netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath9k: document endian check

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Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:38:54 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc:     Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@...il.com>,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, jonas.gorski@...il.com, nbd@....name,
        toke@...e.dk, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, chunkeey@...il.com,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath9k: document endian check

Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org> writes:

>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qca,ath9k.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qca,ath9k.yaml
>> @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ properties:
>>  
>>    ieee80211-freq-limit: true
>>  
>> +  qca,endian-check:
>> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>> +    description:
>> +      Indicates that the EEPROM endianness should be checked
>
> Does not look like hardware property. Do not instruct what driver should
> or should not do. It's not the purpose of DT.

Also the documentation is vague and is not really telling anything new
what could be figured out from the property name, I would not be able to
understand just from this what value should be used.

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