Re: [PATCH v8 0/8] Add PWM and IIO timer drivers for STM32

From: Benjamin Gaignard
Date: Thu Jan 19 2017 - 12:10:13 EST


2017-01-19 9:43 GMT+01:00 Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
>
>> version 8:
>> - rebase on v4.10-rc4
>> - fix comments done by Thierry on PWM
>> - reword "reg" parameter description
>> - change kernel kernel in IIO ABI documentation
>>
>> version 7:
>> - rebase on v4.10-rc2
>> - remove iio_device code from driver and keep only the trigger part
>>
>> version 6:
>> - rename stm32-gptimer in stm32-timers.
>> - change "st,stm32-gptimer" compatible to "st,stm32-timers".
>> - modify "st,breakinput" parameter in pwm part.
>> - split DT patch in 2
>>
>> version 5:
>> - fix comments done on version 4
>> - rebased on kernel 4.9-rc8
>> - change nodes names and re-order then by addresses
>>
>> version 4:
>> - fix comments done on version 3
>> - don't use interrupts anymore in IIO timer
>> - detect hardware capabilities at probe time to simplify binding
>>
>> version 3:
>> - no change on mfd and pwm divers patches
>> - add cross reference between bindings
>> - change compatible to "st,stm32-timer-trigger"
>> - fix attributes access rights
>> - use string instead of int for master_mode and slave_mode
>> - document device attributes in sysfs-bus-iio-timer-stm32
>> - update DT with the new compatible
>>
>> version 2:
>> - keep only one compatible per driver
>> - use DT parameters to describe hardware block configuration:
>> - pwm channels, complementary output, counter size, break input
>> - triggers accepted and create by IIO timers
>> - change DT to limite use of reference to the node
>> - interrupt is now in IIO timer driver
>> - rename stm32-mfd-timer to stm32-timers (for general purpose timer)
>>
>> The following patches enable PWM and IIO Timer features for STM32 platforms.
>>
>> Those two features are mixed into the registers of the same hardware block
>> (named general purpose timer) which lead to introduce a multifunctions driver
>> on the top of them to be able to share the registers.
>>
>> In STM32f4 14 instances of timer hardware block exist, even if they all have
>> the same register mapping they could have a different number of pwm channels
>> and/or different triggers capabilities. We use various parameters in DT to
>> describe the differences between hardware blocks
>>
>> The MFD (stm32-timers.c) takes care of clock and register mapping
>> by using regmap. stm32_timers structure is provided to its sub-node to
>> share those information.
>>
>> PWM driver is implemented into pwm-stm32.c. Depending of the instance we may
>> have up to 4 channels, sometime with complementary outputs or 32 bits counter
>> instead of 16 bits. Some hardware blocks may also have a break input function
>> which allows to stop pwm depending of a level, defined in devicetree, on an
>> external pin.
>>
>> IIO timer driver (stm32-timer-trigger.c and stm32-timer-trigger.h) define a list
>> of hardware triggers usable by hardware blocks like ADC, DAC or other timers.
>>
>> The matrix of possible connections between blocks is quite complex so we use
>> trigger names and is_stm32_iio_timer_trigger() function to be sure that
>> triggers are valid and configure the IPs.
>>
>> At run time IIO timer hardware blocks can configure (through "master_mode"
>> IIO device attribute) which internal signal (counter enable, reset,
>> comparison block, etc...) is used to generate the trigger.
>>
>> Benjamin Gaignard (8):
>> MFD: add bindings for STM32 Timers driver
>> MFD: add STM32 Timers driver
>> PWM: add pwm-stm32 DT bindings
>> PWM: add PWM driver for STM32 plaftorm
>> IIO: add bindings for STM32 timer trigger driver
>> IIO: add STM32 timer trigger driver
>> ARM: dts: stm32: add Timers driver for stm32f429 MCU
>> ARM: dts: stm32: Enable pwm1 and pwm3 for stm32f469-disco
>>
>> .../ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-timer-stm32 | 29 ++
>> .../bindings/iio/timer/stm32-timer-trigger.txt | 23 ++
>> .../devicetree/bindings/mfd/stm32-timers.txt | 46 +++
>> .../devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-stm32.txt | 35 ++
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/stm32f429.dtsi | 275 ++++++++++++++
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/stm32f469-disco.dts | 28 ++
>> drivers/iio/trigger/Kconfig | 9 +
>> drivers/iio/trigger/Makefile | 1 +
>> drivers/iio/trigger/stm32-timer-trigger.c | 342 ++++++++++++++++++
>> drivers/mfd/Kconfig | 11 +
>> drivers/mfd/Makefile | 2 +
>> drivers/mfd/stm32-timers.c | 80 +++++
>> drivers/pwm/Kconfig | 9 +
>> drivers/pwm/Makefile | 1 +
>> drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c | 398 +++++++++++++++++++++
>> include/linux/iio/timer/stm32-timer-trigger.h | 62 ++++
>> include/linux/mfd/stm32-timers.h | 71 ++++
>> 17 files changed, 1422 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-timer-stm32
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/timer/stm32-timer-trigger.txt
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/stm32-timers.txt
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-stm32.txt
>> create mode 100644 drivers/iio/trigger/stm32-timer-trigger.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/mfd/stm32-timers.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c
>> create mode 100644 include/linux/iio/timer/stm32-timer-trigger.h
>> create mode 100644 include/linux/mfd/stm32-timers.h
>
> Let me know when you have all your Acks.
>
> I would be happy to take this through the MFD tree.

Some Acks are still missing on DT patches, I hope that Rob could find
to review them
after that it will ok :-)

>
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