Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: da9052-spi: change read-mask to write-mask

[Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>]

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Hello Ian,

On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 10:49:32AM +0300, Ian Ray wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 09:23:21AM +0200, Marcus Folkesson wrote:
> > Hello Ian,
> > 
> > On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 04:03:37PM +0300, Ian Ray wrote:
> > > Hello Marcus,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 12:19:53PM +0200, Marcus Folkesson wrote:
> > > > Driver has mixed up the R/W bit.
> > > > The LSB bit is set on write rather than read.
> > > > Change it to avoid nasty things to happen.
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: e9e9d3973594 ("mfd: da9052: Avoid setting read_flag_mask for da9052-i2c driver")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>
> > > 
> > > Your patch breaks DA9053 SPI communication (for me, at least) on the
> > > 6.1.y branch (I have not tested on master).
> > > 
> > > The datasheets [1] and [2] both refer to R/Wn in the SPI signalling.
> > > 
> > > What led to the assertion that "The LSB bit is set on write rather
> > > than read."?
> > > 
> > > In the original code "config.read_flag_mask = 1;", is OR'd into the
> > > buffer in regmap_set_work_buf_flag_mask.  This sets the "R" bit as
> > > expected.
> > 
> > Hrm.
> > 
> > I follow you and agree with what you say.
> > Could you please read out R19 INTERFACE register?
> > Bit 3, R/W POL, deviates from the default value (1) in my setup, which
> > is probably the reason why it doesn't work for me without the patch.
> 
> -- >8 -- 
> # cat /sys/kernel/debug/regmap/spi2.0/registers |grep "^13:"
> 13: 88
> -- >8 -- 
> 
> > 
> > Your datasheet revision is later than mine, could you plese verify that
> > the default value is still 1 for DA9052 in your revision?
> 
> Yes it is still 1 (the complete set of defaults for R19 is 10011000).
> 
> > 
> > If that is the case, either the datasheet is wrong or my chips must
> > somehow been preloaded with some values.
> 
> Yes, in my understanding these PMICs are highly configurable via OTP.
> (Almost every register can be customized.)
> 
> > 
> > As nobody else has reported any issue I guess it is safer to revert
> > this patch.
> 
> Agree -- following the datasheet default is probably the right thing to
> do here.
> 
> For the future, we could consider an optional device tree property to
> describe this read/write bit polarity.

Yes, I'm actually working on a patch for this, I will send it out
shortly.

> 
> Thanks,
> Ian
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > [1] DA9052 CFR0011-120-00 Rev 5, Revision 2.5, 13-Feb-2017, page 67.
> > > [2] DA9053 DA9053-00-IDS2n_131017, page 54.
> > > 
> > > Blue skies,
> > > Ian
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Marcus Folkesson

Best regards,
Marcus Folkesson

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