Re: [PATCH v12 1/7] mfd: Add core driver for Nuvoton NCT6694

Lee Jones
2025-06-12T14:00:49Z

On Wed, 04 Jun 2025, a0282524688@gmail.com wrote:

> From: Ming Yu <tmyu0@nuvoton.com>
>
> The Nuvoton NCT6694 provides an USB interface to the host to
> access its features.
>
> Sub-devices can use the USB functions nct6694_read_msg() and
> nct6694_write_msg() to issue a command. They can also request
> interrupt that will be called when the USB device receives its
> interrupt pipe.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Yu <tmyu0@nuvoton.com>
> ---
> Changes since version 11:
> - Modify the irq_domain_add_simple() to irq_domain_create_simple()
> - Fix mfd_cell back to v9, and use Use platform_device's id to replace IDA
> in sub-drivers
>
> Changes since version 10:
> - Add change log for the patch
> - Fix mfd_cell to MFD_CELL_NAME()
> - Remove unnecessary blank line
>
> Changes since version 9:
> - Add KernelDoc to exported functions
>
> Changes since version 8:
> - Modify the signed-off-by with my work address
> - Rename all MFD cell names to "nct6694-xxx"
> - Fix some comments in nct6694.c and in nct6694.h
>
> Changes since version 7:
> - Add error handling for devm_mutex_init()
>
> Changes since version 6:
>
> Changes since version 5:
> - Fix mfd_cell to MFD_CELL_NAME() and MFD_CELL_BASIC()
> - Drop unnecessary macros
>
> Changes since version 4:
> - Modify arguments in read/write function to a pointer to cmd_header
>
> Changes since version 3:
> - Modify array buffer to structure
> - Fix defines and comments
> - Add header <linux/bits.h> and use BIT macro
> - Modify mutex_init() to devm_mutex_init()
>
> Changes since version 2:
>
> Changes since version 1:
> - Implement IRQ domain to handle IRQ demux
> - Modify USB_DEVICE to USB_DEVICE_AND_INTERFACE_INFO API
> - Add command structure
> - Fix USB functions
> - Sort each driver's header files alphabetically
>
> MAINTAINERS | 6 +
> drivers/mfd/Kconfig | 15 ++
> drivers/mfd/Makefile | 2 +
> drivers/mfd/nct6694.c | 386 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/mfd/nct6694.h | 98 +++++++++
> 5 files changed, 507 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/mfd/nct6694.c
> create mode 100644 include/linux/mfd/nct6694.h
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 98201e1f4ab5..29d2d05bac22 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -17679,6 +17679,12 @@ F: drivers/nubus/
> F: include/linux/nubus.h
> F: include/uapi/linux/nubus.h
>
> +NUVOTON NCT6694 MFD DRIVER
> +M: Ming Yu <tmyu0@nuvoton.com>
> +S: Supported
> +F: drivers/mfd/nct6694.c
> +F: include/linux/mfd/nct6694.h
> +
> NVIDIA (rivafb and nvidiafb) FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER
> M: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>
> L: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
> index 96992af22565..489c1950f1ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
> @@ -1078,6 +1078,21 @@ config MFD_MENF21BMC
> This driver can also be built as a module. If so the module
> will be called menf21bmc.
>
> +config MFD_NCT6694
> + tristate "Nuvoton NCT6694 support"
> + select MFD_CORE
> + depends on USB
> + help
> + This enables support for the Nuvoton USB device NCT6694, which shares
> + peripherals.
> + The Nuvoton NCT6694 is a peripheral expander with 16 GPIO chips,
> + 6 I2C controllers, 2 CANfd controllers, 2 Watchdog timers, ADC,
> + PWM, and RTC.
> + This driver provides core APIs to access the NCT6694 hardware
> + monitoring and control features.
> + Additional drivers must be enabled to utilize the specific
> + functionalities of the device.
> +
> config MFD_OCELOT
> tristate "Microsemi Ocelot External Control Support"
> depends on SPI_MASTER
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Makefile b/drivers/mfd/Makefile
> index 5e5cc279af60..a96204d938fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/Makefile
> @@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_MC13XXX) += mc13xxx-core.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_MC13XXX_SPI) += mc13xxx-spi.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_MC13XXX_I2C) += mc13xxx-i2c.o
>
> +obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_NCT6694) += nct6694.o
> +
> obj-$(CONFIG_MFD_CORE) += mfd-core.o
>
> ocelot-soc-objs := ocelot-core.o ocelot-spi.o
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/nct6694.c b/drivers/mfd/nct6694.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..82d378ee47ed
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/nct6694.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,386 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2025 Nuvoton Technology Corp.
> + *
> + * Nuvoton NCT6694 core driver using USB interface to provide
> + * access to the NCT6694 hardware monitoring and control features.
> + *
> + * The NCT6694 is an integrated controller that provides GPIO, I2C,
> + * CAN, WDT, HWMON and RTC management.
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/bits.h>
> +#include <linux/interrupt.h>
> +#include <linux/irq.h>
> +#include <linux/irqdomain.h>
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/mfd/core.h>
> +#include <linux/mfd/nct6694.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/usb.h>
> +
> +static const struct mfd_cell nct6694_devs[] = {
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 0),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 1),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 2),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 3),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 4),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 5),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 6),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 7),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 8),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 9),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 10),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 11),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 12),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 13),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 14),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-gpio", NULL, NULL, 0, 15),
> +
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-i2c", NULL, NULL, 0, 0),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-i2c", NULL, NULL, 0, 1),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-i2c", NULL, NULL, 0, 2),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-i2c", NULL, NULL, 0, 3),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-i2c", NULL, NULL, 0, 4),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-i2c", NULL, NULL, 0, 5),

Why have we gone back to this silly numbering scheme?

What happened to using IDA in the child driver?

> +
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-canfd", NULL, NULL, 0, 0),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-canfd", NULL, NULL, 0, 1),
> +
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-wdt", NULL, NULL, 0, 0),
> + MFD_CELL_BASIC("nct6694-wdt", NULL, NULL, 0, 1),
> +
> + MFD_CELL_NAME("nct6694-hwmon"),
> +
> + MFD_CELL_NAME("nct6694-rtc"),
> +};

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]