Re: [PATCH v1] regmap: add generic indirect regmap support

From: Mark Brown
Date: Tue Jun 07 2022 - 09:15:46 EST


On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 09:37:55PM -0400, Tianfei Zhang wrote:
> From: Matthew Gerlach <matthew.gerlach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch adds support for regmap APIs that are intended to be used by
> the drivers of some devices which support generic indirect register access,
> for example PMCI (Platform Management Control Interface) device, HSSI
> (High Speed Serial Interface) device in FPGA.

What is "generic indirect register access"? I'm not clear what this is
intended to support...

> +static int indirect_bus_clr_cmd(struct indirect_ctx *ctx)
> +{
> + unsigned int cmd;
> + int ret;
> +
> + writel(0, ctx->base + INDIRECT_CMD_OFF);
> + ret = readl_poll_timeout((ctx->base + INDIRECT_CMD_OFF), cmd,
> + (!cmd), INDIRECT_INT_US, INDIRECT_TIMEOUT_US);
> + if (ret)
> + dev_err(ctx->dev, "%s timed out on clearing cmd 0x%xn", __func__, cmd);

...and this doesn't look particularly generic, it looks like it's for
some particular controller/bridge?

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