netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] dt-binding: net: sfp binding documentation

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Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2017 16:58:29 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
Cc:     Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] dt-binding: net: sfp binding documentation

> > > >     Your example shows there's GPIO phandle *and* specifier.
> > > 
> > > Would "GPIO specifier" be enough here?
> > 
> >    No, specifier is the cells following GPIO (or any other) phandle.
> 
> So this should be "GPIO phandle and specifier of ...", is that correct?
> 
> I have found very few (< 4) occurrences of this language in (lots of) '-gpios' 
> property descriptions under Documentation/devicetree/bindings/. Is this a new 
> requirement?

Sometimes it is just easier to refer to another document:

GPIO, as defined in Documentation/devicetree/binding/gpio/gpio.txt

      Andrew