Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] gpio: syscon: rockchip: add GPIO_MUTE support for rk3328

[Rob Herring]

On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 04:40:09PM +0800, Levin Du wrote:
> 
> Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 9:05 PM, Levin <djw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi Rob,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 2018-05-31 10:45 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 10:27 PM,  <djw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > From: Levin Du <djw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > > In Rockchip RK3328, the output only GPIO_MUTE pin,
> > > > > originally for codec
> > > > > mute control, can also be used for general purpose. It is
> > > > > manipulated by
> > > > > the GRF_SOC_CON10 register.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Levin Du <djw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > > ---
> > > > > 
> > > > > Changes in v3:
> > > > > - Change from general gpio-syscon to specific
> > > > > rk3328-gpio-mute
> > > > > 
> > > > > Changes in v2:
> > > > > - Rename gpio_syscon10 to gpio_mute in doc
> > > > > 
> > > > > Changes in v1:
> > > > > - Refactured for general gpio-syscon usage for Rockchip SoCs.
> > > > > - Add doc rockchip,gpio-syscon.txt
> > > > > 
> > > > >   .../bindings/gpio/rockchip,rk3328-gpio-mute.txt    | 28
> > > > > +++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >   drivers/gpio/gpio-syscon.c                         | 31
> > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >   2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
> > > > >   create mode 100644
> > > > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/rockchip,rk3328-gpio-mute.txt
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git
> > > > > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/rockchip,rk3328-gpio-mute.txt
> > > > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/rockchip,rk3328-gpio-mute.txt
> > > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > > index 0000000..10bc632
> > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > +++
> > > > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/rockchip,rk3328-gpio-mute.txt
> > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
> > > > > +Rockchip RK3328 GPIO controller dedicated for the GPIO_MUTE
> > > > > pin.
> > > > > +
> > > > > +In Rockchip RK3328, the output only GPIO_MUTE pin,
> > > > > originally for codec
> > > > > mute
> > > > > +control, can also be used for general purpose. It is
> > > > > manipulated by the
> > > > > +GRF_SOC_CON10 register.
> > > > > +
> > > > > +Required properties:
> > > > > +- compatible: Should contain "rockchip,rk3328-gpio-mute".
> > > > > +- gpio-controller: Marks the device node as a gpio
> > > > > controller.
> > > > > +- #gpio-cells: Should be 2. The first cell is the pin
> > > > > number and
> > > > > +  the second cell is used to specify the gpio polarity:
> > > > > +    0 = Active high,
> > > > > +    1 = Active low.
> > > > > +
> > > > > +Example:
> > > > > +
> > > > > +       grf: syscon@ff100000 {
> > > > > +               compatible = "rockchip,rk3328-grf", "syscon",
> > > > > "simple-mfd";
> > > > > +
> > > > > +               gpio_mute: gpio-mute {
> > > > 
> > > > Node names should be generic:
> > > > 
> > > > gpio {
> > > > 
> > > > This also means you can't add another GPIO node in the future
> > > > and
> > > > you'll have to live with "rockchip,rk3328-gpio-mute" covering
> > > > more
> > > > than 1 GPIO if you do need to add more GPIOs.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > As the first line describes, this GPIO controller is dedicated for
> > > the
> > > GPIO_MUTE pin.
> > > There's only one GPIO pin in the GRF_SOC_CON10 register. Therefore
> > > the
> > > gpio_mute
> > > name is proper IMHO.
> > 
> > It's how many GPIOs in the GRF, not this register. What I'm saying is
> > when you come along later to add another GPIO in the GRF, you had
> > better just add it to this same node. I'm not going to accept another
> > GPIO controller node within the GRF. You have the cells to support
> > more than 1, so it would only be a driver change. The compatible
> > string would then not be ideally named at that point. But compatible
> > strings are just unique identifiers, so it doesn't really matter what
> > the string is.
> > 
> 
> I'll try my best to introduce the situation here. The GRF, GPIO0~GPIO3
> are register blocks in the RK3328 Soc. The GPIO0~GPIO3 contain registers
> for GPIO operations like reading/writing data, setting direction,
> interruption etc, which corresponds to the GPIO banks (gpio0~gpio3)
> defined in rk3328.dtsi:

I'm only talking about GRF functions, not "regular" GPIOs.

> 	pinctrl: pinctrl {
> 		compatible = "rockchip,rk3328-pinctrl";
> 		rockchip,grf = <&grf>;
> 		#address-cells = <2>;
> 		#size-cells = <2>;
> 		ranges;
> 
> 		gpio0: gpio0@ff210000 {
> 			compatible = "rockchip,gpio-bank";
> 			reg = <0x0 0xff210000 0x0 0x100>;
> 			interrupts = <GIC_SPI 51 			IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> 			clocks = <&cru PCLK_GPIO0>;
> 
> 			gpio-controller;
> 			#gpio-cells = <2>;
> 
> 			interrupt-controller;
> 			#interrupt-cells = <2>;
> 		};
> 
> 		gpio1: gpio1@ff220000 {
>                //...
> 		};
> 
> 		gpio2: gpio2@ff230000 {
>                //...
> 		};
> 
> 		gpio3: gpio3@ff240000 {
>                //...
> 		};
>         }
> 
> However, these general GPIO pins has multiplexed functions and their
> pull up/down and driving strength can also be configured. These settings
> are manipulated by the GRF registers in pinctrl driver. Quoted from the
> TRM, the GRF has the following function:
> 
> - IOMUX control
> - Control the state of GPIO in power-down mode
> - GPIO PAD pull down and pull up control
> - Used for common system control
> - Used to record the system state
> 
> Therefore the functions of the GRF are messy and scattered in different
> nodes. The so-called GPIO_MUTE does not belong to GPIO0~GPIO3. It is
> manipulated by the GRF_SOC_CON10 register in the GRF block.
> 
> > I'm being told both "this is the only GPIO" and "the GRF has too many
> > different functions for us to tell you what they all are". So which is
> > it?
> > 
> > Rob
> 
> They are both true, but lack of context. See the above description.

What I meant was "only GPIO in GRF registers"...

Rob