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Multi-Function Devices (MFD)
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These devices comprise a nexus for heterogeneous hardware blocks containing
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more than one non-unique yet varying hardware functionality.
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A typical MFD can be:
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- A mixed signal ASIC on an external bus, sometimes a PMIC (Power Management
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Integrated Circuit) that is manufactured in a lower technology node (rough
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silicon) that handles analog drivers for things like audio amplifiers, LED
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drivers, level shifters, PHY (physical interfaces to things like USB or
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ethernet), regulators etc.
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- A range of memory registers containing "miscellaneous system registers" also
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known as a system controller "syscon" or any other memory range containing a
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mix of unrelated hardware devices.
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Optional properties:
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- compatible : "simple-mfd" - this signifies that the operating system should
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consider all subnodes of the MFD device as separate devices akin to how
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"simple-bus" inidicates when to see subnodes as children for a simple
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memory-mapped bus. For more complex devices, when the nexus driver has to
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probe registers to figure out what child devices exist etc, this should not
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be used. In the latter case the child devices will be determined by the
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operating system.
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Example:
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foo@1000 {
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compatible = "syscon", "simple-mfd";
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reg = <0x01000 0x1000>;
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led@08.0 {
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compatible = "register-bit-led";
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offset = <0x08>;
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mask = <0x01>;
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label = "myled";
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default-state = "on";
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};
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};
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