Re: [PATCH v3 09/11] serial: sc16is7xx: add I/O register translation offset

[andy . shevchenko]

Thu, May 25, 2023 at 12:03:23AM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve kirjoitti:
> From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If the shared GPIO pins on a dual port/channel variant like the
> SC16IS752 are configured as GPIOs for port A, and modem control lines
> on port A, we need to translate the Linux GPIO offset to an offset
> that is compatible with the I/O registers of the SC16IS7XX (IOState,
> IODir and IOIntEna).
> 
> Add a new variable to store that offset and set it when we detect that
> special case.

...

> +/*
> + * We may need to translate the Linux GPIO offset to a SC16IS7XX offset.
> + * This is needed only for the case where a dual port variant is configured to
> + * have only port B as modem status lines.
> + *
> + * Example for SC16IS752/762 with upper bank (port A) set as GPIOs, and
> + * lower bank (port B) set as modem status lines (special case described above):
> + *
> + * Pin         GPIO pin     Linux GPIO     SC16IS7XX
> + * name        function     offset         offset
> + * --------------------------------------------------
> + * GPIO7/RIA    GPIO7          3              7
> + * GPIO6/CDA    GPIO6          2              6
> + * GPIO5/DTRA   GPIO5          1              5
> + * GPIO4/DSRA   GPIO4          0              4
> + * GPIO3/RIB    RIB           N/A            N/A
> + * GPIO2/CDB    CDB           N/A            N/A
> + * GPIO1/DTRB   DTRB          N/A            N/A
> + * GPIO0/DSRB   DSRB          N/A            N/A
> + *
> + * Example  for SC16IS750/760 with upper bank (7..4) set as modem status lines,

Single space is enough.

> + * and lower bank (3..0) as GPIOs:
> + *
> + * Pin         GPIO pin     Linux GPIO     SC16IS7XX
> + * name        function     offset         offset
> + * --------------------------------------------------
> + * GPIO7/RI     RI            N/A            N/A
> + * GPIO6/CD     CD            N/A            N/A
> + * GPIO5/DTR    DTR           N/A            N/A
> + * GPIO4/DSR    DSR           N/A            N/A
> + * GPIO3        GPIO3          3              3
> + * GPIO2        GPIO2          2              2
> + * GPIO1        GPIO1          1              1
> + * GPIO0        GPIO0          0              0
> + */

Wondering if you can always register 8 pins and use valid mask to define which
one are in use?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko