Re: [PATCH v7] serio: PS/2 gpio bit banging driver for serio bus

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Aug 17 2017 - 11:43:46 EST


On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 03:17:36PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> This driver provides PS/2 serio bus support by implementing bit banging
> with the GPIO API. The GPIO pins, data and clock, can be configured with
> a node in the device tree or by generic device properties (GDP).
>
> Writing to a device is supported as well, though it is possible timings
> can not be halt as they are tough and difficult to reach with bit banging.
> Therefore it can be configured (also in DT and GDP) whether the serio
> write function should be available for clients.
>
> This driver is for development purposes and not recommended for productive
> use. However, this driver can be useful e.g. when no USB port is available
> or using old peripherals is desired as PS/2 controller chips getting rare.
>
> This driver was tested on RPI1 and on Hikey960 and it worked well together
> with the atkbd and psmouse driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Removed one verbose print statement, changed another one to dev_dbg.
> v3: - fixed compiler warning on blackfin
> - depends on GPIOLIB
> - clarify documentation
> v4: - fixed concurrent calls to ps2_gpio_write (serio->write)
> - use gpiod API
> - use generic device properties
> - request irq separately, do not use gpiod_to_irq
> - abort when gpio is connected via slow bus
> - Fixed a bug where PS2_CMD_RESEND is always send after tx failed once.
> The makes the write functionallity work better, tough timing is still
> critical.
> - disable irq initially until ps2_gpip_open (serio->open) is called
> v5: Checked again why timings are that hard to reach while in tx mode and
> discovered that there is an extra clock pulse between stop bit sent from
> host and acknowledgement from device. By just skipping this clock pulse
> tx works fine now, though it still happens sometimes that the timing can
> not be reached of course.
> v6: - fixed typos
> - use of_match_ptr
> v7: remove unnecessary barriers
>
> Sorry for resending, forgot der version tag in the subject.
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/serio/ps2-gpio.txt | 22 +

It's preferred to split bindings to separate patch.

> Documentation/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.txt | 5 +
> drivers/input/serio/Kconfig | 11 +
> drivers/input/serio/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/input/serio/ps2-gpio.c | 453 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 492 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/ps2-gpio.txt
> create mode 100644 drivers/input/serio/ps2-gpio.c
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/ps2-gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/ps2-gpio.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..099dd6d46cb3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serio/ps2-gpio.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
> +Device-Tree bindings for ps/2 gpio driver

Bindings don't describe drivers.

> +
> +Required properties:
> + - compatible = "ps2-gpio"
> + - gpios: data and clock gpio
> + - interrupts: Should trigger on the falling edge of the clock line.
> +
> +Optional properties:
> + - ps2-gpio,write-enable: Indicates whether write function is provided

ps2-gpio is not a vendor prefix, so drop it.

> + to serio device. Possibly providing the write fn will not work, because
> + of the tough timing requirements.
> +
> +Example nodes:
> +
> +ps2@0 {
> + compatible = "ps2-gpio";
> + interrupt-parent = <&gpio>;
> + interrupts = <23 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;
> + data-gpios = <&gpio 24 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> + clk-gpios = <&gpio 23 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> + ps2-gpio,write-enable;
> +};