linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 08/52] dt-bindings: memory: tegra20: emc: Document mfd-simple compatible and statistics sub-device

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Date:   Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:02:12 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
Cc:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Peter De Schrijver <pdeschrijver@...dia.com>,
        MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
        Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
        Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
        Mikko Perttunen <cyndis@...si.fi>,
        Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>,
        Peter Geis <pgwipeout@...il.com>,
        Nicolas Chauvet <kwizart@...il.com>,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 08/52] dt-bindings: memory: tegra20: emc: Document
 mfd-simple compatible and statistics sub-device

On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 01:16:51AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> External Memory Controller can gather various hardware statistics that
> are intended to be used for debugging purposes and for dynamic frequency
> scaling of memory bus.
> 
> Document the new mfd-simple compatible and EMC statistics sub-device.
> The subdev contains EMC DFS OPP table and interconnect paths to be used
> for dynamic scaling of system's memory bandwidth based on EMC utilization
> statistics.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
> ---
>  .../memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra20-emc.txt | 43 +++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra20-emc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra20-emc.txt
> index 8d09b228ac42..382aabcd6952 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra20-emc.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/nvidia,tegra20-emc.txt
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Properties:
>  - name : Should be emc
>  - #address-cells : Should be 1
>  - #size-cells : Should be 0
> -- compatible : Should contain "nvidia,tegra20-emc".
> +- compatible : Should contain "nvidia,tegra20-emc" and "simple-mfd".

Changing a compatible match is another break of ABI, unless it is not
really required. It's unclear to me from the contents of the patch.

>  - reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device
>  - nvidia,use-ram-code : If present, the sub-nodes will be addressed
>    and chosen using the ramcode board selector. If omitted, only one
> @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Properties:
>  - core-supply: Phandle of voltage regulator of the SoC "core" power domain.
>  - operating-points-v2: See ../bindings/opp/opp.txt for details.
>  
> -Child device nodes describe the memory settings for different configurations and clock rates.
> +Child device nodes describe the memory settings for different configurations and clock rates,
> +as well as EMC activity statistics collection sub-device.
>  
>  Example:
>  
> @@ -31,17 +32,34 @@ Example:
>  		...
>  	};
>  
> +	emc_bw_dfs_opp_table: emc_opp_table1 {

Hyphens for node name.

Best regards,
Krzysztof