> >  Pin3  GPIOA2           SS1_B
> >  Pin4  GPIOA3           SCLK1
> >
> > Register 0x4:
> >  Mode  GPIO-A    SPI0
> >  Value 0x0       0x1
> >  ---------------------
> >  Pin5  GPIOA4    MISO0
> >  Pin6  GPIOA5    MOSI0
> >  Pin7  GPIOA6    SS0_B
> >  Pin8  GPIOA7    SCLK0
> >
> 
> You said "Multiple pins are sharing the same bits in the same register.".
> I need to understand which bits you're talking about in your register.

In the above example, bits 0 and 1 of register 0x0 control pins 1
through 4 and bit 0 of register 0x4 controls pins 5 through 8. The
moment you write a new value in either of those registers, all four pins
will change functionality simultaneously. There is no way to control the
functionality of each pin individually.

Greetings,
  Christian

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