[PATCH] ata: intf_platform_ide: add OF bindings

[Peter Mamonov]

Hi, Sascha!

On Thu, 3 Sep 2015 20:16:36 +0200
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 07:31:55PM +0300, Antony Pavlov wrote:
> > On Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:46:32 +0200
> > Lucas Stach <l.stach at pengutronix.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Peter.
> > > 
> > > Sorry, but this patch is wrong. You can't just make up completely
> > > ad-hoc DT bindings. You are pushing platformdata 1:1 into the DT,
> > > which is not how the conversion to DT should be done.
> > > 
> > > There is also no pre-existing binding for "ata-generic" in the
> > > Linux kernel which would define any of those properties.
> > 
> > Hmmm. in linux-4.2/drivers/ata/pata_of_platform.c I see
> > "ata-generic" with "reg-shift" and "pio-mode" properties.
> 
> It seems this binding comes from the good old days when writing
> binding doc was an optional task ;)
> 
> Sascha
> 

So, do we need this linux-like binding in barebox, or should we prefer
a soc-specific approach, as Lucas described:
> Most likely your IDE controller is inside some SoC specific block,
> with a specific compatible, which may also handle clocks and other
> required stuff and that one should instantiate the IDE driver if
> needed.
?

Peter