[U-Boot] FDT driver initialization function declaration

[Simon Glass]

Hi Michal,

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Michal Simek <monstr at monstr.eu> wrote:

> Hi Simon, Wolfgang and others,
>
> just want to open new topic about FDT driver initialization function
> declaration.
>
> There are some drivers which can be simple move to fdt initialization.
> I have in my mind ethernet drivers and then systemace (I have ported it).
>
> Ethernet drivers use include/netdev.h file where all initialization
> functions are declared.
>
> For example:
>
> diff --git a/include/netdev.h b/include/netdev.h
> index 4724717..96e62ee 100644
> --- a/include/netdev.h
> +++ b/include/netdev.h
> @@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ int xilinx_emaclite_initialize(bd_**t *bis, unsigned
> long base_addr,
>  int xilinx_ll_temac_eth_init(bd_t *bis, unsigned long base_addr, int
> flags,
>                                                 unsigned long ctrl_addr);
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
> +int xilinx_emaclite_init(bd_t *bis);
> +#endif
>

I don't think you need the #ifdef here.


> +
>  /*
>   * As long as the Xilinx xps_ll_temac ethernet driver has not its own
> interface
>   * exported by a public hader file, we need a global definition at this
> point.
>
>
> But where is the right place for systemace FDT initialization?
> include/fdtdec.h?
>

> or create new header and include it to fdtdec.h?
>

Yes, but don't include it in fdtdec.h. Why do you need to?


>
> In this case it makes sense to add all FDT driven configuration to one
> header file
> to see what drivers can be used. Even for network drivers.
> Also listing all required parameters can be capture there.
>
> What do you think?
>

That's the idea of the list of compatible strings in fdtdec.c / h.

I would suggest for now, just doing ad-hoc init using a special function
call, or whatever else makes things easy. Yes fdt can potential clean all
that stuff up, but not without the device model. I think once we have the
device model we can revisit this (and I look forward to it). For now, just
think of fdt as a way of enabling a driver, or specifying the number of
ports the driver controls, rather than a way of deciding which driver inits
get called.

Regards,
Simon


>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> Thanks,
> Michal
>
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