[PATCH v3 02/10] powerpc: Consolidate mpic_alloc() OF address translation
Kumar Gala
galak at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Dec 6 06:22:14 EST 2011
On Dec 5, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Moffett, Kyle D wrote:
> On Dec 03, 2011, at 10:53, Kumar Gala wrote:
>> On Dec 2, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Kyle Moffett wrote:
>>> Instead of using the open-coded "reg" property lookup and address
>>> translation in mpic_alloc(), directly call of_address_to_resource().
>>> This includes various workarounds for special cases which the naive
>>> of_address_translate() does not.
>>>
>>> Afterwards it is possible to remove the copiously copy-pasted calls to
>>> of_address_translate() from the 85xx/86xx/powermac platforms.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kyle Moffett <Kyle.D.Moffett at boeing.com>
>>> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
>>> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus at samba.org>
>>> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
>>> Cc: Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org>
>>> ---
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/corenet_ds.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/ksi8560.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc8536_ds.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_ads.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_cds.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_ds.c | 11 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_mds.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/mpc85xx_rdb.c | 11 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/p1010rdb.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/p1022_ds.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/p1023_rds.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/sbc8548.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/sbc8560.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/socrates.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/stx_gp3.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/tqm85xx.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/xes_mpc85xx.c | 9 +----
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/86xx/pic.c | 4 +-
>>> arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/pic.c | 8 +---
>>> arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++-------------
>>> 20 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 175 deletions(-)
>>
>> What about cleaning up:
>>
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c: chrp_mpic = mpic_alloc(np, opaddr, MPIC_PRIMARY,
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/embedded6xx/holly.c: mpic = mpic_alloc(tsi_pic, mpic_paddr,
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/embedded6xx/linkstation.c: mpic = mpic_alloc(dnp, paddr, MPIC_PRIMARY | MPIC
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/embedded6xx/mpc7448_hpc2.c: mpic = mpic_alloc(tsi_pic, mpic_paddr,
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/embedded6xx/storcenter.c: mpic = mpic_alloc(dnp, paddr, MPIC_PRIMARY | MPIC
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/maple/setup.c: mpic = mpic_alloc(mpic_node, openpic_addr, flags,
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c: mpic = mpic_alloc(mpic_node, openpic_addr,
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c: mpic = mpic_alloc(pSeries_mpic_node, openpic_addr,
>>
>> Seems like we should be able to remove the 'phys_addr' argument altogether.
>
> Well, ideally the MPIC code would just be a OF platform_driver with a
> bit of supplementary platform_data to deal with device-tree flaws.
> Unfortunately it's quite a long way from that.
>
> Some platforms seem to prefer to use a "platform-open-pic" property on
> the root node instead of setting up the "reg" node of the open-pic
> itself.
>
> Furthermore, the ISU configuration seems to be board-specific. pSeries
> seems to have all of the ISUs configured as additional cells in the
> "platform-open-pic" property, but almost all of the rest are just
> hard-coded offsets from the PIC address in the board-support code.
>
> If it was possible to fix the device-trees on the systems with hardcoded
> offsets then we could put the ISU addresses into the "platform-open-pic"
> property and test that in mpic_alloc().
>
> Otherwise there's still going to be a fair amount of hardcoding for
> specific boards.
>
> Regardless, I think this patch series is a good first cut and cleaning
> up some of the more egregious code duplication there.
>
> Cheers,
> Kyle Moffett
Agreed its a good first pass cleanup but it doesn't seem like we're that far off from remove the 'phys_addr' being passed in.
- k
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