Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] pinctrl: pinctrl-loongson2: add pinctrl driver support

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 11:53:37AM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
> � 2022/11/9 ��11:40, Andy Shevchenko �
> > On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 02:11:21PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:

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> > > +static const unsigned int lio_pins[]    = {};
> > > +static const unsigned int uart2_pins[]  = {};
> > > +static const unsigned int uart1_pins[]  = {};
> > > +static const unsigned int camera_pins[] = {};
> > > +static const unsigned int dvo1_pins[]   = {};
> > > +static const unsigned int dvo0_pins[]   = {};
> > 
> > No sure what this means.
> There are some fuzzy reuse relationships on loongson2, e.g., lio can be
> reused as gpio, which is one of the reserved gpios but the manual not
> indicates this gpio index.

The rule of thumb is to avoid putting something you are not able to test.

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> > > +	unsigned long reg = (unsigned long)pctrl->reg_base +
> > > +				loongson2_pmx_groups[group_num].reg;
> > 
> > Why casting?!
> There are some registers that determine the pin reuse relationship. For
> example, register A determines the sdio reuse relationship, and register
> A+offset determines the uart reuse relationship

I'm asking about something different. Why do you need casting for iomem offset?

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> > > +	val = readl((void *)reg);
> > 
> > Ouch.

^^^ You see, this is a real issue with code, without fix which it's no go.

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> > > +	writel(val, (void *)reg);
> > 
> > Ouch!
> I will keep writel/readl.

Yes, but you need to take care about annotations of the addresses (__iomem)
and remove ugly castings.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko