linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: w1: Add YAML DT Schema for AMD w1 master and MAINTAINERS entry

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Message-ID: <c58fbddb-cda1-e0de-8ad9-e4701c2c73cb@amd.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:23:15 +0100
From:   Kris Chaplin <kris.chaplin@....com>
To:     Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
Cc:     thomas.delev@....com, michal.simek@....com, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        conor+dt@...nel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, git@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: w1: Add YAML DT Schema for AMD w1 master
 and MAINTAINERS entry


On 13/10/2023 16:07, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 05:04:32PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>
>> That's a quite generic compatible. axi is ARM term, 1-wire is the name
>> of the bus and master is the role. Concatenating three common words does
>> not create unique device name. Compatibles are supposed to be specific
>> and this is really relaxed. Anything can be over AXI, everything in
>> 1wire is 1wire and every master device is a master.
> Given the vendor (and the title of the binding) this is almost certainly
> an FPGA IP core, so the generic name is understandable. Using the exact
> name of the IP in the AMD/Xilinx catalog probably is the best choice?

Indeed this is an Programmable Logic IP core - the official name of the 
core in our catalog is axi_1wire_master.  It is a soft HDL core.

regards,

Kris