[U-Boot] [PATCH v8 1/9] mips: add base support for QCA/Atheros ath79 SOCs

[Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>]

On 03/17/2016 01:48 PM, Daniel Schwierzeck wrote:
> 2016-03-17 13:20 GMT+01:00 Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>:
>> On 03/17/2016 05:02 AM, Wills Wang wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, March 17, 2016 11:44 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>> On 03/17/2016 04:39 AM, Wills Wang wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, March 17, 2016 05:35 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>>>> On 03/16/2016 09:59 AM, Wills Wang wrote:
>>>>>>> This patch add some common code for QCA/Atheros ath79 SOCs such as
>>>>>>> DDR tuning, chip reset and CPU detection.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Wills Wang <wills.wang@live.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Changes in v8:
>>>>>>> - Use setbits_be32
>>>>>>> - Use lookup-table instead of big switch statement for CPU detection
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good stuff, minor nits below.
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>>>> +phys_size_t initdram(int board_type)
>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>> +    ddr_tap_tuning();
>>>>>> Is the DDR tap tuning needed on all AR7xxx/AR9xxx systems ?
>>>>> Yes, it's for optimizing DDR timing according to hardware.
>>>>> Sometimes, the hard code value is not ideal.
>>>> AR934x doesn't seem to need this.
>>> I seem the following code in u-boot from Atheros LSDK:
>>> #ifdef CONFIG_AP123
>>>     ath_ddr_tap_cal();
>>
>> Where can I get the LSDK ? I'd like to take a look and add it into my
>> ar934x support patch.
>>
>>>>>>> +    return get_ram_size((void *)KSEG1, SZ_256M);
>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/mips/mach-ath79/include/mach/ar71xx_regs.h
>>>>>>> b/arch/mips/mach-ath79/include/mach/ar71xx_regs.h
>>>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>>>> index 0000000..893dedc
>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/mips/mach-ath79/include/mach/ar71xx_regs.h
>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,1184 @@
>>>>>>> +/*
>>>>>>> + * Atheros AR71XX/AR724X/AR913X SoC register definitions
>>>>>>> + *
>>>>>>> + * Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Wills Wang <wills.wang@live.com>
>>>>>>> + * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Jaiganesh Narayanan
>>>>>>> <jnarayanan@atheros.com>
>>>>>>> + * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
>>>>>>> + * Copyright (C) 2008 Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
>>>>>>> + *
>>>>>>> + * SPDX-License-Identifier:     GPL-2.0+
>>>>>>> + */
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +#ifndef __ASM_MACH_AR71XX_REGS_H
>>>>>>> +#define __ASM_MACH_AR71XX_REGS_H
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>>>>>>> +#include <linux/bitops.h>
>>>>>>> +#else
>>>>>>> +#ifndef BIT
>>>>>>> +#define BIT(nr)                 (1 << (nr))
>>>>>> This should really go into some common header.
>>>>> This header is also included by some assembly code,
>>>>> but the BIT macro in linux/bitops.h isn't compatiable with assembler.
>>>> Because of the 1UL in it ?
>>> Yes, there are also a few other C keywords and syntax, such as in-line
>>> function.
>>
>> Hmmmmm, it pains me to see such duplication, but I have no better idea
>> how to deal with it without introducing ifdefs.
>>
> 
> actually such register definitions files are obsolete because register
> base adresses and sizes are taken from device-tree. The only
> exceptions are early startup or assembly code, but then you only need
> to add the definitions whose are needed by a driver. Thus I suggest
> you remove all the crap from this file you don't need.

And put the remaining bits into drivers themselves , right ?

But still, this doesn't help us with the BIT() macro redefinition problem.

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Best regards,
Marek Vasut