linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: dts: socfpga: fpga bridges bindings docs

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Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:01:47 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] ARM: dts: socfpga: fpga bridges bindings docs

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:48:02PM +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> > On Oct 24, 2014, at 02:51 , atull@...nsource.altera.com wrote:

> > + - init-val         : 0 if driver should disable bridge at startup
> > +                      1 if driver should enable bridge at startup
> > +                      driver leaves bridge in current state if property not
> > +		      specified.

> Isn’t init-val a boolean property? It’s not named very well.

It's not boolean, it's tristate - turn on, turn off or don't touch.

> Along with the label, is kinda hard to defend as configuration in DT.

Yeah...  presumably this decision would fall out of the users?

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