Re: Question about "unit address format error" of DTC

[Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro-uWyLwvC0a2jby3iVrkZq2A@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Rob,

2017-11-09 23:15 GMT+09:00 Rob Herring <robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>:
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 6:14 AM, Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro-uWyLwvC0a2jby3iVrkZq2A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Hi Rob, David,
>>
>>
>> I am just curious about a DTC warning.
>>
>>
>> For example,
>>
>> soc {
>>     compatible = "simple-bus";
>>     #address-cells = <1>;
>>     #size-cells = <1>;
>>     ranges;
>>
>>     foo@11111111 {
>>          compatible = "foo";
>>          reg = <0x54006800 0x40>;
>>     };
>> };
>>
>> This emits the following warning.
>>
>> Warning (simple_bus_reg): Node /soc/foo@11111111 simple-bus unit
>> address format error, expected "54006800"
>>
>>
>> But, if I replace "simple-bus" with "simple-mfd",
>> DTC is completely happy.
>
> We could probably add simple-mfd to the check. Though, if you have
> addresses, then you probably should use simple-bus. I'm not a bit fan
> of simple-mfd in general.
>
>> Why is this check limited to simple bus / PCI bus?
>
> Because bus types are free to define their own unit address format to
> some extent.
>
>> For other cases, is mismatching @<address>  allowed?
>
> No, but it is not checked. Most other cases such as I2C and SPI buses
> aren't checked because we have no generic way to key off of them. We
> need schema data with compatible strings of those bus controllers to
> do the checking.
>
> Any bus type needs to define its unit address format. Generally, it
> must match data fields in reg property and distinct fields are
> separated by commas.
>

Thanks.
I had a more specific example I wanted to ask,
but your last comment "distinct fields are separated by commas"
probably answered the question.


The following is an example of NVMEM data cells.
The generic binding is Documentation/devicetree/binding/nvmem/nvmem.txt


reg:    specifies the offset in byte within the storage device.

bits:   Is pair of bit location and number of bits, which specifies offset
        in bit and number of bits within the address range specified
by reg property.
        Offset takes values from 0-7.


So, it is possible to have multiple data cells
that share the same "reg".

@<reg-offset>,<bit-position>
was the idea in my mind, but I was not 100% sure.

         qfprom: qfprom@00700000 {
                ...

                /* Data cells */
                calib0: calib@10,2 {
                        reg = <0x10 0x4>;
                        bits = <2 2>;
                };

                calib1: calib@10,6 {
                        reg = <0x10 0x4>;
                        bits = <6 2>
                };

                calib2: calib@14,2 {
                        reg = <0x14 0x4>;
                        bits = <2 2>;
                };

                calib3: calib@14,6 {
                        reg = <0x14 0x4>;
                        bits = <6 2>
                };
                ...
        };


>From your comment, probably, this is the right thing to do.



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
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