linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/9] dt-bindings: Add RISC-V incoming MSI controller bindings

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Message-ID: <Y3QT5Vy3RnIXobHz@spud>
Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:34:13 +0000
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     Anup Patel <apatel@...tanamicro.com>
Cc:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>,
        Alistair Francis <Alistair.Francis@....com>,
        Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] dt-bindings: Add RISC-V incoming MSI controller
 bindings

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 05:59:00PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 8:18 PM Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org> wrote:

> > Also, the file name says "riscv,imsic", the description says "IMSIC" but
> > you've used "imsics" in the compatible. Is this a typo, or a plural?
> 
> Yes, the file name should be consistent. I will update the file name.

Is there a reason why the compatible is plural when all of the other
mentions etc do not have an "s"? It really did look like a typo to me.

It's the "incoming MSI controller", so I am unsure as to where the "s"
actually even comes from. Why not just use "riscv,imsic"?

Thanks,
Conor.