[PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Guenter Roeck]

This driver adds support for Si570, Si571, Si598, and Si599
programmable XO/VCXO.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
---
v2:
- Fixed checkpatch errors and warnings
- Moved si570.h platform data include file to include/linux/platform_data
- Documented reset sysfs attribute
- Added Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570

 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570 |   21 ++
 Documentation/misc-devices/si570              |   62 ++++
 MAINTAINERS                                   |    7 +
 drivers/misc/Kconfig                          |   10 +
 drivers/misc/Makefile                         |    1 +
 drivers/misc/si570.c                          |  398 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/platform_data/si570.h           |   23 ++
 7 files changed, 522 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570
 create mode 100644 Documentation/misc-devices/si570
 create mode 100644 drivers/misc/si570.c
 create mode 100644 include/linux/platform_data/si570.h

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78c43f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+What:		/sys/bus/i2c/devices/<busnum>-<devaddr>/frequency
+Date:		April 2011
+Kernel version:	2.6.40 ?
+Contact:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
+Description:
+		Read or write XO/VCXO frequency of the device in Hz.
+
+		Accepted values: 10 MHz to 1400 MHz for Si570 and Si571,
+		10 MHz to 525 MHz for Si598 and Si599.
+Users:
+		Userspace applications interested in knowing or changing the
+		device frequency.
+
+What:		/sys/bus/i2c/devices/<busnum>-<devaddr>/reset
+Date:		April 2011
+Kernel Version: 2.6.40 ?
+Contact:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
+Description:	Writing a value other than 0 resets the device.
+		Reading always returns 0 and has no effect.
+Users:
+		Userspace applications interested in resetting the device.
diff --git a/Documentation/misc-devices/si570 b/Documentation/misc-devices/si570
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54e32f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/si570
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+Kernel driver si570
+=====================
+
+Supported chips:
+  * Silicon Labs Si570/Si571
+    Prefix: 'si570'
+    Addresses scanned: None (see below)
+    Datasheets:
+        http://www.silabs.com/Support%20Documents/TechnicalDocs/si570.pdf
+  * Silicon Labs Si598/Si599
+    Prefix: 'si598'
+    Addresses scanned: None (see below)
+    Datasheets:
+	http://www.silabs.com/Support%20Documents/TechnicalDocs/si598-99.pdf
+
+Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+The Si570/Si598 XO and Si571/Si599 VCXO provide a low-jitter clock at any
+frequency.
+
+The Si570/Si571 are user-programmable to any output frequency from 10 to 945 MHz
+and select frequencies to 1400 MHz with <1 ppb resolution.
+
+The Si598/Si599 are user programmable to any output frequency from 10 to 525 MHz
+with 28 parts per trillion (ppt) resolution.
+
+See the datasheets for more information.
+
+
+Sysfs entries
+-------------
+
+frequency	- Selected frequency
+reset		- Writing a value other than 0 resets the device
+
+
+General Remarks
+---------------
+
+The chips support all valid 7-bit I2C addresses. I2C addresses are assigned
+during the ordering process.
+
+This driver does not auto-detect devices. You will have to instantiate the
+devices explicitly. Please see Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices for
+details.
+
+
+Platform data
+-------------
+
+The devices can be provided with platform data to select the factory default
+output frequency. If platform data is not specified, the driver will assume a
+default factory output frequency of 125 MHz for Si570/Si571 and 10 MHz for
+Si598/Si599.
+
+struct si570_platform_data {
+	unsigned long fout;	/* Factory default output frequency */
+};
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index ec36003..4c339ea 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5406,6 +5406,13 @@ L:	linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/tty/serial
 
+SI570 DRIVER
+M:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
+L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
+S:	Maintained
+F:	drivers/misc/si570.c
+F:	include/linux/platform_data/si570.h
+
 TIMEKEEPING, NTP
 M:	John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
 M:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index 4e007c6..c7041c9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -475,6 +475,16 @@ config PCH_PHUB
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
 	  be called pch_phub.
 
+config SI570
+	tristate "Silicon Labs Si570/Si571/Si598/Si599"
+	depends on I2C && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
+	help
+	  This is a driver for Silicon Labs Si570/Si571/Si598/Si599 programmable
+	  XO/VCXO.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
+	  be called si570.
+
 source "drivers/misc/c2port/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/misc/eeprom/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/misc/cb710/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Makefile b/drivers/misc/Makefile
index f546860..a2397c6 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPEAR13XX_PCIE_GADGET)	+= spear13xx_pcie_gadget.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VMWARE_BALLOON)	+= vmw_balloon.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CHARLCD)	+= arm-charlcd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCH_PHUB)		+= pch_phub.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SI570)		+= si570.o
 obj-y				+= ti-st/
 obj-$(CONFIG_AB8500_PWM)	+= ab8500-pwm.o
 obj-y				+= lis3lv02d/
diff --git a/drivers/misc/si570.c b/drivers/misc/si570.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69a3806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/misc/si570.c
@@ -0,0 +1,398 @@
+/*
+ * Driver for Silicon Labs Si570/Si571 Programmable XO/VCXO
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Ericsson AB.
+ *
+ * Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/i2c.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/log2.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/platform_data/si570.h>
+
+/* Si570 registers */
+#define SI570_REG_HS_N1		7
+#define SI570_REG_N1_RFREQ0	8
+#define SI570_REG_RFREQ1	9
+#define SI570_REG_RFREQ2	10
+#define SI570_REG_RFREQ3	11
+#define SI570_REG_RFREQ4	12
+#define SI570_REG_CONTROL	135
+#define SI570_REG_FREEZE_DCO	137
+
+#define HS_DIV_SHIFT		5
+#define HS_DIV_MASK		0xe0
+#define HS_DIV_OFFSET		4
+#define N1_6_2_MASK		0x1f
+#define N1_1_0_MASK		0xc0
+#define RFREQ_37_32_MASK	0x3f
+
+#define SI570_FOUT_FACTORY_DFLT	125000000LL
+#define SI598_FOUT_FACTORY_DFLT	10000000LL
+
+#define SI570_MIN_FREQ		10000000L
+#define SI570_MAX_FREQ		1417500000L
+#define SI598_MAX_FREQ		525000000L
+
+#define FDCO_MIN		4850000000LL
+#define FDCO_MAX		5670000000LL
+#define FDCO_CENTER		((FDCO_MIN + FDCO_MAX) / 2)
+
+#define SI570_CNTRL_RECALL	(1 << 0)
+#define SI570_CNTRL_FREEZE_ADC	(1 << 4)
+#define SI570_CNTRL_FREEZE_M	(1 << 5)
+#define SI570_CNTRL_NEWFREQ	(1 << 6)
+#define SI570_CNTRL_RESET	(1 << 7)
+
+#define SI570_FREEZE_DCO	(1 << 4)
+
+struct si570_data {
+	struct attribute_group attrs;
+	struct mutex lock;
+	u64 max_freq;
+	u64 fout;		/* Factory default frequency */
+	u64 fxtal;		/* Factory xtal frequency */
+	unsigned int n1;
+	unsigned int hs_div;
+	u64 rfreq;
+	u64 frequency;
+};
+
+static int si570_get_defaults(struct i2c_client *client)
+{
+	struct si570_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+	int reg1, reg2, reg3, reg4, reg5, reg6;
+	u64 fdco;
+
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_CONTROL,
+				  SI570_CNTRL_RECALL);
+
+	reg1 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_HS_N1);
+	if (reg1 < 0)
+		return reg1;
+	reg2 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_N1_RFREQ0);
+	if (reg2 < 0)
+		return reg2;
+	reg3 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ1);
+	if (reg3 < 0)
+		return reg3;
+	reg4 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ2);
+	if (reg4 < 0)
+		return reg4;
+	reg5 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ3);
+	if (reg5 < 0)
+		return reg5;
+	reg6 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ4);
+	if (reg6 < 0)
+		return reg6;
+
+	data->hs_div = ((reg1 & HS_DIV_MASK) >> HS_DIV_SHIFT) + HS_DIV_OFFSET;
+	data->n1 = ((reg1 & N1_6_2_MASK) << 2) + ((reg2 & N1_1_0_MASK) >> 6)
+	  + 1;
+	/* Handle invalid cases */
+	if (data->n1 > 1)
+		data->n1 &= ~1;
+
+	data->rfreq = reg2 & RFREQ_37_32_MASK;
+	data->rfreq = (data->rfreq << 8) + reg3;
+	data->rfreq = (data->rfreq << 8) + reg4;
+	data->rfreq = (data->rfreq << 8) + reg5;
+	data->rfreq = (data->rfreq << 8) + reg6;
+
+	/*
+	 * Accept optional precision loss to avoid arithmetic overflows.
+	 * Acceptable per Silicon Labs Application Note AN334.
+	 */
+	fdco = data->fout * data->n1 * data->hs_div;
+	if (fdco >= (1LL << 36))
+		data->fxtal = (fdco << 24) / (data->rfreq >> 4);
+	else
+		data->fxtal = (fdco << 28) / data->rfreq;
+
+	data->frequency = data->fout;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Update rfreq registers
+ * This function must be called with update mutex lock held.
+ */
+static void si570_update_rfreq(struct i2c_client *client,
+			       struct si570_data *data)
+{
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_N1_RFREQ0,
+				  ((data->n1 - 1) << 6)
+				  | ((data->rfreq >> 32) & RFREQ_37_32_MASK));
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ1,
+				  (data->rfreq >> 24) & 0xff);
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ2,
+				  (data->rfreq >> 16) & 0xff);
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ3,
+				  (data->rfreq >> 8) & 0xff);
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ4,
+				  data->rfreq & 0xff);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Update si570 frequency for small frequency changes (< 3,500 ppm)
+ * This function must be called with update mutex lock held.
+ */
+static int si570_set_frequency_small(struct i2c_client *client,
+				     struct si570_data *data,
+				     unsigned long frequency)
+{
+	data->frequency = frequency;
+	data->rfreq = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(data->rfreq * frequency,
+					data->frequency);
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_CONTROL,
+				  SI570_CNTRL_FREEZE_M);
+	si570_update_rfreq(client, data);
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_CONTROL, 0);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const uint8_t si570_hs_div_values[] = { 11, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4 };
+
+/*
+ * Set si570 frequency.
+ * This function must be called with update mutex lock held.
+ */
+static int si570_set_frequency(struct i2c_client *client,
+			       struct si570_data *data,
+			       unsigned long frequency)
+{
+	int i, n1, hs_div;
+	u64 fdco, best_fdco = ULLONG_MAX;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(si570_hs_div_values); i++) {
+		hs_div = si570_hs_div_values[i];
+		/* Calculate lowest possible value for n1 */
+		n1 = FDCO_MIN / (u64)hs_div / (u64)frequency;
+		if (!n1 || (n1 & 1))
+			n1++;
+		while (n1 <= 128) {
+			fdco = (u64)frequency * (u64)hs_div * (u64)n1;
+			if (fdco > FDCO_MAX)
+				break;
+			if (fdco >= FDCO_MIN && fdco < best_fdco) {
+				data->n1 = n1;
+				data->hs_div = hs_div;
+				data->frequency = frequency;
+				data->rfreq = (fdco << 28) / data->fxtal;
+				best_fdco = fdco;
+			}
+			n1 += (n1 == 1 ? 1 : 2);
+		}
+	}
+	if (best_fdco == ULLONG_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_FREEZE_DCO,
+				  SI570_FREEZE_DCO);
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_HS_N1,
+				  ((data->hs_div - HS_DIV_OFFSET) <<
+				   HS_DIV_SHIFT)
+				  | (((data->n1 - 1) >> 2) & N1_6_2_MASK));
+	si570_update_rfreq(client, data);
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_FREEZE_DCO,
+				  0);
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_CONTROL,
+				  SI570_CNTRL_NEWFREQ);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Reset chip.
+ * This function must be called with update mutex lock held.
+ */
+static int si570_reset(struct i2c_client *client, struct si570_data *data)
+{
+	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_CONTROL,
+				  SI570_CNTRL_RESET);
+	usleep_range(1000, 5000);
+	return si570_set_frequency(client, data, data->frequency);
+}
+
+static ssize_t show_frequency(struct device *dev,
+			      struct device_attribute *devattr,
+			      char *buf)
+{
+	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
+	struct si570_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", data->frequency);
+}
+
+static ssize_t set_frequency(struct device *dev,
+			     struct device_attribute *attr,
+			     const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
+	struct si570_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+	unsigned long val;
+	int err;
+
+	err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (val < SI570_MIN_FREQ || val > data->max_freq)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&data->lock);
+	if (abs(val - data->frequency) * 10000LL / data->frequency < 35)
+		err = si570_set_frequency_small(client, data, val);
+	else
+		err = si570_set_frequency(client, data, val);
+	mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	return count;
+}
+static ssize_t show_reset(struct device *dev,
+			  struct device_attribute *devattr,
+			  char *buf)
+{
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", 0);
+}
+
+static ssize_t set_reset(struct device *dev,
+			 struct device_attribute *attr,
+			 const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
+	struct si570_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+	unsigned long val;
+	int err;
+
+	err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	if (val == 0)
+		goto done;
+
+	mutex_lock(&data->lock);
+	err = si570_reset(client, data);
+	mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+done:
+	return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(frequency, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_frequency, set_frequency);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(reset, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_reset, set_reset);
+
+static struct attribute *si570_attr[] = {
+	&dev_attr_frequency.attr,
+	&dev_attr_reset.attr,
+	NULL
+};
+
+static const struct i2c_device_id si570_id[] = {
+	{ "si570", 0 },
+	{ "si571", 0 },
+	{ "si598", 1 },
+	{ "si599", 1 },
+	{ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, si570_id);
+
+static int si570_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
+		       const struct i2c_device_id *id)
+{
+	struct si570_platform_data *pdata = client->dev.platform_data;
+	struct si570_data *data;
+	int err;
+
+	data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct si570_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
+	if (id->driver_data) {
+		data->fout = SI598_FOUT_FACTORY_DFLT;
+		data->max_freq = SI598_MAX_FREQ;
+	} else {
+		data->fout = SI570_FOUT_FACTORY_DFLT;
+		data->max_freq = SI570_MAX_FREQ;
+	}
+
+	if (pdata && pdata->fout)
+		data->fout = pdata->fout;
+
+	i2c_set_clientdata(client, data);
+	err = si570_get_defaults(client);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto exit_free;
+
+	mutex_init(&data->lock);
+
+	/* Register sysfs hooks */
+	data->attrs.attrs = si570_attr;
+	err = sysfs_create_group(&client->dev.kobj, &data->attrs);
+	if (err)
+		goto exit_free;
+
+	return 0;
+
+exit_free:
+	kfree(data);
+exit:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int si570_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
+{
+	struct si570_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+
+	sysfs_remove_group(&client->dev.kobj, &data->attrs);
+	kfree(data);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct i2c_driver si570_driver = {
+	.driver = {
+		.name	= "si570",
+	},
+	.probe		= si570_probe,
+	.remove		= si570_remove,
+	.id_table	= si570_id,
+};
+
+static int __init si570_init(void)
+{
+	return i2c_add_driver(&si570_driver);
+}
+
+static void __exit si570_exit(void)
+{
+	i2c_del_driver(&si570_driver);
+}
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Si570 driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+module_init(si570_init);
+module_exit(si570_exit);
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/si570.h b/include/linux/platform_data/si570.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22ec865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/si570.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * si570.h - Configuration for si570 misc driver.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation (version 2 of the License only).
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_SI570_H
+#define __LINUX_SI570_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+struct si570_platform_data {
+	unsigned long fout;	/* Factory default output frequency */
+};
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_SI570_H */
-- 
1.7.3.1

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Jonathan Cameron]

On 04/19/11 22:36, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> This driver adds support for Si570, Si571, Si598, and Si599
> programmable XO/VCXO.
cc'd Michael Hennerich, as I would imagine this has some similarities to the DDS
chips we have in IIO (be it a very simple one).

Guenter, what is your use case for this part?

> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Fixed checkpatch errors and warnings
> - Moved si570.h platform data include file to include/linux/platform_data
> - Documented reset sysfs attribute
> - Added Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570
> 
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570 |   21 ++
>  Documentation/misc-devices/si570              |   62 ++++
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |    7 +
>  drivers/misc/Kconfig                          |   10 +
>  drivers/misc/Makefile                         |    1 +
>  drivers/misc/si570.c                          |  398 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/platform_data/si570.h           |   23 ++
>  7 files changed, 522 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/misc-devices/si570
>  create mode 100644 drivers/misc/si570.c
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/platform_data/si570.h
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..78c43f7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-i2c-si570
> @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
> +What:		/sys/bus/i2c/devices/<busnum>-<devaddr>/frequency
> +Date:		April 2011
> +Kernel version:	2.6.40 ?
> +Contact:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> +Description:
> +		Read or write XO/VCXO frequency of the device in Hz.
> +
> +		Accepted values: 10 MHz to 1400 MHz for Si570 and Si571,
> +		10 MHz to 525 MHz for Si598 and Si599.
> +Users:
> +		Userspace applications interested in knowing or changing the
> +		device frequency.
> +
> +What:		/sys/bus/i2c/devices/<busnum>-<devaddr>/reset
> +Date:		April 2011
> +Kernel Version: 2.6.40 ?
> +Contact:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> +Description:	Writing a value other than 0 resets the device.
> +		Reading always returns 0 and has no effect.
> +Users:
> +		Userspace applications interested in resetting the device.
> diff --git a/Documentation/misc-devices/si570 b/Documentation/misc-devices/si570
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..54e32f7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/si570
> @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
> +Kernel driver si570
> +=====================
> +
> +Supported chips:
> +  * Silicon Labs Si570/Si571
> +    Prefix: 'si570'
> +    Addresses scanned: None (see below)
> +    Datasheets:
> +        http://www.silabs.com/Support%20Documents/TechnicalDocs/si570.pdf
> +  * Silicon Labs Si598/Si599
> +    Prefix: 'si598'
> +    Addresses scanned: None (see below)
> +    Datasheets:
> +	http://www.silabs.com/Support%20Documents/TechnicalDocs/si598-99.pdf
> +
> +Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> +
> +
> +Description
> +-----------
> +
> +The Si570/Si598 XO and Si571/Si599 VCXO provide a low-jitter clock at any
> +frequency.
> +
> +The Si570/Si571 are user-programmable to any output frequency from 10 to 945 MHz
> +and select frequencies to 1400 MHz with <1 ppb resolution.
> +
> +The Si598/Si599 are user programmable to any output frequency from 10 to 525 MHz
> +with 28 parts per trillion (ppt) resolution.
> +
> +See the datasheets for more information.
> +
> +
> +Sysfs entries
> +-------------
> +
> +frequency	- Selected frequency
> +reset		- Writing a value other than 0 resets the device
> +
> +
> +General Remarks
> +---------------
> +
> +The chips support all valid 7-bit I2C addresses. I2C addresses are assigned
> +during the ordering process.
> +
> +This driver does not auto-detect devices. You will have to instantiate the
> +devices explicitly. Please see Documentation/i2c/instantiating-devices for
> +details.
> +
> +
> +Platform data
> +-------------
> +
> +The devices can be provided with platform data to select the factory default
> +output frequency. If platform data is not specified, the driver will assume a
> +default factory output frequency of 125 MHz for Si570/Si571 and 10 MHz for
> +Si598/Si599.
> +
> +struct si570_platform_data {
> +	unsigned long fout;	/* Factory default output frequency */
> +};
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index ec36003..4c339ea 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -5406,6 +5406,13 @@ L:	linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
>  S:	Maintained
>  F:	drivers/tty/serial
>  
> +SI570 DRIVER
> +M:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> +L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> +S:	Maintained
> +F:	drivers/misc/si570.c
> +F:	include/linux/platform_data/si570.h
> +
>  TIMEKEEPING, NTP
>  M:	John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
>  M:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> index 4e007c6..c7041c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> @@ -475,6 +475,16 @@ config PCH_PHUB
>  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
>  	  be called pch_phub.
>  
> +config SI570
> +	tristate "Silicon Labs Si570/Si571/Si598/Si599"
> +	depends on I2C && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
> +	help
> +	  This is a driver for Silicon Labs Si570/Si571/Si598/Si599 programmable
> +	  XO/VCXO.
> +
> +	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
> +	  be called si570.
> +
>  source "drivers/misc/c2port/Kconfig"
>  source "drivers/misc/eeprom/Kconfig"
>  source "drivers/misc/cb710/Kconfig"
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/Makefile b/drivers/misc/Makefile
> index f546860..a2397c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/misc/Makefile
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPEAR13XX_PCIE_GADGET)	+= spear13xx_pcie_gadget.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_VMWARE_BALLOON)	+= vmw_balloon.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CHARLCD)	+= arm-charlcd.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PCH_PHUB)		+= pch_phub.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SI570)		+= si570.o
>  obj-y				+= ti-st/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_AB8500_PWM)	+= ab8500-pwm.o
>  obj-y				+= lis3lv02d/
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/si570.c b/drivers/misc/si570.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..69a3806
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/misc/si570.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,398 @@
> +/*
> + * Driver for Silicon Labs Si570/Si571 Programmable XO/VCXO
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2011 Ericsson AB.
> + *
> + * Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> + * (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/jiffies.h>
> +#include <linux/i2c.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <linux/delay.h>
> +#include <linux/log2.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/platform_data/si570.h>
> +
> +/* Si570 registers */
> +#define SI570_REG_HS_N1		7
> +#define SI570_REG_N1_RFREQ0	8
> +#define SI570_REG_RFREQ1	9
> +#define SI570_REG_RFREQ2	10
> +#define SI570_REG_RFREQ3	11
> +#define SI570_REG_RFREQ4	12
> +#define SI570_REG_CONTROL	135
> +#define SI570_REG_FREEZE_DCO	137
> +
> +#define HS_DIV_SHIFT		5
> +#define HS_DIV_MASK		0xe0
> +#define HS_DIV_OFFSET		4
> +#define N1_6_2_MASK		0x1f
> +#define N1_1_0_MASK		0xc0
> +#define RFREQ_37_32_MASK	0x3f
> +
> +#define SI570_FOUT_FACTORY_DFLT	125000000LL
> +#define SI598_FOUT_FACTORY_DFLT	10000000LL
> +
> +#define SI570_MIN_FREQ		10000000L
> +#define SI570_MAX_FREQ		1417500000L
> +#define SI598_MAX_FREQ		525000000L
> +
> +#define FDCO_MIN		4850000000LL
> +#define FDCO_MAX		5670000000LL
> +#define FDCO_CENTER		((FDCO_MIN + FDCO_MAX) / 2)
> +
> +#define SI570_CNTRL_RECALL	(1 << 0)
> +#define SI570_CNTRL_FREEZE_ADC	(1 << 4)
> +#define SI570_CNTRL_FREEZE_M	(1 << 5)
> +#define SI570_CNTRL_NEWFREQ	(1 << 6)
> +#define SI570_CNTRL_RESET	(1 << 7)
> +
> +#define SI570_FREEZE_DCO	(1 << 4)
> +
> +struct si570_data {
> +	struct attribute_group attrs;
> +	struct mutex lock;
> +	u64 max_freq;
> +	u64 fout;		/* Factory default frequency */
> +	u64 fxtal;		/* Factory xtal frequency */
> +	unsigned int n1;
> +	unsigned int hs_div;
> +	u64 rfreq;
> +	u64 frequency;
> +};
> +
> +static int si570_get_defaults(struct i2c_client *client)
> +{
> +	struct si570_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
> +	int reg1, reg2, reg3, reg4, reg5, reg6;
> +	u64 fdco;
> +
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_CONTROL,
> +				  SI570_CNTRL_RECALL);
> +
> +	reg1 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_HS_N1);
> +	if (reg1 < 0)
> +		return reg1;
> +	reg2 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_N1_RFREQ0);
> +	if (reg2 < 0)
> +		return reg2;
> +	reg3 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ1);
> +	if (reg3 < 0)
> +		return reg3;
> +	reg4 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ2);
> +	if (reg4 < 0)
> +		return reg4;
> +	reg5 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ3);
> +	if (reg5 < 0)
> +		return reg5;
> +	reg6 = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ4);
> +	if (reg6 < 0)
> +		return reg6;
> +
> +	data->hs_div = ((reg1 & HS_DIV_MASK) >> HS_DIV_SHIFT) + HS_DIV_OFFSET;
> +	data->n1 = ((reg1 & N1_6_2_MASK) << 2) + ((reg2 & N1_1_0_MASK) >> 6)
> +	  + 1;
> +	/* Handle invalid cases */
> +	if (data->n1 > 1)
> +		data->n1 &= ~1;
> +
> +	data->rfreq = reg2 & RFREQ_37_32_MASK;
> +	data->rfreq = (data->rfreq << 8) + reg3;
> +	data->rfreq = (data->rfreq << 8) + reg4;
> +	data->rfreq = (data->rfreq << 8) + reg5;
> +	data->rfreq = (data->rfreq << 8) + reg6;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Accept optional precision loss to avoid arithmetic overflows.
> +	 * Acceptable per Silicon Labs Application Note AN334.
> +	 */
> +	fdco = data->fout * data->n1 * data->hs_div;
> +	if (fdco >= (1LL << 36))
> +		data->fxtal = (fdco << 24) / (data->rfreq >> 4);
> +	else
> +		data->fxtal = (fdco << 28) / data->rfreq;
> +
> +	data->frequency = data->fout;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Update rfreq registers
> + * This function must be called with update mutex lock held.
> + */
> +static void si570_update_rfreq(struct i2c_client *client,
> +			       struct si570_data *data)
> +{
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_N1_RFREQ0,
> +				  ((data->n1 - 1) << 6)
> +				  | ((data->rfreq >> 32) & RFREQ_37_32_MASK));
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ1,
> +				  (data->rfreq >> 24) & 0xff);
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ2,
> +				  (data->rfreq >> 16) & 0xff);
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ3,
> +				  (data->rfreq >> 8) & 0xff);
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_RFREQ4,
> +				  data->rfreq & 0xff);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Update si570 frequency for small frequency changes (< 3,500 ppm)
> + * This function must be called with update mutex lock held.
> + */
> +static int si570_set_frequency_small(struct i2c_client *client,
> +				     struct si570_data *data,
> +				     unsigned long frequency)
> +{
> +	data->frequency = frequency;
> +	data->rfreq = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(data->rfreq * frequency,
> +					data->frequency);
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_CONTROL,
> +				  SI570_CNTRL_FREEZE_M);
> +	si570_update_rfreq(client, data);
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_CONTROL, 0);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +const uint8_t si570_hs_div_values[] = { 11, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4 };
> +
> +/*
> + * Set si570 frequency.
> + * This function must be called with update mutex lock held.
> + */
> +static int si570_set_frequency(struct i2c_client *client,
> +			       struct si570_data *data,
> +			       unsigned long frequency)
> +{
> +	int i, n1, hs_div;
> +	u64 fdco, best_fdco = ULLONG_MAX;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(si570_hs_div_values); i++) {
> +		hs_div = si570_hs_div_values[i];
> +		/* Calculate lowest possible value for n1 */
> +		n1 = FDCO_MIN / (u64)hs_div / (u64)frequency;
> +		if (!n1 || (n1 & 1))
> +			n1++;
> +		while (n1 <= 128) {
> +			fdco = (u64)frequency * (u64)hs_div * (u64)n1;
> +			if (fdco > FDCO_MAX)
> +				break;
> +			if (fdco >= FDCO_MIN && fdco < best_fdco) {
> +				data->n1 = n1;
> +				data->hs_div = hs_div;
> +				data->frequency = frequency;
> +				data->rfreq = (fdco << 28) / data->fxtal;
> +				best_fdco = fdco;
> +			}
> +			n1 += (n1 == 1 ? 1 : 2);
> +		}
> +	}
> +	if (best_fdco == ULLONG_MAX)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_FREEZE_DCO,
> +				  SI570_FREEZE_DCO);
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_HS_N1,
> +				  ((data->hs_div - HS_DIV_OFFSET) <<
> +				   HS_DIV_SHIFT)
> +				  | (((data->n1 - 1) >> 2) & N1_6_2_MASK));
> +	si570_update_rfreq(client, data);
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_FREEZE_DCO,
> +				  0);
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_CONTROL,
> +				  SI570_CNTRL_NEWFREQ);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Reset chip.
> + * This function must be called with update mutex lock held.
> + */
> +static int si570_reset(struct i2c_client *client, struct si570_data *data)
> +{
> +	i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, SI570_REG_CONTROL,
> +				  SI570_CNTRL_RESET);
> +	usleep_range(1000, 5000);
> +	return si570_set_frequency(client, data, data->frequency);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t show_frequency(struct device *dev,
> +			      struct device_attribute *devattr,
> +			      char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
> +	struct si570_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
> +
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", data->frequency);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t set_frequency(struct device *dev,
> +			     struct device_attribute *attr,
> +			     const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
> +	struct si570_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
> +	unsigned long val;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	if (val < SI570_MIN_FREQ || val > data->max_freq)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&data->lock);
> +	if (abs(val - data->frequency) * 10000LL / data->frequency < 35)
> +		err = si570_set_frequency_small(client, data, val);
> +	else
> +		err = si570_set_frequency(client, data, val);
> +	mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	return count;
> +}
> +static ssize_t show_reset(struct device *dev,
> +			  struct device_attribute *devattr,
> +			  char *buf)
> +{
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", 0);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t set_reset(struct device *dev,
> +			 struct device_attribute *attr,
> +			 const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
> +	struct si570_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
> +	unsigned long val;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +	if (val == 0)
> +		goto done;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&data->lock);
> +	err = si570_reset(client, data);
> +	mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +done:
> +	return count;
> +}
> +
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(frequency, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_frequency, set_frequency);
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(reset, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_reset, set_reset);
> +
> +static struct attribute *si570_attr[] = {
> +	&dev_attr_frequency.attr,
> +	&dev_attr_reset.attr,
> +	NULL
> +};
> +
> +static const struct i2c_device_id si570_id[] = {
> +	{ "si570", 0 },
> +	{ "si571", 0 },
> +	{ "si598", 1 },
> +	{ "si599", 1 },
> +	{ }
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, si570_id);
> +
> +static int si570_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> +		       const struct i2c_device_id *id)
> +{
> +	struct si570_platform_data *pdata = client->dev.platform_data;
> +	struct si570_data *data;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct si570_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!data) {
> +		err = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto exit;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (id->driver_data) {
> +		data->fout = SI598_FOUT_FACTORY_DFLT;
> +		data->max_freq = SI598_MAX_FREQ;
> +	} else {
> +		data->fout = SI570_FOUT_FACTORY_DFLT;
> +		data->max_freq = SI570_MAX_FREQ;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (pdata && pdata->fout)
> +		data->fout = pdata->fout;
> +
> +	i2c_set_clientdata(client, data);
> +	err = si570_get_defaults(client);
> +	if (err < 0)
> +		goto exit_free;
> +
> +	mutex_init(&data->lock);
> +
> +	/* Register sysfs hooks */
> +	data->attrs.attrs = si570_attr;
> +	err = sysfs_create_group(&client->dev.kobj, &data->attrs);
> +	if (err)
> +		goto exit_free;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +exit_free:
> +	kfree(data);
> +exit:
> +	return err;
> +}
> +
> +static int si570_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
> +{
> +	struct si570_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
> +
> +	sysfs_remove_group(&client->dev.kobj, &data->attrs);
> +	kfree(data);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static struct i2c_driver si570_driver = {
> +	.driver = {
> +		.name	= "si570",
> +	},
> +	.probe		= si570_probe,
> +	.remove		= si570_remove,
> +	.id_table	= si570_id,
> +};
> +
> +static int __init si570_init(void)
> +{
> +	return i2c_add_driver(&si570_driver);
> +}
> +
> +static void __exit si570_exit(void)
> +{
> +	i2c_del_driver(&si570_driver);
> +}
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Si570 driver");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +
> +module_init(si570_init);
> +module_exit(si570_exit);
> diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/si570.h b/include/linux/platform_data/si570.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..22ec865
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/platform_data/si570.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> +/*
> + * si570.h - Configuration for si570 misc driver.
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation (version 2 of the License only).
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __LINUX_SI570_H
> +#define __LINUX_SI570_H
> +
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +
> +struct si570_platform_data {
> +	unsigned long fout;	/* Factory default output frequency */
> +};
> +
> +#endif /* __LINUX_SI570_H */

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Guenter Roeck]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 05:23:36AM -0400, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On 04/19/11 22:36, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > This driver adds support for Si570, Si571, Si598, and Si599
> > programmable XO/VCXO.
> cc'd Michael Hennerich, as I would imagine this has some similarities to the DDS
> chips we have in IIO (be it a very simple one).
> 
> Guenter, what is your use case for this part?
> 
It is used to generate a configurable serdes clock. The clock is either
left alone at its default, or configured during system startup.

What is the use case for dds devices ?

Thanks,
Guenter

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 19 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> This driver adds support for Si570, Si571, Si598, and Si599
> programmable XO/VCXO.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>

This needs some more explanation of what the hardware is there for,
and why it's unlike everything else that we support in Linux.

We try not to have too many things in drivers/misc that are
one-off interfaces, so if the hardware is related to something
else, it should probably go into one subsystem.

My impression from readin the source code is that this is
simply a clock device that would be used in combination with
some other device in practice that consumes the clock.
If that is true, it should probably not have a user-visible
interface, but only an interface that can be used by other
kernel drivers.

	Arnd

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Guenter Roeck]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:44:30PM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > This driver adds support for Si570, Si571, Si598, and Si599
> > programmable XO/VCXO.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> 
> This needs some more explanation of what the hardware is there for,
> and why it's unlike everything else that we support in Linux.
> 
This is a generic configurable clock device. I'll be happy to add
some text such as "The device can be used for any application requiring
a static or a dynamically configurable clock, such as serdes clocks".
Not sure if that would add much value, though.

Regarding "unlike everything else", not sure if that is really correct.
The DDS chips Jonathan mentioned do get pretty close, and there are
other drivers providing support for clock chips, though typically more
dedicated.  ics932s401 in misc is one example, and then there are all
the tuner chips in media/common/tuners/.

> We try not to have too many things in drivers/misc that are
> one-off interfaces, so if the hardware is related to something
> else, it should probably go into one subsystem.
> 
> My impression from readin the source code is that this is
> simply a clock device that would be used in combination with
> some other device in practice that consumes the clock.

Exactly. Point here is that it can be _any_ other device.

> If that is true, it should probably not have a user-visible
> interface, but only an interface that can be used by other
> kernel drivers.
> 
Depends. In our case, turns out the devices consuming the clock
have user mode drivers. Lots of history there, but the chip vendors 
provide those user mode drivers, and the teams responsible for
integrating the drivers decided to not rewrite it to kernel mode drivers.
Also, for special purposes such as margining, it is necessary to control
the clock from userspace. So, for our use case, I need the user-visible
interface. I _don't_ need the kernel interface, at least not right now,
which is why I did not add it.

Browsing through the web, it seems the chip is somewhat popular with
Amateur Radio. No idea if it would ever be controlled for such a purpose
from Linux, but if so, it would also require a user configurable frequency.

If there is a better place for such a driver than misc, please let me know.

Thanks,
Guenter

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wednesday 20 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:44:30PM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Tuesday 19 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > This driver adds support for Si570, Si571, Si598, and Si599
> > > programmable XO/VCXO.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> > 
> > This needs some more explanation of what the hardware is there for,
> > and why it's unlike everything else that we support in Linux.
> > 
> This is a generic configurable clock device. I'll be happy to add
> some text such as "The device can be used for any application requiring
> a static or a dynamically configurable clock, such as serdes clocks".
> Not sure if that would add much value, though.
> 
> Regarding "unlike everything else", not sure if that is really correct.
> The DDS chips Jonathan mentioned do get pretty close, and there are
> other drivers providing support for clock chips, though typically more
> dedicated.  ics932s401 in misc is one example, and then there are all
> the tuner chips in media/common/tuners/.

Isn't that what you'd normally call a 'struct clk' then?

> > If that is true, it should probably not have a user-visible
> > interface, but only an interface that can be used by other
> > kernel drivers.
> > 
> Depends. In our case, turns out the devices consuming the clock
> have user mode drivers. Lots of history there, but the chip vendors 
> provide those user mode drivers, and the teams responsible for
> integrating the drivers decided to not rewrite it to kernel mode drivers.
> Also, for special purposes such as margining, it is necessary to control
> the clock from userspace. So, for our use case, I need the user-visible
> interface. I _don't_ need the kernel interface, at least not right now,
> which is why I did not add it.
> 
> Browsing through the web, it seems the chip is somewhat popular with
> Amateur Radio. No idea if it would ever be controlled for such a purpose
> from Linux, but if so, it would also require a user configurable frequency.
> 
> If there is a better place for such a driver than misc, please let me know.

When you say user mode driver, do you mean as in drivers/uio? (taking Hans
on Cc for these)

Those already have generic support for memory and interrupt resources,
maybe we can just add a common way to associate a uio device with a struct clk
and provide a sysfs or ioctl interface to set a clock for a given device.

	Arnd

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Guenter Roeck]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 07:11:25AM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:44:30PM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 19 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > This driver adds support for Si570, Si571, Si598, and Si599
> > > > programmable XO/VCXO.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> > > 
> > > This needs some more explanation of what the hardware is there for,
> > > and why it's unlike everything else that we support in Linux.
> > > 
> > This is a generic configurable clock device. I'll be happy to add
> > some text such as "The device can be used for any application requiring
> > a static or a dynamically configurable clock, such as serdes clocks".
> > Not sure if that would add much value, though.
> > 
> > Regarding "unlike everything else", not sure if that is really correct.
> > The DDS chips Jonathan mentioned do get pretty close, and there are
> > other drivers providing support for clock chips, though typically more
> > dedicated.  ics932s401 in misc is one example, and then there are all
> > the tuner chips in media/common/tuners/.
> 
> Isn't that what you'd normally call a 'struct clk' then?
> 
Yes, it would be nice to have that as part of the kernel and not architecture
specific.

> > > If that is true, it should probably not have a user-visible
> > > interface, but only an interface that can be used by other
> > > kernel drivers.
> > > 
> > Depends. In our case, turns out the devices consuming the clock
> > have user mode drivers. Lots of history there, but the chip vendors 
> > provide those user mode drivers, and the teams responsible for
> > integrating the drivers decided to not rewrite it to kernel mode drivers.
> > Also, for special purposes such as margining, it is necessary to control
> > the clock from userspace. So, for our use case, I need the user-visible
> > interface. I _don't_ need the kernel interface, at least not right now,
> > which is why I did not add it.
> > 
> > Browsing through the web, it seems the chip is somewhat popular with
> > Amateur Radio. No idea if it would ever be controlled for such a purpose
> > from Linux, but if so, it would also require a user configurable frequency.
> > 
> > If there is a better place for such a driver than misc, please let me know.
> 
> When you say user mode driver, do you mean as in drivers/uio? (taking Hans
> on Cc for these)
> 
> Those already have generic support for memory and interrupt resources,
> maybe we can just add a common way to associate a uio device with a struct clk
> and provide a sysfs or ioctl interface to set a clock for a given device.
> 
... and provide the clk infrastructure for x86, which is where I need it.

Guenter

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thursday 21 April 2011 17:56:58 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 07:11:25AM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wednesday 20 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > 
> > Isn't that what you'd normally call a 'struct clk' then?
> > 
> Yes, it would be nice to have that as part of the kernel and not architecture
> specific.

I think the generalization of the ARM code is currently being worked
on, so this should be there soon.

	Arnd

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Guenter Roeck]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:23:21PM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 21 April 2011 17:56:58 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 07:11:25AM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 20 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > 
> > > Isn't that what you'd normally call a 'struct clk' then?
> > > 
> > Yes, it would be nice to have that as part of the kernel and not architecture
> > specific.
> 
> I think the generalization of the ARM code is currently being worked
> on, so this should be there soon.
> 
Any pointers ?

Guenter

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thursday 21 April 2011 20:47:13 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:23:21PM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > 
> > I think the generalization of the ARM code is currently being worked
> > on, so this should be there soon.
> > 
> Any pointers ?
> 
I believe the most recent discussion is at
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/113631

	Arnd

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Guenter Roeck]

On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 15:00 -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 21 April 2011 20:47:13 Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:23:21PM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > 
> > > I think the generalization of the ARM code is currently being worked
> > > on, so this should be there soon.
> > > 
> > Any pointers ?
> > 
> I believe the most recent discussion is at
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/113631
> 
> 	Arnd

Looks like that is going to take a while. Oh well. I'll put this driver
on the backburner.

Guenter

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Hans J. Koch]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 01:11:25PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:44:30PM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 19 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > This driver adds support for Si570, Si571, Si598, and Si599
> > > > programmable XO/VCXO.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> > > 
> > > This needs some more explanation of what the hardware is there for,
> > > and why it's unlike everything else that we support in Linux.
> > > 
> > This is a generic configurable clock device. I'll be happy to add
> > some text such as "The device can be used for any application requiring
> > a static or a dynamically configurable clock, such as serdes clocks".
> > Not sure if that would add much value, though.
> > 
> > Regarding "unlike everything else", not sure if that is really correct.
> > The DDS chips Jonathan mentioned do get pretty close, and there are
> > other drivers providing support for clock chips, though typically more
> > dedicated.  ics932s401 in misc is one example, and then there are all
> > the tuner chips in media/common/tuners/.
> 
> Isn't that what you'd normally call a 'struct clk' then?
> 
> > > If that is true, it should probably not have a user-visible
> > > interface, but only an interface that can be used by other
> > > kernel drivers.
> > > 
> > Depends. In our case, turns out the devices consuming the clock
> > have user mode drivers. Lots of history there, but the chip vendors 
> > provide those user mode drivers, and the teams responsible for
> > integrating the drivers decided to not rewrite it to kernel mode drivers.
> > Also, for special purposes such as margining, it is necessary to control
> > the clock from userspace. So, for our use case, I need the user-visible
> > interface. I _don't_ need the kernel interface, at least not right now,
> > which is why I did not add it.
> > 
> > Browsing through the web, it seems the chip is somewhat popular with
> > Amateur Radio. No idea if it would ever be controlled for such a purpose
> > from Linux, but if so, it would also require a user configurable frequency.
> > 
> > If there is a better place for such a driver than misc, please let me know.
> 
> When you say user mode driver, do you mean as in drivers/uio? (taking Hans
> on Cc for these)

No UIO driver like that ever reached me.

> 
> Those already have generic support for memory and interrupt resources,
> maybe we can just add a common way to associate a uio device with a struct clk
> and provide a sysfs or ioctl interface to set a clock for a given device.

I don't think the UIO framework is the right place for such a thing. If it's
just this one driver that needs modification of a clock from userspace, then
a sysfs attribute could be added to that driver. If there are several drivers
that need this, then the clock framework should be extended.

Thanks,
Hans


> 
> 	Arnd
> 

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Guenter Roeck]

On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 19:34 -0400, Hans J. Koch wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 01:11:25PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wednesday 20 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:44:30PM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 19 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > > This driver adds support for Si570, Si571, Si598, and Si599
> > > > > programmable XO/VCXO.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
> > > > 
> > > > This needs some more explanation of what the hardware is there for,
> > > > and why it's unlike everything else that we support in Linux.
> > > > 
> > > This is a generic configurable clock device. I'll be happy to add
> > > some text such as "The device can be used for any application requiring
> > > a static or a dynamically configurable clock, such as serdes clocks".
> > > Not sure if that would add much value, though.
> > > 
> > > Regarding "unlike everything else", not sure if that is really correct.
> > > The DDS chips Jonathan mentioned do get pretty close, and there are
> > > other drivers providing support for clock chips, though typically more
> > > dedicated.  ics932s401 in misc is one example, and then there are all
> > > the tuner chips in media/common/tuners/.
> > 
> > Isn't that what you'd normally call a 'struct clk' then?
> > 
> > > > If that is true, it should probably not have a user-visible
> > > > interface, but only an interface that can be used by other
> > > > kernel drivers.
> > > > 
> > > Depends. In our case, turns out the devices consuming the clock
> > > have user mode drivers. Lots of history there, but the chip vendors 
> > > provide those user mode drivers, and the teams responsible for
> > > integrating the drivers decided to not rewrite it to kernel mode drivers.
> > > Also, for special purposes such as margining, it is necessary to control
> > > the clock from userspace. So, for our use case, I need the user-visible
> > > interface. I _don't_ need the kernel interface, at least not right now,
> > > which is why I did not add it.
> > > 
> > > Browsing through the web, it seems the chip is somewhat popular with
> > > Amateur Radio. No idea if it would ever be controlled for such a purpose
> > > from Linux, but if so, it would also require a user configurable frequency.
> > > 
> > > If there is a better place for such a driver than misc, please let me know.
> > 
> > When you say user mode driver, do you mean as in drivers/uio? (taking Hans
> > on Cc for these)
> 
> No UIO driver like that ever reached me.
> 
> > 
> > Those already have generic support for memory and interrupt resources,
> > maybe we can just add a common way to associate a uio device with a struct clk
> > and provide a sysfs or ioctl interface to set a clock for a given device.
> 
> I don't think the UIO framework is the right place for such a thing. If it's
> just this one driver that needs modification of a clock from userspace, then
> a sysfs attribute could be added to that driver. If there are several drivers
> that need this, then the clock framework should be extended.

Agreed. Also, the desire to control the clock frequency _through_ such a
driver (user mode or not) seems odd. Such an approach would be
inherently non-scalable (for my part I would have to support two drivers
already). Voltage regulators are not controlled through the drivers of
the chips they are providing power to either, but have an independent
existence.

Guenter

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Friday 22 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 19:34 -0400, Hans J. Koch wrote:
> > I don't think the UIO framework is the right place for such a thing. If it's
> > just this one driver that needs modification of a clock from userspace, then
> > a sysfs attribute could be added to that driver. If there are several drivers
> > that need this, then the clock framework should be extended.
> 
> Agreed. Also, the desire to control the clock frequency through such a
> driver (user mode or not) seems odd. Such an approach would be
> inherently non-scalable (for my part I would have to support two drivers
> already). Voltage regulators are not controlled through the drivers of
> the chips they are providing power to either, but have an independent
> existence.

I think you are talking about different things here. What I think
Hans was saying is that it should be in the specific UIO driver, not
in the framework, which I can agree with. If we get a bunch of these,
we can still make it generic at a later point, but that is not your
problem.

I think exporting the clock to kernel drivers as a struct clk is
the most useful approach to allow reuse, and then you just have to
interface to that from your existing UIO driver.

	Arnd

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Guenter Roeck]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:00:23AM -0400, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 22 April 2011, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 19:34 -0400, Hans J. Koch wrote:
> > > I don't think the UIO framework is the right place for such a thing. If it's
> > > just this one driver that needs modification of a clock from userspace, then
> > > a sysfs attribute could be added to that driver. If there are several drivers
> > > that need this, then the clock framework should be extended.
> > 
> > Agreed. Also, the desire to control the clock frequency through such a
> > driver (user mode or not) seems odd. Such an approach would be
> > inherently non-scalable (for my part I would have to support two drivers
> > already). Voltage regulators are not controlled through the drivers of
> > the chips they are providing power to either, but have an independent
> > existence.
> 
> I think you are talking about different things here. What I think
> Hans was saying is that it should be in the specific UIO driver, not
> in the framework, which I can agree with. If we get a bunch of these,
> we can still make it generic at a later point, but that is not your
> problem.

Sure it is.

> 
> I think exporting the clock to kernel drivers as a struct clk is
> the most useful approach to allow reuse, and then you just have to
> interface to that from your existing UIO driver.
> 
That would already be two (or more) uio drivers, since we use the si570 for two
different chips on several different boards. Still, you are effectively arguing
that the voltage to those devices should also be controlled through the uio driver,
and that device temperatures should also be reported that way. And so on.

I happen to pelieve that is not the right approach, so I won't implement it.
The argument that clocks should be handled diffferently than everything else 
affecting the chip just doesn't make sense to me and would create unnecessary
dependencies in the kernel code.

For our purpose, the driver does exactly what it needs to do. It has a clean,
simple ABI which lets me re-use it for any device I need it for, without having
to write code for each of the devices it supports.

If and when the clk infrastructure makes it into x86, and if that infrastructure
supports the ability to set clock frequencies from user space, I may port the driver
to that infrastructure (or not, since it looks like that will take a while).
Suggesting that I should do that right is a bit moot since the infrastructure
just isn't there. I may or may not re-submit the driver at that time; we'll see.

But I won't go through hoops and add unnecessary complexity to the driver 
(and make it much less usable for our purpose) and to the rest of our code just
to get the driver into the upstream kernel. Upstream integration is beneficial,
but only to a point.

Thanks,
Guenter

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Sid Boyce]

Guenter Roeck wrote:
Depends. In our case, turns out the devices consuming the clock
have user mode drivers. Lots of history there, but the chip vendors
provide those user mode drivers, and the teams responsible for
integrating the drivers decided to not rewrite it to kernel mode drivers.
Also, for special purposes such as margining, it is necessary to control
the clock from userspace. So, for our use case, I need the user-visible
interface. I _don't_ need the kernel interface, at least not right now,
which is why I did not add it.

Browsing through the web, it seems the chip is somewhat popular with
Amateur Radio. No idea if it would ever be controlled for such a purpose
from Linux, but if so, it would also require a user configurable frequency.

If there is a better place for such a driver than misc, please let me know.

Thanks,
Guenter
=============================================================================
Support for these devices included in several Amateur radio programs 
tend to differ greatly which means reinventing the wheel in most of them.
Programs like Linrad, sdr-shell, quisk, lysdr, ghpsdr3, etc.
It's a small addition to the kernel that would significantly help in the 
development of software for the myriad of SDR (Software Defined Radio) 
designs based on this chip family.
I have 5 Amateur Radio transceivers using this chip and 2 more soon to 
be added.
They are all open hardware heavily reliant on Linux.
The addition of UAC2 (USB Audio Class 2) kernel support has helped our 
SDR hardware design efforts significantly.
I and the rest of the Linux SDR community would be happy to see it included.
Regards
Sid.
-- 
Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support
Senior Staff Specialist, Cricket Coach
Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Guenter Roeck]

Hi Sid,

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 08:53:15AM -0400, Sid Boyce wrote:
> Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Depends. In our case, turns out the devices consuming the clock
> have user mode drivers. Lots of history there, but the chip vendors
> provide those user mode drivers, and the teams responsible for
> integrating the drivers decided to not rewrite it to kernel mode drivers.
> Also, for special purposes such as margining, it is necessary to control
> the clock from userspace. So, for our use case, I need the user-visible
> interface. I _don't_ need the kernel interface, at least not right now,
> which is why I did not add it.
> 
> Browsing through the web, it seems the chip is somewhat popular with
> Amateur Radio. No idea if it would ever be controlled for such a purpose
> from Linux, but if so, it would also require a user configurable frequency.
> 
> If there is a better place for such a driver than misc, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks,
> Guenter
> =============================================================================
> Support for these devices included in several Amateur radio programs 
> tend to differ greatly which means reinventing the wheel in most of them.
> Programs like Linrad, sdr-shell, quisk, lysdr, ghpsdr3, etc.
> It's a small addition to the kernel that would significantly help in the 
> development of software for the myriad of SDR (Software Defined Radio) 
> designs based on this chip family.
> I have 5 Amateur Radio transceivers using this chip and 2 more soon to 
> be added.
> They are all open hardware heavily reliant on Linux.
> The addition of UAC2 (USB Audio Class 2) kernel support has helped our 
> SDR hardware design efforts significantly.
> I and the rest of the Linux SDR community would be happy to see it included.
> Regards
> Sid.

Thanks for the feedback. Somehow I missed your reply at the time.

As you probably have noticed from the discussion, I seems to be unlikely that
the driver will be accepted into the kernel, at least not unless there is
significant demand for it from others.

It may help if you can provide a list of requirements from your side (do you need 
a kernel API ? Do you need an ABI to set the frequency from applications ?).

I would be happy to provide and maintain the driver as separate patch until it 
is accepted (if that ever happens), and work with application maintainers to 
integrate it. Let me know if there is interest, and feel free to forward this
e-mail to interested parties.

Thanks,
Guenter

Re: [PATCH v2] misc: Driver for Silicon Labs Si570 and compatibles

[Sid Boyce]

On 09/05/11 19:31, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Hi Sid,
>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 08:53:15AM -0400, Sid Boyce wrote:
>> Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> Depends. In our case, turns out the devices consuming the clock
>> have user mode drivers. Lots of history there, but the chip vendors
>> provide those user mode drivers, and the teams responsible for
>> integrating the drivers decided to not rewrite it to kernel mode drivers.
>> Also, for special purposes such as margining, it is necessary to control
>> the clock from userspace. So, for our use case, I need the user-visible
>> interface. I _don't_ need the kernel interface, at least not right now,
>> which is why I did not add it.
>>
>> Browsing through the web, it seems the chip is somewhat popular with
>> Amateur Radio. No idea if it would ever be controlled for such a purpose
>> from Linux, but if so, it would also require a user configurable frequency.
>>
>> If there is a better place for such a driver than misc, please let me know.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Guenter
>> =============================================================================
>> Support for these devices included in several Amateur radio programs
>> tend to differ greatly which means reinventing the wheel in most of them.
>> Programs like Linrad, sdr-shell, quisk, lysdr, ghpsdr3, etc.
>> It's a small addition to the kernel that would significantly help in the
>> development of software for the myriad of SDR (Software Defined Radio)
>> designs based on this chip family.
>> I have 5 Amateur Radio transceivers using this chip and 2 more soon to
>> be added.
>> They are all open hardware heavily reliant on Linux.
>> The addition of UAC2 (USB Audio Class 2) kernel support has helped our
>> SDR hardware design efforts significantly.
>> I and the rest of the Linux SDR community would be happy to see it included.
>> Regards
>> Sid.
>
> Thanks for the feedback. Somehow I missed your reply at the time.
>
> As you probably have noticed from the discussion, I seems to be unlikely that
> the driver will be accepted into the kernel, at least not unless there is
> significant demand for it from others.
>
> It may help if you can provide a list of requirements from your side (do you need
> a kernel API ? Do you need an ABI to set the frequency from applications ?).
>
> I would be happy to provide and maintain the driver as separate patch until it
> is accepted (if that ever happens), and work with application maintainers to
> integrate it. Let me know if there is interest, and feel free to forward this
> e-mail to interested parties.
>
> Thanks,
> Guenter
>

Thanks Guenter,
I discussed the driver with other members of the SDR groups who have 
also looked at your posting.

One seeing your driver I thought it might offer a way of offloading 
si570 communication to the driver but there are other functions that are 
needed by other OS's and they are all part of the outboard 
microprocessor based firmware.

At present there are user programs that are used to control the si570 
through an attached USB device that is coded with a command set specific 
to the SDR hardware and not only to the si570.

Currently the PC drives a ATTiny85 or ATmega via the USB and it's the 
microprocessor that is flashed with firmware that controls the si570 
with i2c commands and the rest of the SDR communication.
Software program <-->  USB <--> ATmel chip <--> SDR hardware via the i2C 
bus.

It's felt that your driver would be suited to an embedded platform that 
includes the si570, but not for current PC based hardware.

The current linux program used is "usbsoftrock" and the list of commands 
below shows it's to control other non-si570 functions such as switching 
Band Pass and Low Pass filters, transmit with a PTT signal, providing CW 
tones and reading the state of the morse key for transmitting morse 
code, but as you can see interacting with the si570 is a major part of 
it's job.

Other programs have used the usbsoftrock ideas to communicate with SDR 
receiver and transceiver hardware, these include hamlib Linrad and 
sdr-shell being the major ones.

# usbsoftrock
usbsoftrock 1.0.2
usage: usbsoftrock [OPTION] COMMAND

OPTION is one or more of
   -a                             Advanced firmware present
                                  i.e. let the firmware calculate registers
   -d                             Enter a mode that listens for commands 
via UDP.
   -h                             PTT status by reading hardware port
                                  Mobo only.
   -i <address>                   I2C address in DECIMAL (DEFAULT = 85 
(0x55))
   -m <multiplier>                Multiplication factor for frequency 
(DEFAULT = 4)
   -p <port num>                  Port to listen for UDP datagrams 
(DEFAULT = 19004)
   -s <startup frequency MHz>     Factory programmed startup frequency 
(DEFAULT = 56.32)
   -u <serial number>             Serial Number of Device
   -v                             Verbose output (fairly useful)
   -vv                            Even more verbose output (debugging)
   -x <calibrated xtall freq MHz> Corrected XTALL frequency of Si570 
device calculated
                                  through the use of the calibrate 
command immediately
                                  after startup.
COMMAND is one of
   calibrate (may require -s option)
   getfreq
   getregisters
   interactive
   getptt                                 (-h option for Mobo only)
   getkeys                                (PE0FKO+TF3LJ+Mobo)
   gettone
   ptt {on|off}
   set bpf {on|off}                       (PE0FKO+TF3LJ+Mobo)
   set bpf_addr <band> <filter>           (PE0FKO >= 15.12+Mobo)
   set bpf_point <crossover> <f in MHz>   (PE0FKO+TF3LJ+Mobo)
   set lpf {on|off}                       (TF3LJ+Mobo only)
   set lpf_addr <band> <filter>                   "
   set lpf_point <crossover> <f in MHz>           "
   set freq <frequency in MHz>
   set si570_addr <i2c address in decimal>
   set si570_multiplier [band] <decimal factor>  (PE0FKO>=15.12+Mobo)
   set startup <frequency in MHz>         (PE0FKO+TF3LJ+Mobo)
   set xtall <frequency in MHz>           (PE0FKO+TF3LJ+Mobo)
   status

   where TF3LJ = Lofturs AtMega168 derivative
         Mobo  = Mobo 4.3 Project AT90USB162 Firmware
Regards
Sid.
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