Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > linux.kernel > #1225434

Re: similar files: fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c

From Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: similar files: fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c
Date 2015-09-15 19:00 +0200
Message-ID <q91Kj-2gb-19@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <q7SSK-1yW-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <q8Dyi-1lu-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <q8GcO-4Xj-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <q8ZyO-7BR-31@gated-at.bofh.it> <q91AE-24K-41@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw


[Multipart message — attachments visible in raw view] - view raw

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 06:41:55PM +0200, Peter Senna Tschudin wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:50:02PM +0200, Peter Senna Tschudin wrote:
> >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> wrote:
> >> > On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 03:14:50PM +0200, Peter Senna Tschudin wrote:
> >> >> >> Should these files be consolidated? And if so how?
> >> >> > if you can find an easy way, that would be a very, very welcome patch.
> >> >>
> >> >> Is the ideal solution to consolidate both fusbh200-hcd.c and
> >> >> fotg210-hcd.c in a single module? If this is the case, how to detect
> >> >> at run time which version of the hw is present? Both are registered as
> >> >
> >> > does it matter ? If they work the same way, why does it matter which
> >> > one's running?
> >>
> >> I may be missing something simple, but based on a 2 page product
> >> brief, fotg210 has more resources like memory. So even if the .c files
> >> are _very_ similar, there are some configuration parameters that
> >> differ, for example:
> >>
> >> fusbh200.h:
> >> #define BMCSR_VBUS_OFF (1<<4)
> >> #define BMCSR_INT_POLARITY (1<<3)
> >>
> >> fotg210.h:
> >> #define OTGCSR_A_BUS_DROP (1 << 5)
> >> #define OTGCSR_A_BUS_REQ (1 << 4)
> >
> > Can you detect that in runtime ? If you can, detect it. If you can't use
> > different platform_device_id.
> >
> >> >> notebook (hp elitebook 840), and on a VM, even if neither has the hw
> >> >> ($ sudo modprobe fusbh200-hcd). The module loads with the warning
> >> >> "fusbh200_hcd should always be loaded before uhci_hcd and ohci_hcd,
> >> >> not after". On another workstation running ubuntu, I could load both
> >> >> modules at the same time, producing the same warning for each module.
> >> >> Should the module load if the device is not present?
> >> >>
> >> >> Other solution for consolidation would be to create a common_code.c,
> >> >> keeping both fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c only with the code that
> >> >> differ. Is this better than what is there now?
> >> >>
> >> >> Other ideas?
> >> >
> >> > just combine them :-p Use platform_device_id to differentiate.
> 
> Can you check the f2xx branch at:
> 
> git@github.com:petersenna/linux.git
> 
> And tell me if this is the way to go for the consolidation of the two
> drivers? I started with the newest driver, did code cleanup, and
> started filling the new driver with parameters from the older
> FUSBH200. At the moment it compiles for x86 and probably still works
> for FOTG210 devices. A concrete question I have is if should I keep
> making many patches for the consolidation or should I do a single big
> patch with all changes? Comments are welcome.

it's best to just send patches. Also, you gave me an ssh URL which I
can't use because I don't have write access to your tree (and I don't
want to have it).

-- 
balbi

Back to linux.kernel | Previous | NextPrevious in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread


Thread

similar files: fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 16:50 +0200
  Re: similar files: fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> - 2015-09-08 18:00 +0200
    Re: similar files: fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 15:20 +0200
      Re: similar files: fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> - 2015-09-14 17:10 +0200
        Re: similar files: fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 20:00 +0200
          Re: similar files: fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> - 2015-09-15 16:40 +0200
            Re: similar files: fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 18:50 +0200
              Re: similar files: fusbh200-hcd.c and fotg210-hcd.c Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> - 2015-09-15 19:00 +0200
                [PATCH 08/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: convert macro to inline function Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                [PATCH 09/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: Add function: output_buf_tds_dir() Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 09/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: Add function:  output_buf_tds_dir() Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-09-21 21:20 +0200
                [PATCH 14/14] RFC: usb/host/faraday-hcd: Import FUSBH200 parameters Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                [PATCH 00/14] RFC: Consolidation: FUSB200 and FOTG210 Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                [PATCH 04/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: Remove NULL checks dma_pool_destroy Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                [PATCH 03/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: Remove useless else statement Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                [PATCH 10/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: Add function scan_frame_queue() Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                [PATCH 06/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: replace msleep by usleep_range Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                [PATCH 02/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: remove KERN_WARNING from pr_info Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 02/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: remove KERN_WARNING from  pr_info Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-09-21 21:00 +0200
                [PATCH 05/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: change kmalloc by kmalloc_array Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 05/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: change kmalloc by  kmalloc_array Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> - 2015-09-21 21:00 +0200
                [PATCH 13/14] RFC: usb/host/faraday-hcd: Move #defines outside struct Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200
                [PATCH 07/14] RFC: usb/host/fotg210: Remove a macro from snprintf Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> - 2015-09-21 17:10 +0200

csiph-web