linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 07/18] drivers: reset: Add STM32 reset driver

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Date:	Tue, 10 Mar 2015 22:20:03 +0100
From:	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/18] drivers: reset: Add STM32 reset driver

2015-03-10 21:21 GMT+01:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>:
> On Tuesday 10 March 2015 16:44:24 Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>> 2015-03-10 16:02 GMT+01:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>:
>> > On Friday 20 February 2015 19:01:06 Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>> >> +/* AHB1 */
>> >> +#define GPIOA_RESET    0
>> >> +#define GPIOB_RESET    1
>> >> +#define GPIOC_RESET    2
>> >> +#define GPIOD_RESET    3
>> >> +#define GPIOE_RESET    4
>> >> +#define GPIOF_RESET    5
>> >> +#define GPIOG_RESET    6
>> >> +#define GPIOH_RESET    7
>> >> +#define GPIOI_RESET    8
>> >> +#define GPIOJ_RESET    9
>> >> +#define GPIOK_RESET    10
>> >>
>> >
>> > As these are just the hardware numbers, it's better to not make them
>> > part of the binding at all. Instead, just document in the binding that
>> > one is supposed to pass the hardware number as the argument.
>>
>> The reset controller is part of the RCC (Reset & Clock Controller) IP.
>> In this version, I only provided the reset registers to the reset
>> controller driver, but as per Andreas Färber remark, I should avec a
>> single DT node for both the resets and clocks.
>>
>> In the next version I am preparing, the defines doesn't look as
>> trivial as in this version, GPIOA_RESET being 128 for instance.
>>
>> Is it fine for you if I keep the defines part of the binding?
>>
>>
>
> It's always better to avoid these files entirely, as they are
> a frequent source of merge dependencies, and they make it less
> obvious what's going on than having binary values in the dtb
> that make sense.

I agree it is always painful to have to have to manage these merge dependencies.
What I will do, if Philipp agrees, is to list all the values in the
binding documentation.

Doing that, the user of a reset won't have to do the calculation, and
no more merge dependencies.

Maxime
>
>         Arnd
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