Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: cy8c95x0: Cache muxed registers

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 11:51 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 10:39 AM Patrick Rudolph
> <patrick.rudolph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Do you have an example where muxed registers are used in a regmap?
> > Is there some documentation available explaining the existing
> > mechanism? I'm not aware of anything.
>
> The regmap is sadly undocumented I have had it on my list for a long
> time to document this gem, but I never find the time.
>
> You have to mark registers that cannot be cached as volatile, then
> enable caching in the regmap with e.g. .cache_type = REGCACHE_FLAT
> in the regmap config, then it pretty much caches itself.
> <linux/regmap.h> has some cache maintenance functions if you
> run into corner cases.
>
> (Mark will correct me if I say something wrong...)

It's about introducing pages of virtual registers (from regmap p.o.v.)
to access the banks of selectable registers. The cache most likely
will be the same, i.e. MAPPLE_TREE.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko