linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] dt-bindings: scsi: ufs: add document for hi3660-ufs

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:15:54 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Bu Tao <butao@...wei.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Wei Xu <xuwei5@...ilicon.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Vinayak Holikatti <vinholikatti@...il.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@...aro.org>,
        Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Guodong Xu <guodong.xu@...aro.org>,
        suzhuangluan@...ilicon.com, kongfei@...ilicon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] dt-bindings: scsi: ufs: add document for hi3660-ufs

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Bu Tao <butao@...wei.com> wrote:
> 在 2017/6/22 19:51, Arnd Bergmann 写道:
>> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Bu Tao <butao@...wei.com> wrote:
>>> 在 2017/6/17 5:51, Arnd Bergmann 写道:
>>>> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:51 AM, Bu Tao <butao@...ilicon.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I do not know wheher other SoC need to use the optional properties as
>>> abover. So here the name of the optional properties has "hi3660".
>>
>>
>> They should not have "hi3660" in their names either way, independent
>> of where they are used.
>
>
> Oh, change the "hi3660" to "hisilicon"?
> e.g. ufs-hi3660-use-rate-B  -->  ufs-hisilicon-use-rate-B

No, just 'use-rate-B', no prefix for this.

>>>> (note: this is different from the value of the "compatible" property
>>>> that
>>>> is meant to be as specific as possible".
>>>>
>>>> Also, please clarify how your binding relates to the ufshcd binding
>>>> in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ufs/ufshcd-pltfrm.txt: does
>>>> hi3660 implement any registers that are shared with ufshcd, or does
>>>> it use the same physical interface with a different register set?
>>>
>>>
>>> No, only show how to use the dt-binding for hi3660 SoC
>>
>>
>> My question was about the hardware: does hi3660 implement ufshcd
>> or not?
>
>
> YES

Ok, then the properties should be documented as optional in the
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ufs/ufshcd-pltfrm.txt file for anything
that has a proper interpretation in the context of the generic ufshcd
driver.

      Arnd