Re: [PATCH RESEND v2] mfd: syscon: add child device support

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2014, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> Am Montag, den 01.12.2014, 17:25 +0100 schrieb Philipp Zabel:
> > For devices which have a complete register for themselves, it is possible to
> > place them next to the syscon device with overlapping reg ranges. The same is
> > not possible for devices which only occupy bitfields in registers shared with
> > other users.
> > For devices that are completely controlled by bitfields in the syscon address
> > range, such as multiplexers or voltage regulators, allow to put child devices
> > into the syscon device node.
> 
> What is the status of this patch?
> Is this ok to be applied after the merge window closes?
> 
> For reference, these are the previous threads:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/27/422
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/11/3/134

As this is such an important driver I need more Acks for users/testers
and senior reviewers before applying.

> > Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>
> > ---
> > Changes since v1:
> >  - Reworded binding documentation to allow #size-cells = <1>, which is useful
> >    for syscon children that are controlled through a (possibly shared) register
> >    range.
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
> >  drivers/mfd/syscon.c                             |  3 +++
> >  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt
> > index fe8150b..0c6b497 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt
> > @@ -9,12 +9,25 @@ using a specific compatible value), interrogate the node (or associated
> >  OS driver) to determine the location of the registers, and access the
> >  registers directly.
> >  
> > +Optionally, devices that are controlled exclusively through syscon registers,
> > +or even bitfields in shared syscon registers, can also be added as child nodes
> > +to the syscon device node. These devices can implicitly assume their parent
> > +node is a syscon provider without referencing it explicitly via phandle.
> > +In this case, the syscon node should have #address-cells = <1> and
> > +#size-cells = <0> or <1> and no ranges property.
> > +
> >  Required properties:
> >  - compatible: Should contain "syscon".
> >  - reg: the register region can be accessed from syscon
> >  
> > +Optional properties:
> > +- #address-cells: Should be 1.
> > +- #size-cells: Should be 0 or 1.
> > +
> >  Examples:
> >  gpr: iomuxc-gpr@020e0000 {
> > +	#address-cells = <1>;
> > +	#size-cells = <0>;
> >  	compatible = "fsl,imx6q-iomuxc-gpr", "syscon";
> >  	reg = <0x020e0000 0x38>;
> >  };
> > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
> > index ca15878..38da178 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
> > @@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ static int syscon_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  
> >  	dev_dbg(dev, "regmap %pR registered\n", res);
> >  
> > +	if (!of_device_is_compatible(pdev->dev.of_node, "simple-bus"))
> > +		of_platform_populate(pdev->dev.of_node, NULL, NULL, &pdev->dev);
> > +
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> 
> 

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