Re: [PATCH 6/6] powerpc/fsl_soc: Isolate legacy fsl_spi support to mpc832x_rdb boards

From: Peter Korsgaard
Date: Fri Apr 17 2009 - 01:14:16 EST


>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Anyone? I've locally reverted the commit, but most likely I'm not the
only one using the spi_mpc83xx driver without direct gpio controlled
chip select handling.

Anton> The advantages of this:
Anton> - Don't encourage legacy support;
Anton> - Less external symbols, less code to compile-in for !MPC832x_RDB
Anton> platforms.

Peter> It's nice with your cleanups, but I wonder how to handle more
Peter> complicated chip select handling than simply toggling a single gpio.

Peter> I have a board (or 2 actually, but they are similar in this regard)
Peter> with a mpc8347 using SPI to a number of addon boards. For signal
Peter> integrity reasons the SPI signals are routed to a MUX, so the chip
Peter> select logic has to set the MUX in addition to controlling the CS line
Peter> of the device.

Peter> I've been using code like this since late 2007, but this patch
Peter> ofcourse breaks it:

Peter> static void thinx_spi_activate_cs(u8 cs, u8 polarity)
Peter> {
Peter> static u8 old_cs = 255;

Peter> if (cs != old_cs) {
Peter> /* mux setup (cs 2:1)*/
Peter> gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_MUX_NOE, 1);
Peter> gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_MUX_SEL0, cs&2);
Peter> gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_MUX_SEL1, cs&4);
Peter> gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_MUX_NOE, 0);
Peter> old_cs = cs;
Peter> }

Peter> switch (cs) {
Peter> case 0: gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_CS_BKL1, polarity); break;
Peter> case 1: gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_CS_BKL2, polarity); break;
Peter> case 2: gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_CS_OPT1, polarity); break;
Peter> case 3: gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_CS_OPT2, polarity); break;
Peter> }
Peter> }

Peter> static void thinx_spi_deactivate_cs(u8 cs, u8 polarity)
Peter> {
Peter> switch (cs) {
Peter> case 0: gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_CS_BKL1, !polarity); break;
Peter> case 1: gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_CS_BKL2, !polarity); break;
Peter> case 2: gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_CS_OPT1, !polarity); break;
Peter> case 3: gpio_set_value(gpio1 + GPIO_SPI_CS_OPT2, !polarity); break;
Peter> }
Peter> }

Peter> static __init int thinx_spi_init(void)
Peter> {
Peter> struct device_node *np;
Peter> struct of_gpio_chip *gc;
Peter> static const int gpios[] = {
Peter> GPIO_SPI_CS_BKL1,
Peter> GPIO_SPI_CS_BKL2,
Peter> GPIO_SPI_CS_OPT1,
Peter> GPIO_SPI_CS_OPT2,
Peter> GPIO_SPI_MUX_NOE,
Peter> GPIO_SPI_MUX_SEL0,
Peter> GPIO_SPI_MUX_SEL1
Peter> };
Peter> int i;

Peter> np = of_find_node_by_name(NULL, "gpio-controller");
Peter> if (!np || !np->data) {
Peter> printk(KERN_ERR
Peter> "gpio1 node not found or controller not registerred\n");
Peter> return -ENODEV;
Peter> }
Peter> gc = np->data;
Peter> gpio1 = gc->gc.base;

Peter> for (i=0; i<ARRAY_SIZE(gpios); i++) {
Peter> gpio_request(gpio1 + gpios[i], "spi");
Peter> gpio_direction_output(gpio1 + gpios[i], 1);
Peter> }

Peter> fsl_spi_init(thinx_spi_boardinfo, ARRAY_SIZE(thinx_spi_boardinfo),
Peter> thinx_spi_activate_cs, thinx_spi_deactivate_cs);

Peter> return 0;
Peter> }

Peter> Now, I don't quite see how to handle this with the new OF bindings -
Peter> Any ideas?

--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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