linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] dt-bindings: hwinfo: group devices and add s5pv210-chipid

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jul 2022 09:18:31 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
        Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Tero Kristo <kristo@...nel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-samsung-soc <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] dt-bindings: hwinfo: group devices and add s5pv210-chipid

Hi Krzysztof,

On Sun, Jul 3, 2022 at 8:35 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> wrote:
> As suggested by Rob [1], I organized a bit bindings for SoC devices having
> similar purpose - chip identification.
>
> These sometimes are put under nvmem directory, although in that case the
> purpose is usually broader than just chipid.

Thanks for your series!

>   dt-bindings: hwinfo: group Chip ID-like devices
>   dt-bindings: hwinfo: samsung,s5pv210-chipid: add S5PV210 ChipID

So why not call it "chipid"?
"hwinfo" sounds too generic to me; aren't all DT bindings hardware
information?

>
>  .../{soc/renesas => hwinfo}/renesas,prr.yaml  |  2 +-
>  .../samsung,exynos-chipid.yaml}               |  2 +-
>  .../hwinfo/samsung,s5pv210-chipid.yaml        | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../ti,k3-socinfo.yaml}                       |  2 +-
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |  3 ++
>  5 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>  rename Documentation/devicetree/bindings/{soc/renesas => hwinfo}/renesas,prr.yaml (92%)
>  rename Documentation/devicetree/bindings/{soc/samsung/exynos-chipid.yaml => hwinfo/samsung,exynos-chipid.yaml} (92%)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwinfo/samsung,s5pv210-chipid.yaml
>  rename Documentation/devicetree/bindings/{soc/ti/k3-socinfo.yaml => hwinfo/ti,k3-socinfo.yaml} (92%)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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