On 29/05/14 17:30, Kumar Gala wrote:
On May 29, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla
<[email protected]> wrote:
+= SUBDEVICES
+
+The RPM exposes resources to its subnodes. The below bindings specify the set
+of valid subnodes that can operate on these resources.
Why should these devices be on sub nodes?
Any reason not to implement it like this,
rpm: rpm@108000 {
compatible = "qcom,rpm-msm8960";
reg = <0x108000 0x1000 0x2011008 0x4>;
interrupts = <0 19 0>, <0 21 0>, <0 22 0>;
interrupt-names = "ack", "err", "wakeup";
};
pm8921_s1: pm8921-s1 {
compatible = "qcom,rpm-pm8921-smps";
regulator-min-microvolt = <1225000>;
regulator-max-microvolt = <1225000>;
regulator-always-on;
qcom,rpm = <&rpm QCOM_RPM_PM8921_S1>;
qcom,switch-mode-frequency = <3200000>;
qcom,hpm-threshold = <100000>;
};
This would simplify the driver code too and handle the interface neatly then
depending on device hierarchy.
rpm would be a interface library to the clients. Makes the drivers more
independent, and re-usable if we do this way.
??
One reason to go with sub nodes is it creates a proper driver ordering
dependency as I assume rpm driver will end up calling of_platform_populate for
the sub nodes at the point that the RPM driver is ready. We could do this with
deferred probe but doing it explicitly is better in my opinion as it limits the
amount of time between when RPM is ready vs when the children can start doing
things
I agree, there might be a win. But Am not sure to what extent this win
is a win to rpm driver, as a side effect this brings other
responsibilities to the rpm driver like adding sub-device power
management awareness, device life cycle management to the rpm driver.
Only thing which made me think of this approach is the number of sub
nodes it would end up with and passing ID using reg property.
Thanks,
srini
- k
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