Re: [PATCH v3] USB: PHY: Palmas USB Transceiver Driver

[Graeme Gregory <gg@slimlogic.co.uk>]

On 26/03/13 09:12, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 March 2013 02:31 PM, Graeme Gregory wrote:
>> On 26/03/13 06:03, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>>>> +static int palmas_usb_read(struct palmas *palmas, unsigned int reg,
>>>> +               unsigned int *dest)
>>>> +{
>>>> +       unsigned int addr;
>>>> +       int slave;
>>>> +
>>>> +       slave = PALMAS_BASE_TO_SLAVE(PALMAS_USB_OTG_BASE);
>>>> +       addr = PALMAS_BASE_TO_REG(PALMAS_USB_OTG_BASE, reg);
>>>> +
>>>> +       return regmap_read(palmas->regmap[slave], addr, dest);
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please use the generic api for palmas_read()/palmas_write(0 as it will
>>>> be ease on debugging on register access.
>>>> Direct regmap_read() does not help much on this.
>>> Graeme,
>>> Any reason why you dint use palmas_read()/palmas_write here?
>>> Btw palmas_read()/palmas_write() internally uses regmap APIs.
>> Because I was not a fan of tightly coupling the child devices to the
>> parent MFD. palmas_read/write were added by Laxman.
>
>
> But still you are using the PALMAS macro here and indirectly it is
> tied up. It is not completely independent.
> If need to be independent then regmap pointer with address need to be
> passed as independt header and no where on code whould refer the PALMA.
> I think as per current code, it is not possible although it is your
> big plan what I understand from some time back in one of patch
> discussion.
>
It is actually almost possible, but it is something I gave up looking
at. You can get the regmap of your parent i2c device without having
knowledge of the type of parent.

>
>>>>> +       palmas_usb->dev         = &pdev->dev;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +       palmas_usb->irq1 = regmap_irq_get_virq(palmas->irq_data,
>>>>> +                                               PALMAS_ID_OTG_IRQ);
>>>>> +       palmas_usb->irq2 = regmap_irq_get_virq(palmas->irq_data,
>>>>> +                                               PALMAS_ID_IRQ);
>>>>> +       palmas_usb->irq3 = regmap_irq_get_virq(palmas->irq_data,
>>>>> +                                               PALMAS_VBUS_OTG_IRQ);
>>>>> +       palmas_usb->irq4 = regmap_irq_get_virq(palmas->irq_data,
>>>>> +                                               PALMAS_VBUS_IRQ);
>>>> Should be come from platform_get_irq() through platform driver.
>>> No. It can be obtained from regmap too.
> Kishon,
> I think it is very much possible. You can pass the interrupt throough
> IRQ_RESOURCE and populate it from DT. If you provide proper interrupt
> parent and irq number then irq framework take care of every thing. 
> already tested this with RTC interrupt of plama and it worked very well.
>
If we are tightly coupling as above then using platform_irq is an extra
inefficiency. You both have to populate this then parse it afterwards.
Why not just use the regmap helper? Ill admit this code is like this as
there was a period where platform irqs in DT just was not working right!

We should really agree now if we are going for loose or tight coupling
now rather than keep switching?

Graeme