[PATCH 08/10] pinctrl: single: support pinconf generic

[Tony Lindgren]

* Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang at gmail.com> [121025 18:49]:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com> wrote:
> > * Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com> [121022 10:11]:
> >> * Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang at gmail.com> [121022 03:11]:
> >> > On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 3:13 AM, Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com> wrote:
> >> > > * Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang at gmail.com> [121018 02:08]:
> >> > >> Add pinconf generic support with POWER SOURCE, BIAS PULL.
> >> > > ...
> >> > >
> >> > >> +     case PIN_CONFIG_POWER_SOURCE:
> >> > >> +             if (pcs->psmask == PCS_OFF_DISABLED
> >> > >> +                     || pcs->psshift == PCS_OFF_DISABLED)
> >> > >> +                     return -ENOTSUPP;
> >> > >> +             data &= pcs->psmask;
> >> > >> +             data = data >> pcs->psshift;
> >> > >> +             *config = data;
> >> > >> +             return 0;
> >> > >> +             break;
> >> > >
> >> > > Hmm, only slightly related to this patch, mostly a generic
> >> > > question to others: Do others have any mux registers with
> >> > > status bits for things like PIN_CONFIG_POWER_SOURCE?
> >> > >
> >> > > I could use PIN_CONFIG_POWER_SOURCE for controlling the PBIAS
> >> > > for omap MMC. But there's also a status bit that needs to be
> >> > > checked for that. I think there was some other similar mux
> >> > > register for USB PHY that has a status register.
> >> > >
> >> > > So I'm wondering should the checking for status bit be handled
> >> > > in the pinctrl consume driver? Or should we have some bindings
> >> > > for that?
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > Do you mean that the status register only exists in USB PHY controller or
> >> > MMC controller?
> >>
> >> The status register is in the MMC PBIAS register that is mux
> >> related otherwise. From OMAP4470_ES1.0_PUBLIC_TRM_vE.pdf,
> >> Table 19-599. CONTROL_PBIASLITE:
> >>
> >> Bits
> >> 26    MMC1_PWDNZ
> >> 25    MMC1_PBIASLITE_HIZ_MODE
> >> 24    MMC1_PBIASLITE_SUPPLY_HI_OUT
> >> 23    MMC1_PBIASLITE_VMODE_ERROR      then this bit needs to clear..
> >> 22    MMC1_PBIASLITE_PWRDNZ
> >> 21    MMC1_PBIASLITE_VMODE            ..after VMODE bit is set to 3V
> >>
> >> > If so, could we use regulator framework in USB PHY or MMC driver?
> >>
> >> Yes we could use regulator framework for that that. Or just read the
> >> status in the MMC driver for that bit if nobody else has mixed
> >> mux-regulator needs like this.
> >>
> >> The sequence is MMC specific, so from that point of view it would
> >> make sense to have the logic in the MMC driver.
> >
> > Well it turns out the VMODE_ERROR bit is not just for VMODE, it's a
> > comparator that can also triggers for the other invalid states for
> > CONTROL_PBIASLITE pinconf register. So hiding VMODE_ERROR into a
> > regulator would be wrong. For now, VMODE best handled using
> > PIN_CONFIG_POWER_SOURCE and let the MMC driver do the checking
> > using the pinconf API.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tony
> 
> Could you share the link of downloading the spec?

Yes here's the omap4470 public TRM:

http://www.ti.com/litv/pdf/swpu270n

See CONTROL_PBIASLITE, and also "19.4.9.3 PBIAS Error Generation"
table on page 3520 for the combinations when the comparator can
generate errors.

Regards,

Tony