linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] dt-bindings: usb: snps,dwc3: Add the compatible name 'snps,dwc3-rtk-soc'

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Date:   Tue, 2 May 2023 10:44:54 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Stanley Chang[昌育德] 
        <stanley_chang@...ltek.com>,
        Thinh Nguyen <Thinh.Nguyen@...opsys.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] dt-bindings: usb: snps,dwc3: Add the compatible
 name 'snps,dwc3-rtk-soc'

On 02/05/2023 10:05, Stanley Chang[昌育德] wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
>> On 02/05/2023 07:04, Stanley Chang wrote:
>>> Add a new compatible name 'snps,dwc3-rtk-soc' of DT for realtek dwc3
>>> core to adjust the global register start address
>>>
>>> The RTK DHC SoCs were designed, the global register address offset at
>>
>> What are: "RTK" and "DHC"? These are manufactured by Synopsys as you
>> suggest in the patch?
> 
> RTK is Realtek.
> DHC is the department name in Realtek and the abbreviation of the Digital Home Center.
> The USB controller of RTK DHC SoCs used the DWC3 IP of Synopsys.

Then entire compatible is not correct. Vendor is Realtek not Synopsys.
DHC is not even device name. Use real device names.

> 
>>> 0x8100. The default address offset is constant at
>>> DWC3_GLOBALS_REGS_START (0xc100). Therefore, add the compatible
>> name
>>> of device-tree to specify the SoC custom's global register start address.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stanley Chang <stanley_chang@...ltek.com>
>>
>> Based on your email, rtk could mean Realtek, so the compatible is clearly
>> wrong.
> 
> The compatible name "snps,dwc3-rtk-soc" wants to represent the dwc3 driver, which requires a different offset for Realtek SoCs

No. The compatible represents hardware, not driver. Use compatible
matching real hardware.

Best regards,
Krzysztof