linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] dt-bindings: Update the riscv,isa string description

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.9999.1908061443140.13971@viisi.sifive.com>
Date:   Tue, 6 Aug 2019 14:43:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
To:     Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Kao <alankao@...estech.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Anup Patel <anup.patel@....com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Enrico Weigelt <info@...ux.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] dt-bindings: Update the riscv,isa string
 description

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Atish Patra wrote:

> Since the RISC-V specification states that ISA description strings are
> case-insensitive, there's no functional difference between mixed-case,
> upper-case, and lower-case ISA strings. Thus, to simplify parsing,
> specify that the letters present in "riscv,isa" must be all lowercase.
> 
> Suggested-by: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
> Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>

Thanks, queued for v5.3-rc4.


- Paul