netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] Documentation: devicetree: net: add NS2 bindings to amac

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Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2016 20:18:51 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     rafal@...ecki.pl, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] Documentation: devicetree: net: add NS2 bindings
 to amac

Hello.

On 11/02/2016 08:08 PM, Jon Mason wrote:

> Clean-up the documentation to the bgmac-amac driver, per suggestion by
> Rob Herring, and add details for NS2 support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,amac.txt | 16 +++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,amac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,amac.txt
> index ba5ecc1..2fefa1a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,amac.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,amac.txt
> @@ -2,11 +2,17 @@ Broadcom AMAC Ethernet Controller Device Tree Bindings
>  -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  Required properties:
> - - compatible:	"brcm,amac" or "brcm,nsp-amac"
> - - reg:		Address and length of the GMAC registers,
> -		Address and length of the GMAC IDM registers
> - - reg-names:	Names of the registers.  Must have both "amac_base" and
> -		"idm_base"
> + - compatible:	"brcm,amac"
> +		"brcm,nsp-amac"
> +		"brcm,ns2-amac"
> + - reg:		Address and length of the register set for the device. It
> +		contains the information of registers in the same order as
> +		described by reg-names
> + - reg-names:	Names of the registers.
> +		"amac_base":	Address and length of the GMAC registers
> +		"idm_base":	Address and length of the GMAC IDM registers
> +		"nicpm_base":	Address and length of the NIC Port Manager
> +				registers (required for Northstar2)

   Why this "_base" suffix? It looks redundant...

[...]

MBR, Sergei