linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] dt-bindings: soc: actions: Add Actions Semi Owl socinfo binding

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 1 Apr 2021 20:57:02 +0300
From:   Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@...il.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>,
        Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@...nel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-actions@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] dt-bindings: soc: actions: Add Actions Semi Owl
 socinfo binding

On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:08:18PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 04:48:17PM +0300, Cristian Ciocaltea wrote:
> > Add devicetree binding for the Actions Semi Owl socinfo driver.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  .../bindings/soc/actions/owl-socinfo.yaml     | 57 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/actions/owl-socinfo.yaml
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/actions/owl-socinfo.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/actions/owl-socinfo.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..01e4a8b4f5ac
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/actions/owl-socinfo.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/soc/actions/owl-socinfo.yaml#
> > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > +
> > +title: Actions Semi Owl SoC info module
> > +
> > +maintainers:
> > +  - Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@...il.com>
> > +
> > +description: |
> > +  Actions Semi Owl SoC info module provides access to various information
> > +  about the S500, S700 and S900 SoC variants, such as serial number or id.
> > +
> > +select:
> > +  properties:
> > +    compatible:
> > +      contains:
> > +        enum:
> > +          - actions,s500-soc
> > +          - actions,s700-soc
> > +          - actions,s900-soc
> > +  required:
> > +    - compatible
> > +
> > +properties:
> > +  compatible:
> > +    items:
> > +      - enum:
> > +          - actions,s500-soc
> > +          - actions,s700-soc
> > +          - actions,s900-soc
> > +      - const: simple-bus
> > +
> > +required:
> > +  - compatible
> > +
> > +additionalProperties: true
> > +
> > +examples:
> > +  - |
> > +    / {
> > +        compatible = "roseapplepi,roseapplepi", "actions,s500";
> > +        model = "Roseapple Pi";
> > +        #address-cells = <1>;
> > +        #size-cells = <1>;
> > +
> > +        soc {
> > +            compatible = "actions,s500-soc", "simple-bus";
> 
> What's the actual h/w for this bus? Still looks like abuse of DT to 
> create your virtual soc_info driver.

Right, there is no bus involved in accessing soc info, but I assumed
the already existing soc node in common DTS is a good candidate for
binding the driver. (e.g. arch/arm/boot/dts/owl-s500.dtsi)

Should I, instead, create a dedicated sub-node?

Thanks,
Cristi

> 
> > +            #address-cells = <1>;
> > +            #size-cells = <1>;
> > +            ranges;
> > +        };
> > +    };
> > +
> > +...
> > -- 
> > 2.31.1
> >