Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] hwmon: (nct6775) Add i2c driver

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Mon Apr 25 2022 - 11:37:22 EST


On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 04:50:47PM -0800, Zev Weiss wrote:
> This driver provides an i2c I/O mechanism for the core nct6775 driver,
> as might be used by a BMC. Because the Super I/O chip is shared with
> the host CPU in such a scenario (and the host should ultimately be in
> control of it), the i2c driver is strictly read-only to avoid
> interfering with any usage by the host (aside from the bank-select
> register, which seems to be replicated for the i2c interface).
>
> Signed-off-by: Zev Weiss <zev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Renze Nicolai <renze@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 6 ++
> drivers/hwmon/Kconfig | 17 ++++
> drivers/hwmon/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/hwmon/nct6775-i2c.c | 179 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 203 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/hwmon/nct6775-i2c.c
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index f093e40d2b16..02202555ccfe 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -13296,6 +13296,12 @@ F: drivers/hwmon/nct6775-core.c
> F: drivers/hwmon/nct6775-platform.c
> F: drivers/hwmon/nct6775.h
>
> +NCT6775 HARDWARE MONITOR DRIVER - I2C DRIVER
> +M: Zev Weiss <zev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +L: linux-hwmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +S: Maintained
> +F: drivers/hwmon/nct6775-i2c.c
> +
> NETDEVSIM
> M: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> S: Maintained
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> index 1c657100c392..fd2d32140066 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Kconfig
> @@ -1483,6 +1483,23 @@ config SENSORS_NCT6775_PLATFORM
> This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
> will be called nct6775-platform.
>
> +config SENSORS_NCT6775_I2C
> + tristate "I2C driver for Nuvoton NCT6775F and compatibles"
> + depends on I2C
> + select REGMAP_I2C

This driver doesn't really use regmap, much less regmap_i2c.
The core driver should select REGMAP.

Guenter

> + select SENSORS_NCT6775
> + help
> + If you say yes here you get support for the hardware monitoring
> + functionality of the Nuvoton NCT6106D, NCT6775F, NCT6776F, NCT6779D,
> + NCT6791D, NCT6792D, NCT6793D, NCT6795D, NCT6796D, and compatible
> + Super-I/O chips via their I2C interface.
> +
> + If you're not building a kernel for a BMC, this is probably
> + not the driver you want (see CONFIG_SENSORS_NCT6775_PLATFORM).
> +
> + This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module
> + will be called nct6775-i2c.
> +
> config SENSORS_NCT7802
> tristate "Nuvoton NCT7802Y"
> depends on I2C
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Makefile b/drivers/hwmon/Makefile
> index 2453c087cf1d..e1da423d46d5 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Makefile
> @@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_MR75203) += mr75203.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_NCT6683) += nct6683.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_NCT6775) += nct6775-core.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_NCT6775_PLATFORM) += nct6775-platform.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_NCT6775_I2C) += nct6775-i2c.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_NCT7802) += nct7802.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_NCT7904) += nct7904.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_NPCM7XX) += npcm750-pwm-fan.o
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/nct6775-i2c.c b/drivers/hwmon/nct6775-i2c.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e36cf814c8e9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/nct6775-i2c.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * nct6775-i2c - I2C driver for the hardware monitoring functionality of
> + * Nuvoton NCT677x Super-I/O chips
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2022 Zev Weiss <zev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> + *
> + * This driver interacts with the chip via it's "back door" i2c interface, as
> + * is often exposed to a BMC. Because the host may still be operating the
> + * chip via the ("front door") LPC interface, this driver cannot assume that
> + * it actually has full control of the chip, and in particular must avoid
> + * making any changes that could confuse the host's LPC usage of it. It thus
> + * operates in a strictly read-only fashion, with the only exception being the
> + * bank-select register (which seems, thankfully, to be replicated for the i2c
> + * interface so it doesn't affect the LPC interface).
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/i2c.h>
> +#include <linux/hwmon.h>
> +#include <linux/hwmon-sysfs.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/of_device.h>
> +#include <linux/regmap.h>
> +#include "nct6775.h"
> +
> +static int nct6775_i2c_read(void *ctx, unsigned int reg, unsigned int *val)
> +{
> + int ret;
> + u32 tmp;
> + u8 bank = reg >> 8;
> + struct nct6775_data *data = ctx;
> + struct i2c_client *client = data->driver_data;
> +
> + if (bank != data->bank) {
> + ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, NCT6775_REG_BANK, bank);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> + data->bank = bank;
> + }
> +
> + ret = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, reg & 0xff);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return ret;
> + tmp = ret;
> +
> + if (nct6775_reg_is_word_sized(data, reg)) {
> + ret = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, (reg & 0xff) + 1);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return ret;
> + tmp = (tmp << 8) | ret;
> + }
> +
> + *val = tmp;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * The write operation is a dummy so as not to disturb anything being done
> + * with the chip via LPC.
> + */
> +static int nct6775_i2c_write(void *ctx, unsigned int reg, unsigned int value)
> +{
> + struct nct6775_data *data = ctx;
> + struct i2c_client *client = data->driver_data;
> +
> + dev_dbg(&client->dev, "skipping attempted write: %02x -> %03x\n", value, reg);
> +
> + /*
> + * This is a lie, but writing anything but the bank-select register is
> + * something this driver shouldn't be doing.
> + */
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct of_device_id __maybe_unused nct6775_i2c_of_match[] = {
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6106", .data = (void *)nct6106, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6116", .data = (void *)nct6116, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6775", .data = (void *)nct6775, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6776", .data = (void *)nct6776, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6779", .data = (void *)nct6779, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6791", .data = (void *)nct6791, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6792", .data = (void *)nct6792, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6793", .data = (void *)nct6793, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6795", .data = (void *)nct6795, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6796", .data = (void *)nct6796, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6797", .data = (void *)nct6797, },
> + { .compatible = "nuvoton,nct6798", .data = (void *)nct6798, },
> + { },
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, nct6775_i2c_of_match);
> +
> +static const struct i2c_device_id nct6775_i2c_id[] = {
> + { "nct6106", nct6106 },
> + { "nct6116", nct6116 },
> + { "nct6775", nct6775 },
> + { "nct6776", nct6776 },
> + { "nct6779", nct6779 },
> + { "nct6791", nct6791 },
> + { "nct6792", nct6792 },
> + { "nct6793", nct6793 },
> + { "nct6795", nct6795 },
> + { "nct6796", nct6796 },
> + { "nct6797", nct6797 },
> + { "nct6798", nct6798 },
> + { }
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, nct6775_i2c_id);
> +
> +static int nct6775_i2c_probe_init(struct nct6775_data *data)
> +{
> + /*
> + * The i2c interface doesn't provide access to the control registers
> + * needed to determine the presence of other fans, but fans 1 and 2
> + * are (in principle) always there.
> + *
> + * In practice this is perhaps a little silly, because the system
> + * using this driver is mostly likely a BMC, and hence probably has
> + * totally separate fan tachs & pwms of its own that are actually
> + * controlling/monitoring the fans -- these are thus unlikely to be
> + * doing anything actually useful.
> + */
> + data->has_fan = 0x03;
> + data->has_fan_min = 0x03;
> + data->has_pwm = 0x03;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static const struct regmap_config nct6775_i2c_regmap_config = {
> + .reg_bits = 16,
> + .val_bits = 16,
> + .reg_read = nct6775_i2c_read,
> + .reg_write = nct6775_i2c_write,
> +};
> +
> +static int nct6775_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> +{
> + struct nct6775_data *data;
> + const struct of_device_id *of_id;
> + const struct i2c_device_id *i2c_id;
> + struct device *dev = &client->dev;
> +
> + of_id = of_match_device(nct6775_i2c_of_match, dev);
> + i2c_id = i2c_match_id(nct6775_i2c_id, client);
> +
> + if (of_id && (unsigned long)of_id->data != i2c_id->driver_data)
> + dev_notice(dev, "Device mismatch: %s in device tree, %s detected\n",
> + of_id->name, i2c_id->name);
> +
> + data = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!data)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + data->kind = i2c_id->driver_data;
> +
> + data->read_only = true;
> + data->driver_data = client;
> + data->driver_init = nct6775_i2c_probe_init;
> +
> + return nct6775_probe(dev, data, &nct6775_i2c_regmap_config);
> +}
> +
> +static struct i2c_driver nct6775_i2c_driver = {
> + .class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON,
> + .driver = {
> + .name = "nct6775-i2c",
> + .of_match_table = of_match_ptr(nct6775_i2c_of_match),
> + },
> + .probe_new = nct6775_i2c_probe,
> + .id_table = nct6775_i2c_id,
> +};
> +
> +module_i2c_driver(nct6775_i2c_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Zev Weiss <zev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("I2C driver for NCT6775F and compatible chips");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_IMPORT_NS(HWMON_NCT6775);