Re: [PATCH 2/6] staging:iio:ad2s90: Remove spi setup that should be done via dt

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Fri,  9 Nov 2018 20:00:40 -0200
Matheus Tavares <matheus.bernardino@usp.br> wrote:

> The ad2s90 driver currently sets some spi settings (max_speed_hz and
> mode) at ad2s90_probe. This should, instead, be handled via device tree.
> This patch removes these configurations from the probe function.
> 
> Note: The way in which the mentioned spi settings need to be specified
> on the ad2s90's node of a device tree will be documented in the future
> patch "dt-bindings:iio:resolver: Add docs for ad2s90".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matheus Tavares <matheus.bernardino@usp.br>
I'd actually like to get Rob and Mark's views on this one.  Previously
I would just have applied it without thinking on the basis these can
be easily specified from devicetree.

Recent discussions with Rob have suggested that the settings in devicetree
should perhaps be concerned with specifying constraints about the device
that are not visible to the driver.  The driver itself should apply
the device constraints, but there are others such as wiring that
might reduce the maximum frequency for example...

So should a driver be clamping an over specified value from DT for
example?  Or given that is optional in DT, should it be making sure
that a controller max frequency isn't too high for the sensor?

It seems to be unusual to do this, but to my mind it would make
sense and might be worth pushing out into more drivers.

Jonathan
> ---
>  drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s90.c | 11 -----------
>  1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s90.c b/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s90.c
> index ff32ca76ca00..95c118c48400 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s90.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s90.c
> @@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ static int ad2s90_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
>  {
>  	struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
>  	struct ad2s90_state *st;
> -	int ret;
>  
>  	indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(&spi->dev, sizeof(*st));
>  	if (!indio_dev)
> @@ -94,16 +93,6 @@ static int ad2s90_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
>  	indio_dev->num_channels = 1;
>  	indio_dev->name = spi_get_device_id(spi)->name;
>  
> -	/* need 600ns between CS and the first falling edge of SCLK */
> -	spi->max_speed_hz = 830000;
> -	spi->mode = SPI_MODE_3;
> -	ret = spi_setup(spi);
> -
> -	if (ret < 0) {
> -		dev_err(&spi->dev, "spi_setup failed!\n");
> -		return ret;
> -	}
> -
>  	return devm_iio_device_register(indio_dev->dev.parent, indio_dev);
>  }
>