Re: [PATCH 02/20] dt-bindings: gpio: Add ASPEED constants

[Joel Stanley]

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 6:06 AM, Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> These are used to by the device tree to map pin numbers to constants
>> required by the GPIO bindings.
>> +
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_A 0
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_B 1
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_C 2
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_D 3
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_E 4
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_F 5
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_G 6
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_H 7
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_I 8
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_J 9
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_K 10
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_L 11
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_M 12
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_N 13
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_O 14
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_P 15
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_Q 16
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_R 17
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_S 18
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_T 19
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_U 20
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_V 21
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_W 22
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_X 23
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_Y 24
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_Z 25
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_AA 26
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_AB 27
>> +#define ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_AC 28
>
> This looks like a 1:1 mapping, wouldn't it be easier to just describe
> it in the binding document?

You're right, it is a linear mapping. We use it so references to GPIO
numbers are human readable in the device tree:

#define ASPEED_GPIO(port, offset) \
        ((ASPEED_GPIO_PORT_##port * 8) + offset)

can be used:

                identify {
                        gpios = <&gpio ASPEED_GPIO(A, 2) GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
                };

We find that has cut down on mistakes in calculating offsets into GPIO banks.

Cheers,

Joel