linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dt: bindings: TI WiLink modules

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Message-ID: <1372337887.8383.12.camel@cumari.coelho.fi>
Date:	Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:58:07 +0300
From:	Luciano Coelho <coelho@...com>
To:	Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
CC:	Nishanth Menon <menon.nishanth@...il.com>,
	<grant.likely@...aro.org>, <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	<devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	<tony@...mide.com>, <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dt: bindings: TI WiLink modules

On Thu, 2013-06-27 at 07:51 -0500, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> On 11:47-20130627, Luciano Coelho wrote:
> > (added mailing lists and everyone back to the thread)
> > 
> > On Wed, 2013-06-26 at 23:38 -0500, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> > > On 06/25/2013 03:35 AM, Luciano Coelho wrote:
> > > > +Optional properties:
> > > > +--------------------
> > > > +
> > > > +- refclock: the internal WLAN reference clock frequency (required for
> > > > +  WiLink6 and WiLink7; not used for WiLink8).  Must be one of the
> > > > +  following:
> > > > +	0 = 19.2 MHz
> > > > +	1 = 26.0 MHz
> > > > +	2 = 38.4 MHz
> > > > +	3 = 52.0 MHz
> > > > +	4 = 38.4 MHz, XTAL
> > > > +	5 = 26.0 MHz, XTAL
> > > > +
> > > > +- tcxoclock: the internal WLAN TCXO clock frequency (required for
> > > > +  WiLink7 not used for WiLink6 and WiLink8).  Must be one of the
> > > > +  following:
> > > > +	0 = 19.200 MHz
> > > > +	1 = 26.000 MHz
> > > > +	2 = 38.400 MHz
> > > > +	3 = 52.000 MHz
> > > > +	4 = 16.368 MHz
> > > > +	5 = 32.736 MHz
> > > > +	6 = 16.800 MHz
> > > > +	7 = 33.600 MHz
> > > >
> > > just a gentle query - why not use frequency itself here in Hz for 
> > > refclock and txoclk?
> > 
> > I thought about using the actual frequencies, but I decided not to do
> > so, because I'd have to convert them to these values anyway.  These
> > values are used to configure the firmware and it uses these
> > "enumerations".
> Could we not hide this under preprocessor macros instead? just wondering
> of txoclock = <6>; kind of usage.. easy to make mistakes and easier to
> confuse a new reader :).

Yes, I guess we could create some preprocessor macros for this.  But the
documentation would remain the same.  I can't add preprocessor macros to
the bindings documentation. ;)

For the actual DTS files, I could add a wilink.dtsi with enumerations
for these values so they could be used in the node definitions.  But I'm
not sure it's going to be that valuable in the end.

--
Luca.

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