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[PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399

Started byBrian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
First post2016-07-15 03:30 +0200
Last post2016-07-19 21:30 +0200
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  [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399 Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> - 2016-07-15 03:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399 Heiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de> - 2016-07-18 23:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399 Uwe Kleine-König   <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> - 2016-07-19 08:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399 Heiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de> - 2016-07-19 21:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399 Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> - 2016-07-19 21:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399 Heiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de> - 2016-07-20 00:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399 Heiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de> - 2016-07-20 10:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399 Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> - 2016-07-19 21:30 +0200

#1443853 — [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399

FromBrian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
Date2016-07-15 03:30 +0200
Subject[PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spiX aliases for rk3399
Message-ID<rV06Z-nw-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
It's nicer to see this:

    # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
    total 0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi0.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi0/spi0.0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi1.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi1/spi1.0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi2.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi2/spi2.0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi5.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi5/spi5.0

than this:

    # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
    total 0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32763.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi32763/spi32763.0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32764.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi32764/spi32764.0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32765.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi32765/spi32765.0
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32766.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi32766/spi32766.0

With the latter, it's much clearer which bus devices are on.

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
---
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
index 4c84229789ef..b04abbfd4898 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
 		serial2 = &uart2;
 		serial3 = &uart3;
 		serial4 = &uart4;
+		spi0 = &spi0;
+		spi1 = &spi1;
+		spi2 = &spi2;
+		spi3 = &spi3;
+		spi4 = &spi4;
+		spi5 = &spi5;
 	};
 
 	cpus {
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020

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#1445843

FromHeiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de>
Date2016-07-18 23:00 +0200
Message-ID<rWnNT-2Lx-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1443853
Am Donnerstag, 14. Juli 2016, 18:24:33 schrieb Brian Norris:
> It's nicer to see this:
> 
>     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
>     total 0
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi0.0 ->
> ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi0/spi0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1
> root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi1.0 ->
> ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi1/spi1.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1
> root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi2.0 ->
> ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi2/spi2.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1
> root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi5.0 ->
> ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi5/spi5.0
> 
> than this:
> 
>     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
>     total 0
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32763.0 ->
> ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi32763/spi32763.0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32764.0 ->
> ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi32764/spi32764.0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32765.0 ->
> ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi32765/spi32765.0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32766.0 ->
> ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi32766/spi32766.0
> 
> With the latter, it's much clearer which bus devices are on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>

applied for 4.9

Thanks
Heiko

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#1446066

FromUwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Date2016-07-19 08:50 +0200
Message-ID<rWx0R-BC-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1443853
Hello,

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 06:24:33PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> It's nicer to see this:
> 
>     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
>     total 0
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi0.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi0/spi0.0
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi1.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi1/spi1.0
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi2.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi2/spi2.0
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi5.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi5/spi5.0
> 
> than this:
> 
>     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
>     total 0
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32763.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi32763/spi32763.0
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32764.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi32764/spi32764.0
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32765.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi32765/spi32765.0
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32766.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi32766/spi32766.0
> 
> With the latter, it's much clearer which bus devices are on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> index 4c84229789ef..b04abbfd4898 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> @@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
>  		serial2 = &uart2;
>  		serial3 = &uart3;
>  		serial4 = &uart4;
> +		spi0 = &spi0;
> +		spi1 = &spi1;
> +		spi2 = &spi2;
> +		spi3 = &spi3;
> +		spi4 = &spi4;
> +		spi5 = &spi5;

Note that Rob Herring (with his dt-maintainer hat on) doesn't like these
aliases.
See for example:
	http://mid.gmane.org/20160705140546.GA10601@rob-hp-laptop

Best regards
Uwe

-- 
Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König            |
Industrial Linux Solutions                 | http://www.pengutronix.de/  |

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#1446669

FromHeiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de>
Date2016-07-19 21:00 +0200
Message-ID<rWIpk-7BQ-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1446066
Hi Uwe,

Am Dienstag, 19. Juli 2016, 08:39:55 schrieb Uwe Kleine-König:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 06:24:33PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> > It's nicer to see this:
> >     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
> >     total 0
> >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi0.0 ->
> >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi0/spi0.0
> >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi1.0 ->
> >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi1/spi1.0
> >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi2.0 ->
> >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi2/spi2.0
> >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi5.0 ->
> >     ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi5/spi5.0> 
> > than this:
> >     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
> >     total 0
> >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32763.0 ->
> >     ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi32763/spi32763.0
> >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32764.0 ->
> >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi32764/spi32764.0
> >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32765.0 ->
> >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi32765/spi32765.0
> >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32766.0 ->
> >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi32766/spi32766.0> 
> > With the latter, it's much clearer which bus devices are on.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
> > ---
> > 
> >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi index
> > 4c84229789ef..b04abbfd4898 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > @@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
> > 
> >  		serial2 = &uart2;
> >  		serial3 = &uart3;
> >  		serial4 = &uart4;
> > 
> > +		spi0 = &spi0;
> > +		spi1 = &spi1;
> > +		spi2 = &spi2;
> > +		spi3 = &spi3;
> > +		spi4 = &spi4;
> > +		spi5 = &spi5;
> 
> Note that Rob Herring (with his dt-maintainer hat on) doesn't like these
> aliases.
> See for example:
> 	http://mid.gmane.org/20160705140546.GA10601@rob-hp-laptop

thanks for the heads up on this. I've dropped this patch again.


Thanks
Heiko

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#1446683

FromBrian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
Date2016-07-19 21:30 +0200
Message-ID<rWISl-83d-19@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1446669
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:27:54PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> + Rob

+ Rob for real

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 08:56:47PM +0200, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 19. Juli 2016, 08:39:55 schrieb Uwe Kleine-König:
> > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 06:24:33PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> > > > It's nicer to see this:
> > > >     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
> > > >     total 0
> > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi0.0 ->
> > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi0/spi0.0
> > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi1.0 ->
> > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi1/spi1.0
> > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi2.0 ->
> > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi2/spi2.0
> > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi5.0 ->
> > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi5/spi5.0> 
> > > > than this:
> > > >     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
> > > >     total 0
> > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32763.0 ->
> > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi32763/spi32763.0
> > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32764.0 ->
> > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi32764/spi32764.0
> > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32765.0 ->
> > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi32765/spi32765.0
> > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32766.0 ->
> > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi32766/spi32766.0> 
> > > > With the latter, it's much clearer which bus devices are on.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
> > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi | 6 ++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi index
> > > > 4c84229789ef..b04abbfd4898 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > > @@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
> > > > 
> > > >  		serial2 = &uart2;
> > > >  		serial3 = &uart3;
> > > >  		serial4 = &uart4;
> > > > 
> > > > +		spi0 = &spi0;
> > > > +		spi1 = &spi1;
> > > > +		spi2 = &spi2;
> > > > +		spi3 = &spi3;
> > > > +		spi4 = &spi4;
> > > > +		spi5 = &spi5;
> > > 
> > > Note that Rob Herring (with his dt-maintainer hat on) doesn't like these
> > > aliases.
> > > See for example:
> > > 	http://mid.gmane.org/20160705140546.GA10601@rob-hp-laptop
> 
> But why? I believe half the arguments in the linked thread were
> Catch-22's -- there were no "mainline" users (which is a false target
> IMO anyway, as Christer Weinigel mentioned somewhere in the thread Rob
> linked), and so we couldn't accept more documentation (or users) for the
> feature. FWIW, my quick grep now shows there are currently 43 mainline
> users.
> 
> This feature is very useful. Some of the thread Rob pointed to argued
> that the indexing isn't HW documentation; in this case, it most
> certainly is. The RK3399 TRM explicitly has these SPI buses named SPI0,
> SPI1, SPI2, SPI3, SPI4, and SPI5, and schematics that I've seen use the
> same terminology. It is therefore *much* nicer to have my device show up
> as 'spi2.0' (reflecting their correct HW name) rather than spi32764.0.
> Sometimes I can't even get as far as mounting sysfs to check what this
> maps to, but having spi2.0 in the kernel log can clearly tell me what
> device is causing problems.
> 
> If Rob can support a better alternative solution, I'd be happy to
> switch. But I don't understand why we can't use a useful (not just to
> me, but presumably to at least 43 other independent users, and many
> more out of tree), existing, and long-supported feature here.
> 
> > thanks for the heads up on this. I've dropped this patch again.
> 
> :(
> 
> Regards,
> Brian

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#1446753

FromHeiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de>
Date2016-07-20 00:20 +0200
Message-ID<rWLwR-1l8-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1446683
Am Dienstag, 19. Juli 2016, 12:29:14 schrieb Brian Norris:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:27:54PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> > + Rob
> 
> + Rob for real
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 08:56:47PM +0200, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
> > > Am Dienstag, 19. Juli 2016, 08:39:55 schrieb Uwe Kleine-König:
> > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 06:24:33PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> > > > > It's nicer to see this:
> > > > >     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
> > > > >     total 0
> > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi0.0 ->
> > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi0/spi0.0
> > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi1.0 ->
> > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi1/spi1.0
> > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi2.0 ->
> > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi2/spi2.0
> > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi5.0 ->
> > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi5/spi5.0>
> > > > > 
> > > > > than this:
> > > > >     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
> > > > >     total 0
> > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32763.0 ->
> > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi32763/spi32
> > > > >     763.0
> > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32764.0 ->
> > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi32764/spi32
> > > > >     764.0
> > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32765.0 ->
> > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi32765/spi32
> > > > >     765.0
> > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32766.0 ->
> > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi32766/spi32
> > > > >     766.0>
> > > > > 
> > > > > With the latter, it's much clearer which bus devices are on.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > 
> > > > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi | 6 ++++++
> > > > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi index
> > > > > 4c84229789ef..b04abbfd4898 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > > > @@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
> > > > > 
> > > > >  		serial2 = &uart2;
> > > > >  		serial3 = &uart3;
> > > > >  		serial4 = &uart4;
> > > > > 
> > > > > +		spi0 = &spi0;
> > > > > +		spi1 = &spi1;
> > > > > +		spi2 = &spi2;
> > > > > +		spi3 = &spi3;
> > > > > +		spi4 = &spi4;
> > > > > +		spi5 = &spi5;
> > > > 
> > > > Note that Rob Herring (with his dt-maintainer hat on) doesn't like
> > > > these
> > > > aliases.
> > > > 
> > > > See for example:
> > > > 	http://mid.gmane.org/20160705140546.GA10601@rob-hp-laptop
> > 
> > But why? I believe half the arguments in the linked thread were
> > Catch-22's -- there were no "mainline" users (which is a false target
> > IMO anyway, as Christer Weinigel mentioned somewhere in the thread Rob
> > linked), and so we couldn't accept more documentation (or users) for the
> > feature. FWIW, my quick grep now shows there are currently 43 mainline
> > users.
> > 
> > This feature is very useful. Some of the thread Rob pointed to argued
> > that the indexing isn't HW documentation; in this case, it most
> > certainly is. The RK3399 TRM explicitly has these SPI buses named SPI0,
> > SPI1, SPI2, SPI3, SPI4, and SPI5, and schematics that I've seen use the
> > same terminology. It is therefore *much* nicer to have my device show up
> > as 'spi2.0' (reflecting their correct HW name) rather than spi32764.0.
> > Sometimes I can't even get as far as mounting sysfs to check what this
> > maps to, but having spi2.0 in the kernel log can clearly tell me what
> > device is causing problems.
> > 
> > If Rob can support a better alternative solution, I'd be happy to
> > switch. But I don't understand why we can't use a useful (not just to
> > me, but presumably to at least 43 other independent users, and many
> > more out of tree), existing, and long-supported feature here.

Personally, I don't have any real opinion on this but the argument sounds 
plausible to me (aka they are named with numbers in every manual, schematics) 
so it might be helpful to have that around - similar to i2c that is in the 
dtsi already.

I think I remember Doug having a similar discussion around mmc-aliases some 
time ago - that met opposition as well [0] - although I guess the numbering 
was a bit more arbitary there.

I guess we'll just see what Rob says.


Heiko

[0] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/29/610

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#1447075

FromHeiko Stübner <heiko@sntech.de>
Date2016-07-20 10:20 +0200
Message-ID<rWUTw-7mO-23@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1446753
Am Mittwoch, 20. Juli 2016, 00:18:40 schrieb Heiko Stübner:
> Am Dienstag, 19. Juli 2016, 12:29:14 schrieb Brian Norris:
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:27:54PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> > > + Rob
> > 
> > + Rob for real
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 08:56:47PM +0200, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
> > > > Am Dienstag, 19. Juli 2016, 08:39:55 schrieb Uwe Kleine-König:
> > > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 06:24:33PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> > > > > > It's nicer to see this:
> > > > > >     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
> > > > > >     total 0
> > > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi0.0 ->
> > > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi0/spi0.0
> > > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi1.0 ->
> > > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi1/spi1.0
> > > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi2.0 ->
> > > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi2/spi2.0
> > > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi5.0 ->
> > > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi5/spi5.0>
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > than this:
> > > > > >     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
> > > > > >     total 0
> > > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32763.0 ->
> > > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi32763/spi
> > > > > >     32
> > > > > >     763.0
> > > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32764.0 ->
> > > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi32764/spi
> > > > > >     32
> > > > > >     764.0
> > > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32765.0 ->
> > > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi32765/spi
> > > > > >     32
> > > > > >     765.0
> > > > > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32766.0 ->
> > > > > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi32766/spi
> > > > > >     32
> > > > > >     766.0>
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > With the latter, it's much clearer which bus devices are on.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi | 6 ++++++
> > > > > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > > > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi index
> > > > > > 4c84229789ef..b04abbfd4898 100644
> > > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > > > > @@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >  		serial2 = &uart2;
> > > > > >  		serial3 = &uart3;
> > > > > >  		serial4 = &uart4;
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > +		spi0 = &spi0;
> > > > > > +		spi1 = &spi1;
> > > > > > +		spi2 = &spi2;
> > > > > > +		spi3 = &spi3;
> > > > > > +		spi4 = &spi4;
> > > > > > +		spi5 = &spi5;
> > > > > 
> > > > > Note that Rob Herring (with his dt-maintainer hat on) doesn't like
> > > > > these
> > > > > aliases.
> > > > > 
> > > > > See for example:
> > > > > 	http://mid.gmane.org/20160705140546.GA10601@rob-hp-laptop
> > > 
> > > But why? I believe half the arguments in the linked thread were
> > > Catch-22's -- there were no "mainline" users (which is a false target
> > > IMO anyway, as Christer Weinigel mentioned somewhere in the thread Rob
> > > linked), and so we couldn't accept more documentation (or users) for the
> > > feature. FWIW, my quick grep now shows there are currently 43 mainline
> > > users.
> > > 
> > > This feature is very useful. Some of the thread Rob pointed to argued
> > > that the indexing isn't HW documentation; in this case, it most
> > > certainly is. The RK3399 TRM explicitly has these SPI buses named SPI0,
> > > SPI1, SPI2, SPI3, SPI4, and SPI5, and schematics that I've seen use the
> > > same terminology. It is therefore *much* nicer to have my device show up
> > > as 'spi2.0' (reflecting their correct HW name) rather than spi32764.0.
> > > Sometimes I can't even get as far as mounting sysfs to check what this
> > > maps to, but having spi2.0 in the kernel log can clearly tell me what
> > > device is causing problems.
> > > 
> > > If Rob can support a better alternative solution, I'd be happy to
> > > switch. But I don't understand why we can't use a useful (not just to
> > > me, but presumably to at least 43 other independent users, and many
> > > more out of tree), existing, and long-supported feature here.
> 
> Personally, I don't have any real opinion on this but the argument sounds
> plausible to me (aka they are named with numbers in every manual,
> schematics) so it might be helpful to have that around - similar to i2c
> that is in the dtsi already.
> 
> I think I remember Doug having a similar discussion around mmc-aliases some
> time ago - that met opposition as well [0] - although I guess the numbering
> was a bit more arbitary there.
> 
> I guess we'll just see what Rob says.

Uwe pointed me to a very similar discussion and response from Rob about spi 
aliases at:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/25/566

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#1446685

FromBrian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
Date2016-07-19 21:30 +0200
Message-ID<rWISl-83d-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1446669
+ Rob

Hi,

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 08:56:47PM +0200, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 19. Juli 2016, 08:39:55 schrieb Uwe Kleine-König:
> > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 06:24:33PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> > > It's nicer to see this:
> > >     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
> > >     total 0
> > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi0.0 ->
> > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi0/spi0.0
> > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi1.0 ->
> > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi1/spi1.0
> > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi2.0 ->
> > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi2/spi2.0
> > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi5.0 ->
> > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi5/spi5.0> 
> > > than this:
> > >     # ls -l /sys/bus/spi/devices/
> > >     total 0
> > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32763.0 ->
> > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff200000.spi/spi_master/spi32763/spi32763.0
> > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32764.0 ->
> > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1e0000.spi/spi_master/spi32764/spi32764.0
> > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32765.0 ->
> > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1d0000.spi/spi_master/spi32765/spi32765.0
> > >     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 31  1969 spi32766.0 ->
> > >     ../../../devices/platform/ff1c0000.spi/spi_master/spi32766/spi32766.0> 
> > > With the latter, it's much clearer which bus devices are on.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
> > > ---
> > > 
> > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi | 6 ++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi index
> > > 4c84229789ef..b04abbfd4898 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399.dtsi
> > > @@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
> > > 
> > >  		serial2 = &uart2;
> > >  		serial3 = &uart3;
> > >  		serial4 = &uart4;
> > > 
> > > +		spi0 = &spi0;
> > > +		spi1 = &spi1;
> > > +		spi2 = &spi2;
> > > +		spi3 = &spi3;
> > > +		spi4 = &spi4;
> > > +		spi5 = &spi5;
> > 
> > Note that Rob Herring (with his dt-maintainer hat on) doesn't like these
> > aliases.
> > See for example:
> > 	http://mid.gmane.org/20160705140546.GA10601@rob-hp-laptop

But why? I believe half the arguments in the linked thread were
Catch-22's -- there were no "mainline" users (which is a false target
IMO anyway, as Christer Weinigel mentioned somewhere in the thread Rob
linked), and so we couldn't accept more documentation (or users) for the
feature. FWIW, my quick grep now shows there are currently 43 mainline
users.

This feature is very useful. Some of the thread Rob pointed to argued
that the indexing isn't HW documentation; in this case, it most
certainly is. The RK3399 TRM explicitly has these SPI buses named SPI0,
SPI1, SPI2, SPI3, SPI4, and SPI5, and schematics that I've seen use the
same terminology. It is therefore *much* nicer to have my device show up
as 'spi2.0' (reflecting their correct HW name) rather than spi32764.0.
Sometimes I can't even get as far as mounting sysfs to check what this
maps to, but having spi2.0 in the kernel log can clearly tell me what
device is causing problems.

If Rob can support a better alternative solution, I'd be happy to
switch. But I don't understand why we can't use a useful (not just to
me, but presumably to at least 43 other independent users, and many
more out of tree), existing, and long-supported feature here.

> thanks for the heads up on this. I've dropped this patch again.

:(

Regards,
Brian

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