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

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Message-ID: <2b6427ba-9afc-b1b4-0862-6857bb346878@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 4 Jul 2022 09:21:34 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.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

On 04/07/2022 09:18, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 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?

If it is too specific, some other similar drivers won't perfectly match
thus they will be placed again under dt-bindings/soc.

I was thinking about name "socinfo", but on the other hand why limiting
to SoC? I think there are many more devices which provide some kind of
read-only hardware information (type, revision, product ID, model etc),
therefore - hwinfo.

Thanks for the feedback.

Best regards,
Krzysztof