linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] dt-bindings: Documentation for qcom, llcc

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Message-ID: <079348edcb511cefb9f4d76877d50cb7@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Wed, 16 May 2018 16:32:27 -0700
From:   rishabhb@...eaurora.org
To:     Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
Cc:     devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm@...ts.infradead.org, tsoni@...eaurora.org,
        ckadabi@...eaurora.org, evgreen@...omium.org, robh@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] dt-bindings: Documentation for qcom, llcc

On 2018-05-16 11:08, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting rishabhb@...eaurora.org (2018-05-16 10:33:14)
>> On 2018-05-16 10:03, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>> > Quoting Rishabh Bhatnagar (2018-05-08 13:22:00)
>> 
>> >> +
>> >> +- max-slices:
>> >> +       usage: required
>> >> +       Value Type: <u32>
>> >> +       Definition: Number of cache slices supported by hardware
>> >> +
>> >> +Example:
>> >> +
>> >> +       llcc: qcom,llcc@...0000 {
>> >
>> > cache-controller@...0000 ?
>> >
>> We have tried to use consistent naming convention as in llcc_*
>> everywhere.
>> Using cache-controller will mix and match the naming convention. Also 
>> in
>> the documentation it is explained what llcc is and its full form.
>> 
> 
> DT prefers standard node names as opposed to vendor specific node 
> names.
> Isn't it a cache controller? I fail to see why this can't be done.
Hi Stephen,
The driver is vendor specific and also for uniformity purposes we 
preferred
to go with this name.