linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 net-next 15/17] dt-bindings: slave-device: add current-speed property

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Message-Id: <1496059045-13572-16-git-send-email-stefan.wahren@i2se.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 May 2017 13:57:23 +0200
From:   Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 net-next 15/17] dt-bindings: slave-device: add current-speed property

This adds a new DT property to define the current baud rate of the
slave device.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/slave-device.txt | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/slave-device.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/slave-device.txt
index f660379..40110e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/slave-device.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/slave-device.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ Optional Properties:
 		  can support. For example, a particular board has some signal
 		  quality issue or the host processor can't support higher
 		  baud rates.
+- current-speed	: The current baud rate the device operates at. This should
+		  only be present in case a driver has no chance to know
+		  the baud rate of the slave device.
+		  Examples:
+		    * device supports auto-baud
+		    * the rate is setup by a bootloader and there is no
+		      way to reset the device
+		    * device baud rate is configured by its firmware but
+		      there is no way to request the actual settings
 
 Example:
 
-- 
2.1.4