RE: [PATCH V1 1/4] bindings: nvmem: introduce "reverse-data" property

[Joakim Zhang]

Hi Srinivas,

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> I have pushed some nvmem core patches which are just compile tested to
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> This should provide the callback hook I was talking about.

Thanks a lot! Yes, this could be more common, vendors can parse their mac
address for different encoding style, also can extend for other cases.

> Can you take a look at them and let me know if it works for you.

There are some small issues need to be update:
1) https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/srini/nvmem.git/commit/?h=topic/post-processing&id=624f2cc99b48bbfe05c11e58fb73f84abb1a646e
	of_get_property() can't get the cell value, so I change to of_property_read_s32()
2) https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/srini/nvmem.git/commit/?h=topic/post-processing&id=a424302c7b15da41e1e8de56b0c78021b9a96c1e
	if (!nvmem->cell_post_process) {} should be if (nvmem->cell_post_process) {}, if we have this callback, we need do the post-processing.

> I have also added some test changes to imx provider driver as well, which you
> might have to take a closer look to get it working.
> 
> You need to look at adding/changing two things:
> 
> 1. setting reverse_mac_address flag in imx driver.
> 	Does IMX always has mac-address reversed? if yes then we do not need
> any new bindings for imx nvmem provider, if no we might need to add some
> kind of flag to indicate this.

No, it's depend on how to program the effuse. 
To avoid introducing consumer property in devicetree, I prefer to move reverse_mac_address
flag into ocotp_params struct, since each platforms has their own, it's easy to indicate this. I tried
it, and works.

> 2. In imx devicetree for mac-address nvmem cell make sure you add
> 
> cell-type = <NVMEM_CELL_TYPE_MAC_ADDRESS>;
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >> Option 2: nvmem core handles the post processing.
> >>
> >> Pros:
> >> - provider driver does not need to implement callbacks
> >>
> >> Cons:
> >> - We have to find a way to define vendor specific non-standard
> >> encoding information in generic bindings which is going to be a
> >> challenge and high chance of ending up in to much of clutter in generic
> bindings.
> >>
> >> Finally, The way I look at this is that once we start adding
> >> post-processing in nvmem core then we might endup with code that will
> >> not be really used for most of the usecases and might endup with
> >> cases that might not be possible to handle in the core.
> >>
> >>
> >> Does Option 1 work for you?
> >
> > Yes, I also prefer to implement it in specific driver, as you mention
> > above, these code are for very rarely use cases.
> >
> > If we chose Option 1, I want to implement it totally in specific
> > driver(imx-ocotp.c), and I have a draft, could it be acdeptable?
> Yes, this is the direction, however we need a proper callback to do this. And
> offset information is still comes from Device tree.
> 
> 
> Have a look at the patches pushed into topic/post-processing branch.

I have improved this patch set according above comments and tested it. Also rebase to
the nvmem/for-next branch.

I plan to keep you as the nvmem part author and send out this patch set with dts changes. If it's fine for you?
  
Best Regards,
Joakim Zhang