[PATCH v2 1/2] spi: dt-bindings: amlogic, meson-gx-spicc: Add pinctrl names for SPI signal states

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Fri Oct 7 01:29:03 PDT 2022


On 07/10/2022 10:17, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's some bindings with pinctrl-names for specific states like rockchip/rockchip,dw-hdmi.yaml,
>>>> mediatek/mediatek,dpi.yaml, mmc/mtk-sd.yaml or mmc/fsl-imx-esdhc.yaml
>>>
>>> And? Just because someone did something is not itself an argument. They
>>> might have their reasons. If their reasons are applicable here, please
>>> state them.
>>
>> OK, I thought the reason was explicit, we find it worth documenting
>> those optional pinctrl states for when the spi lines are in idle state.
>>
>> If it's not an enough good reason, we'll drop this patch.
> 
> No one wrote here any reason... The post from Amjad was about DTS usage,
> yours about other bindings. Neither of them are reasons.
> 
> Core schema already documents pinctrl states. This can be documented if
> it is different than what core checks for, e.g. required or some
> specific names are being enforced.

Looking at your driver, these seems required. I missed that part in
commit msg, because it actually explains these are needed. Then it seems
fine, but they should be made required in the bindings.

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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