2023-05-29 03:01:04

by Xing Tong Wu

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Subject: [PATCH v2 0/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

Switch pin base from static to automatic allocation to avoid
conflicts and align with other gpio chip drivers

Based on:
[PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix chip name and pin count on Nuvoton chip
which was recently pulled by maintainer




2023-05-29 03:24:48

by Xing Tong Wu

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Subject: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

From: "xingtong.wu" <[email protected]>

switch pin base from static to automatic allocation to
avoid conflicts and align with other gpio chip drivers

Signed-off-by: xingtong.wu <[email protected]>
---
drivers/gpio/gpio-f7188x.c | 138 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-f7188x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-f7188x.c
index f54ca5a1775e..3875fd940ccb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-f7188x.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-f7188x.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void f7188x_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset, int value);
static int f7188x_gpio_set_config(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset,
unsigned long config);

-#define F7188X_GPIO_BANK(_base, _ngpio, _regbase, _label) \
+#define F7188X_GPIO_BANK(_ngpio, _regbase, _label) \
{ \
.chip = { \
.label = _label, \
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int f7188x_gpio_set_config(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset,
.direction_output = f7188x_gpio_direction_out, \
.set = f7188x_gpio_set, \
.set_config = f7188x_gpio_set_config, \
- .base = _base, \
+ .base = -1, \
.ngpio = _ngpio, \
.can_sleep = true, \
}, \
@@ -191,98 +191,98 @@ static int f7188x_gpio_set_config(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset,
#define f7188x_gpio_data_single(type) ((type) == nct6126d)

static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f71869_gpio_bank[] = {
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 6, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 6, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(6, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(6, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
};

static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f71869a_gpio_bank[] = {
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 6, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(6, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
};

static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f71882_gpio_bank[] = {
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 4, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 4, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(4, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(4, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
};

static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f71889a_gpio_bank[] = {
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 7, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 7, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(7, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(7, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
};

static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f71889_gpio_bank[] = {
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 7, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 7, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(7, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(7, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
};

static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f81866_gpio_bank[] = {
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(80, 8, 0x88, DRVNAME "-8"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x88, DRVNAME "-8"),
};


static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f81804_gpio_bank[] = {
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-3"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-4"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-5"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(90, 8, 0x98, DRVNAME "-6"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-3"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-4"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-5"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x98, DRVNAME "-6"),
};

static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f81865_gpio_bank[] = {
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 5, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(5, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
};

static struct f7188x_gpio_bank nct6126d_gpio_bank[] = {
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-0"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE4, DRVNAME "-1"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xE8, DRVNAME "-2"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xEC, DRVNAME "-3"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-4"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 8, 0xF4, DRVNAME "-5"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0xF8, DRVNAME "-6"),
- F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0xFC, DRVNAME "-7"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-0"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE4, DRVNAME "-1"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE8, DRVNAME "-2"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xEC, DRVNAME "-3"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-4"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF4, DRVNAME "-5"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF8, DRVNAME "-6"),
+ F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xFC, DRVNAME "-7"),
};

static int f7188x_gpio_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
--
2.25.1


2023-05-29 12:49:14

by Simon Guinot

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 10:50:12AM +0800, [email protected] wrote:
> From: "xingtong.wu" <[email protected]>
>
> switch pin base from static to automatic allocation to
> avoid conflicts and align with other gpio chip drivers

Hi xingtong,

I suppose this patch is correct but I am not a big fan.

It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet could
still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the base of the
first bank.

With this patch it is no longer possible. All the F7188x controllers
have holes in their pin namespace (between the banks/chips). And a base
number assigned dynamically to each chip won't take these holes into
account.

Simon

>
> Signed-off-by: xingtong.wu <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/gpio/gpio-f7188x.c | 138 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-f7188x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-f7188x.c
> index f54ca5a1775e..3875fd940ccb 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-f7188x.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-f7188x.c
> @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void f7188x_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset, int value);
> static int f7188x_gpio_set_config(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset,
> unsigned long config);
>
> -#define F7188X_GPIO_BANK(_base, _ngpio, _regbase, _label) \
> +#define F7188X_GPIO_BANK(_ngpio, _regbase, _label) \
> { \
> .chip = { \
> .label = _label, \
> @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int f7188x_gpio_set_config(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset,
> .direction_output = f7188x_gpio_direction_out, \
> .set = f7188x_gpio_set, \
> .set_config = f7188x_gpio_set_config, \
> - .base = _base, \
> + .base = -1, \
> .ngpio = _ngpio, \
> .can_sleep = true, \
> }, \
> @@ -191,98 +191,98 @@ static int f7188x_gpio_set_config(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset,
> #define f7188x_gpio_data_single(type) ((type) == nct6126d)
>
> static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f71869_gpio_bank[] = {
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 6, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 6, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(6, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(6, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> };
>
> static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f71869a_gpio_bank[] = {
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 6, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(6, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
> };
>
> static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f71882_gpio_bank[] = {
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 4, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 4, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(4, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(4, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> };
>
> static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f71889a_gpio_bank[] = {
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 7, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 7, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(7, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(7, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
> };
>
> static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f71889_gpio_bank[] = {
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 7, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 7, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(7, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(7, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(5, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
> };
>
> static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f81866_gpio_bank[] = {
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(80, 8, 0x88, DRVNAME "-8"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-7"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x88, DRVNAME "-8"),
> };
>
>
> static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f81804_gpio_bank[] = {
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-4"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-5"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(90, 8, 0x98, DRVNAME "-6"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x90, DRVNAME "-4"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x80, DRVNAME "-5"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0x98, DRVNAME "-6"),
> };
>
> static struct f7188x_gpio_bank f81865_gpio_bank[] = {
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 5, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-1"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xD0, DRVNAME "-2"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xC0, DRVNAME "-3"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xB0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xA0, DRVNAME "-5"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(5, 0x90, DRVNAME "-6"),
> };
>
> static struct f7188x_gpio_bank nct6126d_gpio_bank[] = {
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(0, 8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(10, 8, 0xE4, DRVNAME "-1"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(20, 8, 0xE8, DRVNAME "-2"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(30, 8, 0xEC, DRVNAME "-3"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(40, 8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(50, 8, 0xF4, DRVNAME "-5"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(60, 8, 0xF8, DRVNAME "-6"),
> - F7188X_GPIO_BANK(70, 8, 0xFC, DRVNAME "-7"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE0, DRVNAME "-0"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE4, DRVNAME "-1"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xE8, DRVNAME "-2"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xEC, DRVNAME "-3"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF0, DRVNAME "-4"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF4, DRVNAME "-5"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xF8, DRVNAME "-6"),
> + F7188X_GPIO_BANK(8, 0xFC, DRVNAME "-7"),
> };
>
> static int f7188x_gpio_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset)
> --
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2023-05-29 13:06:29

by Linus Walleij

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 4:55 AM <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: "xingtong.wu" <[email protected]>
>
> switch pin base from static to automatic allocation to
> avoid conflicts and align with other gpio chip drivers
>
> Signed-off-by: xingtong.wu <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <[email protected]>

If this platform does not have a ton of userspace using the obsolete
sysfs this should be fine to apply. I say let's apply and see what happens.

Yours,
Linus Walleij

2023-05-29 13:06:55

by Linus Walleij

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote:

> It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet could
> still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the base of the
> first bank.

We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons stated
in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to be the
norm.

Yours,
Linus Walleij

2023-05-29 14:01:36

by Simon Guinot

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:03:28PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet could
> > still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the base of the
> > first bank.
>
> We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons stated
> in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to be the
> norm.

Hi Linus,

Sure but it would be nice to have a dynamic base applied to a controller
(and not to each chip of this controller), and to respect the interval
between the chips (as stated in the controllers datasheets).

This way the assignation would be dynamic and the pin numbers found in
controller datasheet would be meaningful as well.

Simon


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2023-05-29 22:40:41

by Andy Shevchenko

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:54:36PM +0200, [email protected] kirjoitti:
> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:03:28PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet could
> > > still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the base of the
> > > first bank.
> >
> > We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons stated
> > in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to be the
> > norm.
>
> Sure but it would be nice to have a dynamic base applied to a controller
> (and not to each chip of this controller), and to respect the interval
> between the chips (as stated in the controllers datasheets).

What you want is against the architecture. To fix this, you might change
the architecture of the driver to have one chip for the controller, but
it's quite questionable change. Also how can you guarantee ordering of
the enumeration? You probably need to *disable* SMP on the boot time.
This will still be fragile as long as GPIO chip can be unbound at run
time. Order can be changed.

So, the patch is good and the correct way to go.

P.S. The root cause is that hardware engineers and documentation writers
do not consider their hardware in the multi-tasking, multi-user general
purpose operating system, such as Linux. I believe the ideal fix is to fix the
documentation (datasheet).

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



2023-05-30 06:47:55

by Xing Tong Wu

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

On 2023/5/30 06:24, [email protected] wrote:
> Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:54:36PM +0200, [email protected] kirjoitti:
>> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:03:28PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet could
>>>> still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the base of the
>>>> first bank.
>>>
>>> We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons stated
>>> in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to be the
>>> norm.
>>
>> Sure but it would be nice to have a dynamic base applied to a controller
>> (and not to each chip of this controller), and to respect the interval
>> between the chips (as stated in the controllers datasheets).
>
> What you want is against the architecture. To fix this, you might change
> the architecture of the driver to have one chip for the controller, but
> it's quite questionable change. Also how can you guarantee ordering of
> the enumeration? You probably need to *disable* SMP on the boot time.
> This will still be fragile as long as GPIO chip can be unbound at run
> time. Order can be changed.
>
> So, the patch is good and the correct way to go.
>
> P.S. The root cause is that hardware engineers and documentation writers
> do not consider their hardware in the multi-tasking, multi-user general
> purpose operating system, such as Linux. I believe the ideal fix is to fix the
> documentation (datasheet).
>

Hi,

Thanks for your review.

The direct reason of this patch is that when "modprobe gpio-f7188x",
it conflicts with INT34C6. I met this issue on an older kernel, but
could not remember which version exactly.

The error message is as the link below:
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.3.2/source/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c#L798

- XingTong Wu


2023-05-30 11:09:15

by Henning Schild

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

Am Mon, 29 May 2023 15:54:36 +0200
schrieb [email protected]:

> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:03:28PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet
> > > could still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the
> > > base of the first bank.
> >
> > We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons
> > stated in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to
> > be the norm.
>
> Hi Linus,
>
> Sure but it would be nice to have a dynamic base applied to a
> controller (and not to each chip of this controller), and to respect
> the interval between the chips (as stated in the controllers
> datasheets).

You mentioned yourself that there are the holes to take care of. And
the symbols/names from the SPECs seem to be octal numbers to me. While
humans might prefer decimal and the code seems to be hexadecimal.

Not sure the numbers have ever been too useful for humans. And once we
change one base (bank0) we actually already break user-land that so far
failed to discover the base from sysfs (bug in that user-land code, not
our problem).

I am with Linus on that one, we should try.

Henning

> This way the assignation would be dynamic and the pin numbers found in
> controller datasheet would be meaningful as well.
>
> Simon


2023-05-30 11:13:28

by Andy Shevchenko

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

Tue, May 30, 2023 at 02:27:09PM +0800, xingtong.wu kirjoitti:
> On 2023/5/30 06:24, [email protected] wrote:
> > Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:54:36PM +0200, [email protected] kirjoitti:
> >> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:03:28PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> >>> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet could
> >>>> still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the base of the
> >>>> first bank.
> >>>
> >>> We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons stated
> >>> in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to be the
> >>> norm.
> >>
> >> Sure but it would be nice to have a dynamic base applied to a controller
> >> (and not to each chip of this controller), and to respect the interval
> >> between the chips (as stated in the controllers datasheets).
> >
> > What you want is against the architecture. To fix this, you might change
> > the architecture of the driver to have one chip for the controller, but
> > it's quite questionable change. Also how can you guarantee ordering of
> > the enumeration? You probably need to *disable* SMP on the boot time.
> > This will still be fragile as long as GPIO chip can be unbound at run
> > time. Order can be changed.
> >
> > So, the patch is good and the correct way to go.
> >
> > P.S. The root cause is that hardware engineers and documentation writers
> > do not consider their hardware in the multi-tasking, multi-user general
> > purpose operating system, such as Linux. I believe the ideal fix is to fix the
> > documentation (datasheet).
>
> Thanks for your review.
>
> The direct reason of this patch is that when "modprobe gpio-f7188x",
> it conflicts with INT34C6. I met this issue on an older kernel, but
> could not remember which version exactly.

This is interesting. But what I have noticed the v6.3.2 missing this
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c?id=7dd3d9bd873f138675cb727eaa51a498d99f0e89
change. Can you apply and retest?

If this does not help, please share more details, exact steps of reproducing
the issue, including respective `dmesg` output, etc. (maybe via creating a
kernel bugzilla report).

> The error message is as the link below:
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.3.2/source/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c#L798

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



2023-05-30 11:37:27

by Andy Shevchenko

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

Tue, May 30, 2023 at 01:53:47PM +0300, [email protected] kirjoitti:
> Tue, May 30, 2023 at 02:27:09PM +0800, xingtong.wu kirjoitti:
> > On 2023/5/30 06:24, [email protected] wrote:
> > > Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:54:36PM +0200, [email protected] kirjoitti:
> > >> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:03:28PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > >>> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet could
> > >>>> still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the base of the
> > >>>> first bank.
> > >>>
> > >>> We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons stated
> > >>> in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to be the
> > >>> norm.
> > >>
> > >> Sure but it would be nice to have a dynamic base applied to a controller
> > >> (and not to each chip of this controller), and to respect the interval
> > >> between the chips (as stated in the controllers datasheets).
> > >
> > > What you want is against the architecture. To fix this, you might change
> > > the architecture of the driver to have one chip for the controller, but
> > > it's quite questionable change. Also how can you guarantee ordering of
> > > the enumeration? You probably need to *disable* SMP on the boot time.
> > > This will still be fragile as long as GPIO chip can be unbound at run
> > > time. Order can be changed.
> > >
> > > So, the patch is good and the correct way to go.
> > >
> > > P.S. The root cause is that hardware engineers and documentation writers
> > > do not consider their hardware in the multi-tasking, multi-user general
> > > purpose operating system, such as Linux. I believe the ideal fix is to fix the
> > > documentation (datasheet).
> >
> > Thanks for your review.
> >
> > The direct reason of this patch

Oh, It seems I misread this as the cause of the patch, please ignore my
previous reply.

> > is that when "modprobe gpio-f7188x",
> > it conflicts with INT34C6. I met this issue on an older kernel, but
> > could not remember which version exactly.
>
> This is interesting. But what I have noticed the v6.3.2 missing this
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c?id=7dd3d9bd873f138675cb727eaa51a498d99f0e89
> change. Can you apply and retest?
>
> If this does not help, please share more details, exact steps of reproducing
> the issue, including respective `dmesg` output, etc. (maybe via creating a
> kernel bugzilla report).
>
> > The error message is as the link below:
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.3.2/source/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c#L798

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Andy Shevchenko



2023-05-30 11:45:42

by Linus Walleij

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 3:56 PM <[email protected]> wrote:

> This way the assignation would be dynamic and the pin numbers found in
> controller datasheet would be meaningful as well.

I always had in my mind that this is what you should use the
.dbg_show() callback in struct gpio_chip for.

It is for debugging, not ABI and cross-referencing datasheets is definitely
debugging, so use that and look in /proc/sys/kernel/debug/gpio
for the data you want for cross-referencing.

Yours,
Linus Walleij

2023-05-30 18:03:55

by Simon Guinot

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 01:24:30AM +0300, [email protected] wrote:
> Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:54:36PM +0200, [email protected] kirjoitti:
> > On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:03:28PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet could
> > > > still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the base of the
> > > > first bank.
> > >
> > > We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons stated
> > > in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to be the
> > > norm.
> >
> > Sure but it would be nice to have a dynamic base applied to a controller
> > (and not to each chip of this controller), and to respect the interval
> > between the chips (as stated in the controllers datasheets).
>
> What you want is against the architecture. To fix this, you might change
> the architecture of the driver to have one chip for the controller, but
> it's quite questionable change. Also how can you guarantee ordering of
> the enumeration? You probably need to *disable* SMP on the boot time.
> This will still be fragile as long as GPIO chip can be unbound at run
> time. Order can be changed.
>
> So, the patch is good and the correct way to go.
>
> P.S. The root cause is that hardware engineers and documentation writers
> do not consider their hardware in the multi-tasking, multi-user general
> purpose operating system, such as Linux. I believe the ideal fix is to fix the
> documentation (datasheet).

Some GPIO controllers (as Super-I/O) are multifunctional devices and
pins are multiplexed. Some can be configured to act as GPIOs and some
cannot. So there are holes. It is an hardware reality and not only an
issue due to poorly written documents (even if there are issues with
them too).

Today we work around these holes by splitting the GPIOs between several
chips. As a consequence "hardware" GPIO numbers don't exist in Linux. It
requires some work from a user to first find the chip a GPIO belongs to
and then compute the number. It is not terrible. But on some machines
with a lot of GPIO controllers and chips it can be quite challenging
(especially when ACPI is involved).

I am only saying it would be nice for Linux users if they could use
hardware GPIO numbers (i.e. as read in hardware documents).

But I understand everything that has been said by everyone and I agree.

Simon


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2023-05-30 18:25:46

by Simon Guinot

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 12:57:27PM +0200, Henning Schild wrote:
> Am Mon, 29 May 2023 15:54:36 +0200
> schrieb [email protected]:
>
> > On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:03:28PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet
> > > > could still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the
> > > > base of the first bank.
> > >
> > > We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons
> > > stated in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to
> > > be the norm.
> >
> > Hi Linus,
> >
> > Sure but it would be nice to have a dynamic base applied to a
> > controller (and not to each chip of this controller), and to respect
> > the interval between the chips (as stated in the controllers
> > datasheets).
>
> You mentioned yourself that there are the holes to take care of. And
> the symbols/names from the SPECs seem to be octal numbers to me. While
> humans might prefer decimal and the code seems to be hexadecimal.
>
> Not sure the numbers have ever been too useful for humans. And once we
> change one base (bank0) we actually already break user-land that so far
> failed to discover the base from sysfs (bug in that user-land code, not
> our problem).
>
> I am with Linus on that one, we should try.

I am also in the Linus and "everybody but me" team too :)


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2023-05-30 22:41:00

by Andy Shevchenko

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On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:56 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 01:24:30AM +0300, [email protected] wrote:
> > Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:54:36PM +0200, [email protected] kirjoitti:
> > > On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 03:03:28PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > > > On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > It would be nice if a pin number found in the device datasheet could
> > > > > still be converted into a Linux GPIO number by adding the base of the
> > > > > first bank.
> > > >
> > > > We actively discourage this kind of mapping because of reasons stated
> > > > in drivers/gpio/TODO: we want dynamic number allocation to be the
> > > > norm.
> > >
> > > Sure but it would be nice to have a dynamic base applied to a controller
> > > (and not to each chip of this controller), and to respect the interval
> > > between the chips (as stated in the controllers datasheets).
> >
> > What you want is against the architecture. To fix this, you might change
> > the architecture of the driver to have one chip for the controller, but
> > it's quite questionable change. Also how can you guarantee ordering of
> > the enumeration? You probably need to *disable* SMP on the boot time.
> > This will still be fragile as long as GPIO chip can be unbound at run
> > time. Order can be changed.
> >
> > So, the patch is good and the correct way to go.
> >
> > P.S. The root cause is that hardware engineers and documentation writers
> > do not consider their hardware in the multi-tasking, multi-user general
> > purpose operating system, such as Linux. I believe the ideal fix is to fix the
> > documentation (datasheet).
>
> Some GPIO controllers (as Super-I/O) are multifunctional devices and
> pins are multiplexed. Some can be configured to act as GPIOs and some
> cannot. So there are holes. It is an hardware reality and not only an
> issue due to poorly written documents (even if there are issues with
> them too).

So, this is done with GPIO to pin mapping (and yes, pin control has to
be present). In simpler cases the valid mask is enough.

> Today we work around these holes by splitting the GPIOs between several
> chips.

What you are saying seems like a broken architecture of the certain
driver, i.e. exposing hardware not in the correct representation
(wrong mapping). Maybe I'm missing something...

> As a consequence "hardware" GPIO numbers don't exist in Linux. It
> requires some work from a user to first find the chip a GPIO belongs to
> and then compute the number. It is not terrible. But on some machines
> with a lot of GPIO controllers and chips it can be quite challenging
> (especially when ACPI is involved).

Not sure how ACPI makes things worse (except the number space used for
GpioIo() and GpioInt() resources, which in case of existing pin
control may be different to the pin numbering). In any case the pin
control case is covered nowadays in debugfs and one may look at that
to find the mapping and pin naming.

> I am only saying it would be nice for Linux users if they could use
> hardware GPIO numbers (i.e. as read in hardware documents).

It's impossible. I can make an example which is the UP board (or UP²
a.k.a. UP Square) where GPIO from SoC goes through CPLD and becomes
completely non-related in the documentation. AFAIU all the same for
Raspberry Pi.

Besides that, if a board has an I²C expander, and other I²C buses
available to connect anything, it will always be ambiguous.

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Andy Shevchenko

2023-06-16 08:31:01

by Henning Schild

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins

Am Mon, 29 May 2023 15:02:08 +0200
schrieb Linus Walleij <[email protected]>:

> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 4:55 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > From: "xingtong.wu" <[email protected]>
> >
> > switch pin base from static to automatic allocation to
> > avoid conflicts and align with other gpio chip drivers
> >
> > Signed-off-by: xingtong.wu <[email protected]>
>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <[email protected]>
>
> If this platform does not have a ton of userspace using the obsolete
> sysfs this should be fine to apply. I say let's apply and see what
> happens.

Seems after some discussion we concluded to merge this. I guess it
might already be a little late for 6.4.

Henning

> Yours,
> Linus Walleij


2023-07-20 03:43:13

by Xing Tong Wu

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio-f7188x: fix base values conflicts with other gpio pins



On 2023/5/29 21:02, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 4:55 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> From: "xingtong.wu" <[email protected]>
>>
>> switch pin base from static to automatic allocation to
>> avoid conflicts and align with other gpio chip drivers
>>
>> Signed-off-by: xingtong.wu <[email protected]>
>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <[email protected]>
>
> If this platform does not have a ton of userspace using the obsolete
> sysfs this should be fine to apply. I say let's apply and see what happens.
>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

Hi

Seems it has been a while since our last discussion, I guess it might
be fit in.

-- XingTong Wu