[PATCH v6 8/9] misc: smpro-misc: Add Ampere's Altra SMpro misc driver
Quan Nguyen
quan at os.amperecomputing.com
Mon Mar 7 19:32:36 AEDT 2022
Dear Lee Jones,
This to reply your comment in https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/12/29/121
Thanks for the review,
- Quan
On 24/12/2021 11:13, Quan Nguyen wrote:
> This commit adds driver support for accessing various information
> reported by Ampere's SMpro co-processor such as Boot Progress and
> other miscellaneous data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Quan Nguyen <quan at os.amperecomputing.com>
> ---
> Change in v6:
> + First introduced in v6 [Quan]
>
> drivers/mfd/smpro-mfd.c | 1 +
[Lee Jones]
Please pull all of these patches out.
There are no build dependencies here.
[Quan]
Will separate this smpro-mfd and other child drivers in next version
> drivers/misc/Kconfig | 7 ++
> drivers/misc/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/misc/smpro-misc.c | 177 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 186 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/misc/smpro-misc.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/smpro-mfd.c b/drivers/mfd/smpro-mfd.c
> index a7cd64bf9eaa..5611dd30f8f4 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/smpro-mfd.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/smpro-mfd.c
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static const struct regmap_config simple_word_regmap_config = {
> static const struct mfd_cell smpro_devs[] = {
> MFD_CELL_NAME("smpro-hwmon"),
> MFD_CELL_NAME("smpro-errmon"),
> + MFD_CELL_NAME("smpro-misc"),
[Lee Jones]
Misc is a Linuxisum which are not allowed in DT.
What does this driver actually do?
[Quan]
This drivers is to report the boot progress to BMC and allow BMC to
configure the Soc Power Limit of Ampere's Altra family processor.
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