Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] dt-bindings: phy: ti: Add dt binding documentation for SERDES in AM654x SoC

[Kishon Vijay Abraham I]

Hi Roger,

On 07/02/19 4:56 PM, Roger Quadros wrote:
> 
> 
> On 06/02/19 13:07, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>> AM654x has two SERDES instances. Each instance has three input clocks
>> (left input, externel reference clock and right input) and two output
>> clocks (left output and right output) in addition to a PLL mux clock
>> which the SERDES uses for Clock Multiplier Unit (CMU refclock).
>> The PLL mux clock can select from one of the three input clocks.
>> The right output can select between left input and external reference
>> clock while the left output can select between the right input and
>> external reference clock.
>>
>> The left and right input reference clock of SERDES0 and SERDES1
>> respectively are connected to the SoC clock. In the case of two lane
>> SERDES personality card, the left input of SERDES1 is connected to
>> the right output of SERDES0 in a chained fashion.
>>
>> See section "Reference Clock Distribution" of AM65x Sitara Processors
>> TRM (SPRUID7 â April 2018) for more details.
>>
>> Add dt-binding documentation in order to represent all these different
>> configurations in device tree.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@xxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/phy/ti-phy.txt        | 77 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/dt-bindings/phy/phy-am654-serdes.h    | 13 ++++
>>  2 files changed, 90 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/phy/phy-am654-serdes.h
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/ti-phy.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/ti-phy.txt
>> index 57dfda8a7a1d..fc2fff6b2c37 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/ti-phy.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/ti-phy.txt
>> @@ -132,3 +132,80 @@ sata_phy: phy@4a096000 {
>>  	syscon-pllreset = <&scm_conf 0x3fc>;
>>  	#phy-cells = <0>;
>>  };
>> +
>> +
>> +TI AM654 SERDES
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> + - compatible: Should be "ti,phy-am654-serdes"
>> + - reg : Address and length of the register set for the device.
>> + - reg-names: Should be "serdes" which corresponds to the register space
>> +	populated in "reg".
>> + - #phy-cells: determine the number of cells that should be given in the
>> +	phandle while referencing this phy. Should be "2". The 1st cell
>> +	corresponds to the phy type (should be one of the types specified in
>> +	include/dt-bindings/phy/phy.h) and the 2nd cell should be the serdes
>> +	lane function.
>> +	If SERDES0 is referenced 2nd cell should be:
>> +		0 - USB3
>> +		1 - PCIe0 Lane0
>> +		2 - ICSS2 SGMII Lane0
>> +	If SERDES1 is referenced 2nd cell should be:
>> +		0 - PCIe1 Lane0
>> +		1 - PCIe0 Lane1
>> +		2 - ICSS2 SGMII Lane1
> 
> Instead of these magic numbers and expecting a human to decipher this
> which is prone to error, is it better to create the following defines and
> check for valid configuration in the driver?
> 
> AM654_SERDES_LANE_USB3,
> AM654_SERDES_LANE_PCIE_LANE0,
> AM654_SERDES_LANE_PCIE_LANE1,
> AM654_SERDES_LANE_SGMII,
> 
> So if you pass AM654_SERDES_LANE_PCIE_LANE0 to SERDES1, driver can easily
> figure out that it should be 1 if it is serdes0 and 0 if serdes1
> 
> Which means the DT must contain something so that you can identify
> if it is serdes0 or serdes1.

Generally I'd like to avoid drivers having to know instance numbers. That gets
more complicated to handle when the same IP is used in different platforms.

Rob, what's your opinion?

Thanks
Kishon