On Fri, 02 May 2025, Ivan Vecera wrote:
>
>
> On 01. 05. 25 3:22 odp., Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2025, Ivan Vecera wrote:
> >
> > > Register DPLL sub-devices to expose the functionality provided
> > > by ZL3073x chip family. Each sub-device represents one of
> > > the available DPLL channels.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > v4->v6:
> > > * no change
> > > v3->v4:
> > > * use static mfd cells
> > > ---
> > > drivers/mfd/zl3073x-core.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/zl3073x-core.c b/drivers/mfd/zl3073x-core.c
> > > index 050dc57c90c3..3e665cdf228f 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/mfd/zl3073x-core.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/mfd/zl3073x-core.c
> > > @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> > > #include <linux/device.h>
> > > #include <linux/export.h>
> > > #include <linux/math64.h>
> > > +#include <linux/mfd/core.h>
> > > #include <linux/mfd/zl3073x.h>
> > > #include <linux/module.h>
> > > #include <linux/netlink.h>
> > > @@ -755,6 +756,14 @@ static void zl3073x_devlink_unregister(void *ptr)
> > > devlink_unregister(ptr);
> > > }
> > > +static const struct mfd_cell zl3073x_dpll_cells[] = {
> > > + MFD_CELL_BASIC("zl3073x-dpll", NULL, NULL, 0, 0),
> > > + MFD_CELL_BASIC("zl3073x-dpll", NULL, NULL, 0, 1),
> > > + MFD_CELL_BASIC("zl3073x-dpll", NULL, NULL, 0, 2),
> > > + MFD_CELL_BASIC("zl3073x-dpll", NULL, NULL, 0, 3),
> > > + MFD_CELL_BASIC("zl3073x-dpll", NULL, NULL, 0, 4),
> > > +};
> >
> > What other devices / subsystems will be involved when this is finished?
>
> Lee, btw. I noticed from another discussion that you mentioned that
> mfd_cell->id should not be used outside MFD.
>
> My sub-drivers uses this to get DPLL channel number that should be used
> for the particular sub-device.
>
> E.g.
> 1) MFD_CELL_BASIC("zl3073x-dpll", NULL, NULL, 0, 2);
> 2) MFD_CELL_BASIC("zl3073x-phc", NULL, NULL, 0, 3);
>
> In these cases dpll_zl3073x sub-driver will use DPLL channel 2 for this
> DPLL sub-device and ptp_zl3073x sub-driver will use DPLL channel 3 for
> this PHC sub-device.
>
> platform_device->id cannot be used for this purpose in conjunction with
> PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO as that ->id can be arbitrary.
>
> So if I cannot use mfd_cell->id what should I use for that case?
> Platform data per cell with e.g. the DPLL channel number?
Yes, using the device ID for anything other than enumeration is a hack.
Channel numbers and the like should be passed as platform data.
--
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
