Messages in this thread |  | | From | Greentime Hu <> | Date | Fri, 19 Jan 2018 23:35:30 +0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 31/36] dt-bindings: nds32 CPU Bindings |
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2018-01-19 23:29 GMT+08:00 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>: > Hi Greentime, > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 4:18 PM, Greentime Hu <green.hu@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2018-01-19 22:52 GMT+08:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>: >>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 3:32 PM, Greentime Hu <green.hu@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> 2018-01-18 19:02 GMT+08:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>: >>>>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:53 AM, Greentime Hu <green.hu@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> From: Greentime Hu <greentime@andestech.com> >>>>>> >>>>>> This patch adds nds32 CPU binding documents. >>>>>> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Vincent Chen <vincentc@andestech.com> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Rick Chen <rick@andestech.com> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Zong Li <zong@andestech.com> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Greentime Hu <greentime@andestech.com> >>>>>> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> >>>>>> --- >>>>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nds32/cpus.txt | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>> 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) >>>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nds32/cpus.txt >>>>>> >>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nds32/cpus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nds32/cpus.txt >>>>>> new file mode 100644 >>>>>> index 0000000..9a52937 >>>>>> --- /dev/null >>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nds32/cpus.txt >>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ >>>>>> +* Andestech Processor Binding >>>>>> + >>>>>> +This binding specifies what properties must be available in the device tree >>>>>> +representation of a Andestech Processor Core, which is the root node in the >>>>>> +tree. >>>>>> + >>>>>> +Required properties: >>>>>> + >>>>>> + - compatible: >>>>>> + Usage: required >>>>>> + Value type: <string> >>>>>> + Definition: should be one of: >>>>>> + "andestech,n13" >>>>>> + "andestech,n15" >>>>>> + "andestech,d15" >>>>>> + "andestech,n10" >>>>>> + "andestech,d10" >>>>>> + "andestech,nds32v3" >>>>> >>>>> Based on https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/27/1290, this should say that >>>>> the device tree should always list 'andestech,nds32v3' as the most >>>>> generic 'compatible' value and list exactly one of the others in >>>>> addition. >>> >>>> I will remove the others and just left "andestech,nds32v3" in here. >>> >>> No, is not what we want here, the CPU node should list exactly which core >>> is used, what we need in the description is a clarification that >>> andestech,nds32v3 must be used in addition to the more specific >>> string. >> >> Hi, Arnd: >> >> Sorry I still don't get your point. Do you mean we should always use >> compatible = "andestech,n13", "andestech,nds32v3"; >> instead of >> compatible = "andestech,n13"; > > Exactly. The first value is a device-specific compatible value, the second is > a generic fallback. > >> And I need to add the description in this document. > > Indeed. See for example > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/renesas,apmu.txt > > Thanks!
Hi, Geert:
Thank you and your example. I get it. I will update this document like this. - compatible: Should be "andestech,<core_name>", "andestech,nds32v3" as fallback.
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