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

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Message-ID: <20220705145108.GA2083998-robh@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 5 Jul 2022 08:51:08 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        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 Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 09:18:31AM +0200, 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.

What's the base? It didn't apply for me.

> >
> > 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?

I'm fine with hwinfo as the color of the shed. I don't think we should 
encode where the information comes from.

Rob