Re: [PATCH] eeprom: at24: avoid adjusting offset for 24AA025E{48, 64}

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Fri Apr 16 2021 - 10:13:14 EST


On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 1:03 PM <Claudiu.Beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 12.04.2021 21:29, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
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> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 9:42 AM <Claudiu.Beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 07.04.2021 21:37, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
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> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 3:24 PM Claudiu Beznea
> >>> <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Some EEPROMs could be used only for MAC storage. In this case the
> >>>> EEPROM areas where MACs resides could be modeled as NVMEM cells
> >>>> (directly via DT bindings) such that the already available networking
> >>>> infrastructure to read properly the MAC addresses (via
> >>>> of_get_mac_address()). Add "atmel,24mac02e4", "atmel,24mac02e4"
> >>>> compatible for the usage w/ 24AA025E{48, 64} type of EEPROMs and adapt
> >>>> the driver to not do offset adjustments.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Bartosz,
> >>>>
> >>>> For the previously available compatibles the offset adjustment is done
> >>>> (probably for compatibility w/ old DT bindings?). In my scenario 24AA025E48
> >>>> is used in setup with macb driver which is calling of_get_mac_address()
> >>>> to get the proper NVMEM cell in EEPROM where the MAC resides and read
> >>>> directly from there. We modeled the EEPROM and NVMEM cell in DT as
> >>>> follows:
> >>>>
> >>>> &i2cnode {
> >>>> // ...
> >>>> eeprom0: eeprom0@52 {
> >>>> compatible = "atmel,24mac02e4";
> >
> > Can you point me to the datasheet for this model, google only directs
> > me to this very email.
>
> This is the datasheet:
> https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/24AA02E48-24AA025E48-24AA02E64-24AA025E64-Data-Sheet-20002124H.pdf
>
> >
> >>From the device tree it looks as if it was just a regular 24c02 EEPROM
> > with MAC hard-coded at 250-255 bytes, is that right?
>
> Yes, the MAC is hard-coded at 250. But using "24c02" compatible will
> involve the offset adjustment in the driver (let me know if I missed
> something).
>

Something seems to be wrong. There's no offset adjustment for "24c02".
Have you tried running i2cdump on the EEPROM's address? Do you see the
MAC?

Bartosz

> Thank you,
> Claudiu
>
> >
> > Bartosz
> >
> >>>> #address-cells = <1>;
> >>>> #size-cells = <0>;
> >>>> reg = <0x52>;
> >>>> pagesize = <16>;
> >>>> size = <256>;
> >>>> status = "okay";
> >>>>
> >>>> eeprom0_eui48: eui48@fa {
> >>>> reg = <0xfa 0x6>;
> >>>> };
> >>>> };
> >>>> };
> >>>>
> >>>> &gmac {
> >>>> // ...
> >>>>
> >>>> nvmem-cells = <&eeprom0_eui48>;
> >>>> nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
> >>>>
> >>>> // ...
> >>>> };
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Let me know if some other approach needs to be taken into account in
> >>>> at24 driver for this to work.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you,
> >>>> Claudiu Beznea
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi Claudiu,
> >>>
> >>> First of all: any new compatibles need to go into the DT bindings document.
> >>
> >> Agree! I missed this.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> >>>> 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> >>>> index 926408b41270..ae2fbcb5e83d 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> >>>> @@ -123,17 +123,19 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(at24_write_timeout, "Time (in ms) to try writes (default 25)");
> >>>> struct at24_chip_data {
> >>>> u32 byte_len;
> >>>> u8 flags;
> >>>> + u8 adjoff;
> >>>> void (*read_post)(unsigned int off, char *buf, size_t count);
> >>>> };
> >>>>
> >>>> -#define AT24_CHIP_DATA(_name, _len, _flags) \
> >>>> +#define AT24_CHIP_DATA(_name, _len, _flags, _adjoff) \
> >>>> static const struct at24_chip_data _name = { \
> >>>> - .byte_len = _len, .flags = _flags, \
> >>>> + .byte_len = _len, .flags = _flags, .adjoff = _adjoff, \
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> -#define AT24_CHIP_DATA_CB(_name, _len, _flags, _read_post) \
> >>>> +#define AT24_CHIP_DATA_CB(_name, _len, _flags, _adjoff, _read_post) \
> >>>> static const struct at24_chip_data _name = { \
> >>>> .byte_len = _len, .flags = _flags, \
> >>>> + .adjoff = _adjoff, \
> >>>> .read_post = _read_post, \
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> @@ -158,48 +160,52 @@ static void at24_read_post_vaio(unsigned int off, char *buf, size_t count)
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> /* needs 8 addresses as A0-A2 are ignored */
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c00, 128 / 8, AT24_FLAG_TAKE8ADDR);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c00, 128 / 8, AT24_FLAG_TAKE8ADDR, 0);
> >>>> /* old variants can't be handled with this generic entry! */
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c01, 1024 / 8, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c01, 1024 / 8, 0, 0);
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24cs01, 16,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY);
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c02, 2048 / 8, 0);
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c02, 2048 / 8, 0, 0);
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24cs02, 16,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY);
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 0);
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24mac402, 48 / 8,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_MAC | AT24_FLAG_READONLY);
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_MAC | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 1);
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24mac602, 64 / 8,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_MAC | AT24_FLAG_READONLY);
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_MAC | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 1);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24mac02e4, 48 / 8,
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_MAC | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24mac02e6, 64 / 8,
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_MAC | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 0);
> >>>> /* spd is a 24c02 in memory DIMMs */
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_spd, 2048 / 8,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_READONLY | AT24_FLAG_IRUGO);
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_READONLY | AT24_FLAG_IRUGO, 0);
> >>>> /* 24c02_vaio is a 24c02 on some Sony laptops */
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA_CB(at24_data_24c02_vaio, 2048 / 8,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_READONLY | AT24_FLAG_IRUGO,
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_READONLY | AT24_FLAG_IRUGO, 0,
> >>>> at24_read_post_vaio);
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c04, 4096 / 8, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c04, 4096 / 8, 0, 0);
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24cs04, 16,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY);
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 0);
> >>>> /* 24rf08 quirk is handled at i2c-core */
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c08, 8192 / 8, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c08, 8192 / 8, 0, 0);
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24cs08, 16,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY);
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c16, 16384 / 8, 0);
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c16, 16384 / 8, 0, 0);
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24cs16, 16,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY);
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c32, 32768 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16);
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c32, 32768 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16, 0);
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24cs32, 16,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_ADDR16 | AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY);
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c64, 65536 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16);
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_ADDR16 | AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c64, 65536 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16, 0);
> >>>> AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24cs64, 16,
> >>>> - AT24_FLAG_ADDR16 | AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY);
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c128, 131072 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16);
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c256, 262144 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16);
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c512, 524288 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16);
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c1024, 1048576 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16);
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c2048, 2097152 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16);
> >>>> + AT24_FLAG_ADDR16 | AT24_FLAG_SERIAL | AT24_FLAG_READONLY, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c128, 131072 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c256, 262144 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c512, 524288 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c1024, 1048576 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_24c2048, 2097152 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16, 0);
> >>>> /* identical to 24c08 ? */
> >>>> -AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_INT3499, 8192 / 8, 0);
> >>>> +AT24_CHIP_DATA(at24_data_INT3499, 8192 / 8, 0, 0);
> >>>>
> >>>> static const struct i2c_device_id at24_ids[] = {
> >>>> { "24c00", (kernel_ulong_t)&at24_data_24c00 },
> >>>> @@ -208,7 +214,9 @@ static const struct i2c_device_id at24_ids[] = {
> >>>> { "24c02", (kernel_ulong_t)&at24_data_24c02 },
> >>>> { "24cs02", (kernel_ulong_t)&at24_data_24cs02 },
> >>>> { "24mac402", (kernel_ulong_t)&at24_data_24mac402 },
> >>>> + { "24mac02e4", (kernel_ulong_t)&at24_data_24mac02e4 },
> >>>> { "24mac602", (kernel_ulong_t)&at24_data_24mac602 },
> >>>> + { "24mac02e6", (kernel_ulong_t)&at24_data_24mac02e6 },
> >>>> { "spd", (kernel_ulong_t)&at24_data_spd },
> >>>> { "24c02-vaio", (kernel_ulong_t)&at24_data_24c02_vaio },
> >>>> { "24c04", (kernel_ulong_t)&at24_data_24c04 },
> >>>> @@ -238,7 +246,9 @@ static const struct of_device_id at24_of_match[] = {
> >>>> { .compatible = "atmel,24c02", .data = &at24_data_24c02 },
> >>>> { .compatible = "atmel,24cs02", .data = &at24_data_24cs02 },
> >>>> { .compatible = "atmel,24mac402", .data = &at24_data_24mac402 },
> >>>> + { .compatible = "atmel,24mac02e4", .data = &at24_data_24mac02e4 },
> >>>> { .compatible = "atmel,24mac602", .data = &at24_data_24mac602 },
> >>>> + { .compatible = "atmel,24mac02e6", .data = &at24_data_24mac02e6 },
> >>>> { .compatible = "atmel,spd", .data = &at24_data_spd },
> >>>> { .compatible = "atmel,24c04", .data = &at24_data_24c04 },
> >>>> { .compatible = "atmel,24cs04", .data = &at24_data_24cs04 },
> >>>> @@ -690,7 +700,8 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> >>>> at24->flags = flags;
> >>>> at24->read_post = cdata->read_post;
> >>>> at24->num_addresses = num_addresses;
> >>>> - at24->offset_adj = at24_get_offset_adj(flags, byte_len);
> >>>> + at24->offset_adj = cdata->adjoff ?
> >>>> + at24_get_offset_adj(flags, byte_len) : 0;
> >>>> at24->client[0].client = client;
> >>>> at24->client[0].regmap = regmap;
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> 2.25.1
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> What is the problem you're trying to solve?
> >>
> >> I wanted to instantiate a NVMEM cell with proper offset and size via DT and
> >> make whatever Ethernet driver aware of this NVMEM cell via DT bindings, as
> >> bellow:
> >>
> >> &i2cnode {
> >> // ...
> >> eeprom0: eeprom0@52 {
> >> compatible = "atmel,24mac02e4";
> >> #address-cells = <1>;
> >> #size-cells = <0>;
> >> reg = <0x52>;
> >> pagesize = <16>;
> >> size = <256>;
> >> status = "okay";
> >>
> >> eeprom0_eui48: eui48@fa {
> >> reg = <0xfa 0x6>;
> >> };
> >> };
> >> };
> >>
> >> &gmac {
> >> // ...
> >>
> >> nvmem-cells = <&eeprom0_eui48>;
> >> nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
> >>
> >> // ...
> >> };
> >>
> >> By adding this new compatible and changing the driver to not adjust the
> >> NVMEM cell offset for it but make it use the one provided in DT I was
> >> thinking this may scale for any future EEPROM storing MAC addresses at any
> >> offsets (because these would be provided via DT and not adjusted by driver).
> >>
> >> I the current at24 driver I haven't managed to find a compatible in the
> >> driver that mach the offset 0xfa (used to store MAC address on case of
> >> 24AA025E48).
> >>
> >>> The MAC area is accessible
> >>> on a different device address. The variants with serial and MAC areas
> >>> are meant to be instantiated as devices separate from the main
> >>> writeable area and you can then create an nvmem cell that will take up
> >>> the whole MAC.
> >>>
> >>> Or does your model keep the MAC in the same block that's used for
> >>> writing? In which case just using a regular compatible that matches
> >>> the size and creating the nvmem cell at the right offset should be
> >>> enough, right?
> >>
> >> Meaning describing the NVMEM cell in DT with an offset such that the driver
> >> adjustment +/- that offset to lead to the offset described in EEPROM datasheet?
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Am I missing something?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Bartosz
> >>>
> >>
>