linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] soc: keystone: add QMSS driver

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Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:44:14 +0800
From:	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>
To:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
CC:	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sandeep Nair <sandeep_n@...com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] soc: keystone: add QMSS driver

On Tuesday 11 March 2014 10:04 PM, Kumar Gala wrote:
> 
> On Mar 10, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com> wrote:
> 
>>>> +  -- reg-names         : Names for the above register regions. The name to be
>>>> +                         used is as follows:
>>>> +                         - "config" : Queue configuration region.
>>>> +                         - "status" : Queue status RAM.
>>>> +                         - "region" : Descriptor memory setup region.
>>>> +                         - "push"   : Queue Management/Queue Proxy region.
>>>> +                         - "pop"    : Queue Management/Queue Proxy region.
>>>> +                         - "peek"   : Queue Peek region.
>>>
>>> reg-names should be optional. Also you have the order different from
>>> reg. Be consistent as to what is the correct order.
>>>
>> We thought of using reg-names to remove the ordering to index
>> the regs. So if we make the reg-names optional, then indexing
>> by order will be used. We can do that.
> 
> We keep having this conversation, why does reg-names need to be optional for new bindings?
> 
I guess the question is for Rob.

Regards,
Santosh

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