linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 9/9] dt-bindings: cpufreq: qcom-hw: Make reg-names a required property

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:42:45 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...ainline.org>
Cc:     bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, viresh.kumar@...aro.org,
        agross@...nel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        amit.kucheria@...aro.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, phone-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        konrad.dybcio@...ainline.org, marijn.suijten@...ainline.org,
        martin.botka@...ainline.org, jami.kettunen@...ainline.org,
        paul.bouchara@...ainline.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 9/9] dt-bindings: cpufreq: qcom-hw: Make reg-names a
 required property

On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 12:57:30PM +0200, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> The property reg-names is required after the addition of the OSM
> programming sequence, as that mandates specifying different register
> domains; to avoid confusion and improve devicetree readability,
> specifying the regions names was made mandatory.

Can't take patches missing a S-o-b.

Making existing properties required breaks compatibility. That's okay on 
*all* the platforms using this? If so, that needs to be crystal clear in 
the commit msg.

> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-qcom-hw.yaml | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-qcom-hw.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-qcom-hw.yaml
> index 29b663321a0b..17fd6a6cefb0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-qcom-hw.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-qcom-hw.yaml
> @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ else:
>  required:
>    - compatible
>    - reg
> +  - reg-names
>    - clocks
>    - clock-names
>    - '#freq-domain-cells'
> -- 
> 2.32.0
> 
>