Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-bindings: Document the Synopsys GPIO via CREG bindings

[Rob Herring]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 02:27:21PM +0300, Eugeniy Paltsev wrote:
> This patch adds documentation of device tree bindings for the Synopsys
> GPIO via CREG driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/gpio/snps,creg-gpio.txt    | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/snps,creg-gpio.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/snps,creg-gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/snps,creg-gpio.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..eb022d44ccda
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/snps,creg-gpio.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
> +GPIO via CREG (Control REGisers) driver

REGisters?

Bindings don't describe drivers.

> +
> +This is is single-register MMIO GPIO driver to control such strangely mapped 
> +outputs:
> +
> +31            11        8         7        5         0   < bit number
> +|              |        |         |        |         |
> +[   not used   | gpio-1 | shift-1 | gpio-0 | shift-0 ]   < 32 bit MMIO register
> +                   ^                  ^
> +                   |                  |
> +                   |           write 0x2 == set output to "1" (on)
> +                   |           write 0x3 == set output to "0" (off)
> +                   |
> +            write 0x1 == set output to "1" (on)
> +            write 0x4 == set output to "0" (off)

What kind of crazy h/w designer designed this?

> +Required properties:
> +- compatible : "snps,creg-gpio"
> +- reg : Exactly one register range with length 0x4.
> +- #gpio-cells : Should be one - the pin number.
> +- gpio-controller : Marks the device node as a GPIO controller.
> +- snps,ngpios: Number of GPIO pins.
> +- snps,bit-per-line: Number of bits per each gpio line (see picture).
> +  Array the size of "snps,ngpios"
> +- snps,shift: Shift (in bits) of the each GPIO field from the previous one in
> +  register (see picture). Array the size of "snps,ngpios"
> +- snps,on-val: Value should be set in corresponding field to set
> +  output to "1" (see picture). Array the size of "snps,ngpios"
> +- snps,off-val: Value should be set in corresponding field to set
> +  output to "0" (see picture). Array the size of "snps,ngpios"

Convince me we need to parameterize all this. We try to avoid describing 
h/w like this.

> +
> +Optional properties:
> +- snps,default-val: default output field values. Array the size of "snps,ngpios"
> +
> +Example (see picture):
> +
> +gpio: gpio@f00014b0 {
> +	compatible = "snps,creg-gpio";
> +	reg = <0xf00014b0 0x4>;
> +	gpio-controller;
> +	#gpio-cells = <1>;
> +	snps,ngpios = <2>;
> +	snps,shift = <5 1>;
> +	snps,bit-per-line = <2 3>;
> +	snps,on-val = <2 1>;
> +	snps,off-val = <3 4>;
> +	snps,default-val = <2 1>;
> +};
> -- 
> 2.14.4
>