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Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2023 14:54:50 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Cc:     Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
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        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] mfd: Add support for the Lantiq PEF2256 framer
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On Tue, 04 Apr 2023, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:

> On 04/04/2023 10:07, Herve Codina wrote:
>
> >>> So, the structure I have in mind:
> >>> - pef2256.c (MFD)
> >>>   implement and do the setup at probe()
> >>>   Add the children at probe():
> >>>     - pef2256-pinctrl (pinctrl) added using mfd_add_devices()
> >>>     - pef2256-codec (ASoC codec) added using devm_of_platform_populate()
> >>>
> >>> Lee, with this in mind, can the core pef2256.c be a MFD driver ?
> >>
> >> You do not use MFD here, so why do you want to keep it in MFD? If you
> >> disagree, please tell me where is the MFD code in your patch?
> >
> > I don't want to absolutely use MFD.
> > I just want to put my driver somewhere and I don't know the right location
> > between MFD and Misc.
> >
> > Basically, the driver needs to do (little simplified and error path removed):
> >
> >   static const struct mfd_cell pef2256_devs[] = {
> >   	{ .name = "lantiq-pef2256-pinctrl", },
> >   };
> >
> >   static int pef2256_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >   {
> > 	struct pef2256 *pef2256;
> > 	void __iomem *iomem;
> > 	int ret;
> > 	int irq;
> >
> > 	pef2256 = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pef2256), GFP_KERNEL);
> > 	if (!pef2256)
> > 		return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > 	pef2256->dev = &pdev->dev;
> >
> > 	iomem = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
> >
> > 	pef2256->regmap = devm_regmap_init_mmio(&pdev->dev, iomem,
> > 						&pef2256_regmap_config);
> >
> > 	pef2256->mclk = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, "mclk");
> > 	pef2256->sclkr = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, "sclkr");
> > 	pef2256->sclkx = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, "sclkx");
> >
> > 	pef2256->reset_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&pdev->dev, "reset", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
> > 	if (pef2256->reset_gpio) {
> > 		gpiod_set_value_cansleep(pef2256->reset_gpio, 1);
> > 		udelay(10);
> > 		gpiod_set_value_cansleep(pef2256->reset_gpio, 0);
> > 		udelay(10);
> > 	}
> >
> > 	pef2556_of_parse(pef2256, np);
> >
> > 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
> > 	ret = devm_request_irq(pef2256->dev, irq, pef2256_irq_handler, 0, "pef2256", pef2256);
> >
> > 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pef2256);
> >
> > 	mfd_add_devices(pef2256->dev, PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE, pef2256_devs,
> > 	      		ARRAY_SIZE(pef2256_devs), NULL, 0, NULL);
>
> Wait, now you use MFD framework, so the driver is suitable for MFD.
> Before there was nothing like that in your code.

Agree, the above is suitable for MFD, since it does all the things I
said your last one did not.  You *can* also use of_platform_populate()
here, since you are *also* requesting and initialising shared resources.
You cannot do *both* however.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]