Re: [PATCH 1/6] dt-bindings: nvmem: add cell-type to nvmem cells

[Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>]

Hi,

On 22.09.21 15:03, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> 
> 
> On 22/09/2021 13:58, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> Hi Srini,
>>
>> On 22.09.21 14:49, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22/09/2021 13:31, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08.09.21 12:02, Joakim Zhang wrote:
>>>>>>> From: Srinivas Kandagatla<srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Some of the nvmem providers encode data for certain type of nvmem cell,
>>>>>>> example mac-address is stored in ascii or with delimiter or in reverse order.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is much specific to vendor, so having a cell-type would allow nvmem
>>>>>>> provider drivers to post-process this before using it.
>>>>>> I don't agree with this assessment. Users of the OCOTP so far
>>>>>> used this specific encoding. Bootloaders decode the OCOTP this way, but this
>>>>>> encoding isn't really an inherent attribute of the OCOTP. A new NXP SoC
>>>>>> with a different OTP IP will likely use the same format. Users may even
>>>>>> use the same format on an EEPROM to populate a second off-SoC interface, .. etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>> That is okay.
>>>> How would you go about using this same format on an EEPROM?
>>>
>>> Am guessing that by the time there are more users for such formats, those post-processing functions should be converted into some library functions.
>>
>> User A wants to reverse bytes in MAC address. User B stores it in ASCII.
>> Both use the exact same EEPROM. How could this ever work when the
>> encoding decision is left to the EEPROM driver?
> 
> User A and B should mention about this encoding information in there NVMEM provider bindings.
> 
> Based on that specific post-processing should be selected.

So instead of just compatible = "atmel,at24c16"; there will be

  compatible = "user-A,my-eeprom", "atmel,at24c16";

and 

  compatible = "user-B,my-eeprom", "atmel,at24c16";

and they each need to patch the at24 driver to call one of the
common library functions?

> 
> --srini
>>
> 
>>>
>>> --srini
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> I'd thus prefer to not make this specific to the OCOTP as all:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      * #define NVMEM_CELL_ENCODING_MAC_ADDRESS_IMX    /* ... */
>>>
>>
>>
> 


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