Sergei Shtylyov <[email protected]> writes:

> Hello.
>
> Kevin Hilman wrote:
>
>>>>>> Hi Sergei,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>  void __iomem *da8xx_syscfg0_base;
>>>>>>>  void __iomem *da8xx_syscfg1_base;
>>>>>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(da8xx_syscfg0_base);
>>>>>>>                         
>>>>>> Would it be an overkill to pass as a resource and ioremap in
>>>>>> usb_hcd_da8xx_probe() instead?
>>>>>>                   
>>>>>   Passing a resource is certainly an overkill.
>>>>>             
>>>   Do you really want me to pass the single CFGCHIP2 register as a
>>> resource?! Since the rest of the system config. registers don't belong
>>> to USB...
>>>     
>>
>> Yes.
>>   
>
>   Oh horror... can't the patch be accepted as a short-term fix at least?

Not by me, sorry.

This kind of "short-term fix" tends to last a really long time, so is
better prevented early.

Also, I don't see the OHCI driver that uses this variable in mainline
or in linux-next.

>> More specifically I'd rather see this address/region passed in a more
>> normal way: use a resource, a platform_data callback etc.  Passing
>>   
>
>   Platform data callback won't do -- there is no board specifics here.
>
>> data from platform code to drivers in a global variables is simply not
>> acceptable.
>>   
>
>   Why? Can you elaborate?..

Because there are existing, established methods for platform/board
code to communicate data to drivers.

>>>> Disagree.
>>>>
>>>> I would much rather see this as a resource than as a global variable.
>>>>         
>>>   But it's already a global variable!
>>>     
>>
>> Yes, and that will hopefully be remedied that can be fixed after
>> Cyril's ioremap rework.
>>   
>
>   How Cyril's ioremap() work can help here? You will still need to
> ioremap() system config. register range...

Yes, but the base address varible will no longer need to be global
since those DA8XX_SYSCFGx_VIRT() macros can disappear.

Kevin
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