Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: HID: i2c-hid: Add the ability to control a reset GPIO

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Oct 19 2020 - 17:10:41 EST


On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 04:42:20PM -0700, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> Apparently some devices connected via i2c-hid have timing requirements
> around when a reset GPIO should be asserted to them. The diagram I
> have seen, which I believe is from a Goodix device, looked like this:
>
> +----------------------------------
> |
> AVDD ----+
> +------------------------------
> | (a) |
> RESET ---------+
> +-------------
> | (b) |
> I2C comm OK ---------+
>
> Where (a) is 10 ms and (b) is 120 ms.
>
> Let's add the ability to specify these timings to the devicetree
> bindings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I notice this bindings file is still a ".txt" file. Some searching on
> The Internets(TM) shows that Rob has maybe started a conversion 5
> years ago [1], but that looks ancient. I can try to put something
> together if need be, or we can just land this fix. ;-)

That was attempt number 1 using YAML...

> Note that the .txt version of the bindings seems to indicate that
> anyone using one of the optional properties is supposed to declare
> their special compatible string. I'm not sure if that's still
> considered important or not? Once you manage to get these devices
> powered on and talking i2c they self-describe themselves...

This change is exactly why devices should have specific compatible
strings.

>
> [1] https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/robh/linux/+/refs/heads/dt-yaml/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hid/hid-over-i2c.yaml
>
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/hid-over-i2c.txt | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/hid-over-i2c.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/hid-over-i2c.txt
> index c76bafaf98d2..6fca39aa8cc6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/hid-over-i2c.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/hid-over-i2c.txt
> @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ device-specific compatible properties, which should be used in addition to the
> - vdd-supply: phandle of the regulator that provides the supply voltage.
> - post-power-on-delay-ms: time required by the device after enabling its regulators
> or powering it on, before it is ready for communication.
> +- reset-gpios: GPIOs to assert to reset the device. This GPIO is asserted when
> + the device is powered off and released post-power-on-delay-ms after
> + enabling the regulators.
> +- post-gpio-reset-delay-ms: After deasserting reset we'll delay for this many
> + more milliseconds.

IMO, you should imply this from the compatible string.

Rob