Re: [PATCH 1/2] iio: imu: st_lsm6dsx: add dts property to disable sensor-hub

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:42:32 +0100
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org> wrote:

> Introduce the capability to disable sensorhub through a device-tree
> property since there are some configurations where users want to
> explicitly disable sensor-hub auto-probing at bootstrap.
> A typical configuration is when the sensorhub clock/data lines are connected
> to a pull-up resistor since no slave sensors are connected to the i2c master.
> If SDO/SA0 line is connected to the same pull-up resistor, when the driver
> tries to probe slave devices connected on sensor-hub, it will force SDO/SA0
> line to low, modifying the device i2c address.

That's some 'interesting' wiring...

My only suggestion here is perhaps expand on shub as disable-sensor-hub
would be easier for people not familiar with the abbreviation?

Jonathan

> 
> Tested-by: Mario Tesi <mario.tesi@st.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
> index f2cbbc756459..82ac6c59ca03 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
> @@ -2244,7 +2244,9 @@ int st_lsm6dsx_probe(struct device *dev, int irq, int hw_id,
>  		return err;
>  
>  	hub_settings = &hw->settings->shub_settings;
> -	if (hub_settings->master_en.addr) {
> +	if (hub_settings->master_en.addr &&
> +	    (!dev_fwnode(dev) ||
> +	     !device_property_read_bool(dev, "st,disable-shub"))) {
>  		err = st_lsm6dsx_shub_probe(hw, name);
>  		if (err < 0)
>  			return err;