linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Dove: Add the audio devices in DT

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Message-ID: <521F8CB3.5060407@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:02:27 +0200
From:	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
CC:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@...e.fr>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	liam.r.girdwood@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Dove: Add the audio devices in DT

On 08/29/13 19:12, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 05:33:58PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 05:12:17PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:26:31PM +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
>
>>>> Also, we'll need to distinguish between the different audio controllers
>>>> on a single SoC, i.e. i2s0 and i2s1. I suggest checking the (phys) reg
>>>> base passed.
>
>>> Why is this required - ideally this would have been mentioned in some of
>>> the previous reviews...
>
>> I've mentioned the differences between the blocks to you repeatedly in
>> our massive thread, including that some contain the block with different
>
> You have described some additional features which will require
> additional driver support.  I would expect that the device tree bindings
> for these features would be added as the features are added and the DTS
> files updated, for example by listing additional compatible strings if
> that was the binding update, as is the normal practice.  Obviously any
> hardware which is not compatible with the current binding should not be
> being registered using the current binding.
>
> It is not clear from the above comment by Sebastian if he is referring
> to the same set of hardware differences or something new - doing things
> based on device address is highly unusual, it sounds like something to
> do with the integration into the SoC rather than to do with the IP.
>

Mark,

it is referring the same differences Russell already mentioned. But I
already came to the conclusion, that we don't need the information in
the binding. For example, if you use that controller on Dove and you
hook it up for SPDIF-in (which it hasn't), than I consider this a
DT bug. No need to double-check that in the driver. From that p-o-v,
please just let the current binding as is.

Thomas Petazzoni mentioned earlier, that the _usual_ procedure to
name the compatibles is to pick the SoC that the IP appeared in first.
But I am also fine with "marvell,mvebu-audio" and adding compatibles
for dove or kirkwood _if_ we will ever need them.

Please, just stop fighting over this again - it is not getting anything
any further.

Sebastian
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