linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: mfd: syscon: Add compatibles for Loongson-1 syscon

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Message-ID: <ebad4f91-3d4e-c50f-0bde-f11f16061214@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:06:41 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Keguang Zhang <keguang.zhang@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: mfd: syscon: Add compatibles for
 Loongson-1 syscon

On 21/08/2023 13:00, Keguang Zhang wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 10:23 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 16/08/2023 13:13, Keguang Zhang wrote:
>>> Add Loongson LS1B and LS1C compatibles for system controller.
>>
>> I asked not to use the same compatible for different blocks. Compatible
>> is dwmac, but are you still going to use for other blocks? Please write
>> proper description of the hardware.
>>
> Sorry. I didn't make myself clear.
> The SoC only has one syscon with two registers.
> And Each register contains settings for multiple devices.
> Besides DWMAC, this syscon will be used for other devices.
> Should I keep using loongson,ls1b-syscon/loongson,ls1c-syscon?

Ah, ok, then the naming of the compatible should reflect the name of
this syscon block. If it does not have any name and it is the only
syscon, then name like "loongson,ls1b-syscon" is good. If the block has
some name - use it in compatible.

Best regards,
Krzysztof