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Message-ID: <629f3127.1c69fb81.2590d.39ac@mx.google.com>
Date:   Tue, 7 Jun 2022 09:05:16 +0200
From:   Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
To:     Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] dt-bindings: mtd: qcom_nandc: document
 qcom,boot-pages binding

On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 02:45:22PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 09:01:12PM +0200, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> > Document new qcom,boot-pages binding used to apply special
> > read/write configuration to boot pages.
> > 
> > QCOM apply a special configuration where spare data is not protected
> > by ECC for some special pages (used for boot partition). Add
> > Documentation on how to declare these special pages.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml   | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml
> > index 84ad7ff30121..a59ae9525f4e 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml
> > @@ -102,6 +102,30 @@ allOf:
> >              - const: rx
> >              - const: cmd
> >  
> > +  - if:
> > +      properties:
> > +        compatible:
> > +          contains:
> > +            enum:
> > +              - qcom,ipq806x-nand
> > +
> > +    then:
> > +      properties:
> > +        qcom,boot-pages:
> 
> Eventhough the page layout is what making the difference, here the boot
> partition offset and size are getting specified. So how about, changing it
> to "qcom,boot-partitions"?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mani
>

Yep, you are correct and the naming is confusing. Will do the change.
Did you check the code if you notice something to improve / an idea of a
better implementation or better naming?
Just to skip sending multiple revision with small changes.

> > +          $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-matrix
> > +          items:
> > +            items:
> > +              - description: offset
> > +              - description: size
> > +          description:
> > +            Some special page used by boot partition have spare data
> > +            not protected by ECC. Use this to declare these special page
> > +            by defining first the offset and then the size.
> > +
> > +            It's in the form of <offset1 size1 offset2 size2 offset3 ...>
> > +
> > +            Refer to the ipq8064 example on how to use this special binding.
> > +
> >  required:
> >    - compatible
> >    - reg
> > @@ -135,6 +159,8 @@ examples:
> >          nand-ecc-strength = <4>;
> >          nand-bus-width = <8>;
> >  
> > +        qcom,boot-pages = <0x0 0x58a0000>;
> > +
> >          partitions {
> >            compatible = "fixed-partitions";
> >            #address-cells = <1>;
> > -- 
> > 2.34.1
> > 
> 
> -- 
> மணிவண்ணன் சதாசிவம்

-- 
	Ansuel