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Message-ID: <0ebb1ca3-722d-422f-9f71-fcc61c3470b0@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:15:06 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Melody Olvera <quic_molvera@...cinc.com>,
 Souradeep Chowdhury <quic_schowdhu@...cinc.com>,
 Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
 Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley
 <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@...cinc.com>,
 Satya Durga Srinivasu Prabhala <quic_satyap@...cinc.com>,
 Elson Serrao <quic_eserrao@...cinc.com>
Cc: cros-qcom-dts-watchers@...omium.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] dt-bindings: soc: qcom: eud: Update compatible
 strings for eud

On 13/08/2024 22:03, Melody Olvera wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/8/2024 4:00 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 07/08/2024 20:32, Melody Olvera wrote:
>>> The EUD can more accurately be divided into two types; a secure type
>>> which requires that certain registers be updated via scm call and a
>>> nonsecure type which must access registers nonsecurely. Thus, change
>>> the compatible strings to reflect secure and nonsecure eud usage.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Melody Olvera <quic_molvera@...cinc.com>
>>> ---
>>>   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,eud.yaml | 6 +++---
>>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,eud.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,eud.yaml
>>> index f2c5ec7e6437..476f92768610 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,eud.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,eud.yaml
>>> @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ properties:
>>>     compatible:
>>>       items:
>>>         - enum:
>>> -          - qcom,sc7280-eud
>>> -      - const: qcom,eud
>>> +          - qcom,secure-eud
>>> +          - qcom,eud
>> Commit msg did not explain me why DT bindings rules are avoided here and
>> you drop existing SoC specific compatible.
>>
>> This really does not look like having any sense at all, I cannot come up
>> with logic behind dropping existing users. You could deprecate it, but
>> then why exactly this device should have exception from generic bindings
>> rule?
> 
> Understood. I won't drop this compatible string. Is alright to add the 
> additional compatible as is?

You always need SoC specific compatible.

Best regards,
Krzysztof