linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] powerpc/512x: add a device tree binding for LocalPlus Bus FIFO

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Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2015 08:26:55 -0500
From:	Timur Tabi <timur@...i.org>
To:	alex.popov@...ux.com,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	Anatolij Gustschin <agust@...x.de>,
	Gerhard Sittig <gsi@...x.de>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] powerpc/512x: add a device tree binding for
 LocalPlus Bus FIFO

Alexander Popov wrote:
> I've just followed devicetree/bindings/dma/dma.txt...
> This "rx-tx" doesn't mean much but it could show that LocalPlus Bus FIFO
> uses a single DMA read-write channel. Should I really drop it?

Hmmm, I'm not sure.  Is there anything else (besides your driver) that 
parses this device tree node?

dma.txt says this:

	"The specific strings that can be used are defined in the binding of 
the DMA client device."

So this looks like it's driver-specific, but it is a required property.
I guess you should keep it, but I think you should get a second opinion.
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