[PATCH v3 2/3] dt-bindings: serial: amlogic,meson-uart: Add compatible string for T7
Lucas Tanure
tanure at linux.com
Thu Jun 22 00:36:49 PDT 2023
On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 8:12 AM Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 07:43:31AM +0100, Lucas Tanure wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 7:05 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> > <krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org> wrote:
> > > On 22/06/2023 07:32, Lucas Tanure wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 7:12 PM Conor Dooley <conor at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >> On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 03:53:04PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > > >>> On 21/06/2023 15:32, Lucas Tanure wrote:
> > > >>>> Amlogic T7 SoCs uses the same UART controller as S4 SoCs and G12A.
> > > >>>> There is no need for an extra compatible line in the driver, but
> > > >>>> add T7 compatible line for documentation.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Signed-off-by: Lucas Tanure <tanure at linux.com>
> > > >>>> ---
> > > >>>> .../devicetree/bindings/serial/amlogic,meson-uart.yaml | 2 ++
> > > >>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/amlogic,meson-uart.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/amlogic,meson-uart.yaml
> > > >>>> index 01ec45b3b406..860ab58d87b0 100644
> > > >>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/amlogic,meson-uart.yaml
> > > >>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/amlogic,meson-uart.yaml
> > > >>>> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ properties:
> > > >>>> - amlogic,meson8b-uart
> > > >>>> - amlogic,meson-gx-uart
> > > >>>> - amlogic,meson-s4-uart
> > > >>>> + - amlogic,meson-t7-uart
> > > >>>> - const: amlogic,meson-ao-uart
> > > >>>> - description: Always-on power domain UART controller on G12A SoCs
> > > >>>> items:
> > > >>>> @@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ properties:
> > > >>>> - amlogic,meson8b-uart
> > > >>>> - amlogic,meson-gx-uart
> > > >>>> - amlogic,meson-s4-uart
> > > >>>> + - amlogic,meson-t7-uart
> > > >>>
> > > >>> It does not look like you tested the DTS against bindings. Please run
> > > >>> `make dtbs_check` (see
> > > >>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-schema.rst or
> > > >>> https://www.linaro.org/blog/tips-and-tricks-for-validating-devicetree-sources-with-the-devicetree-schema/
> > > >>> for instructions).
> > > >>
> > > >> Check back on the previous version, I should've posted an untested
> > > >> version of what you need to add.
> > > > I saw that, but adding a S4 doesn't make sense to me. And you didn't
> > > > show the entire change, so I can't understand what you want there.
> > >
> > > For sure you need something which does not trigger errors. If you claim
> > > adding S4 as fallback does not make sense, then why did you use it?
> > > Sending a code which is clearly incorrect does not make sense.
> > >
> > Sorry, I think we are talking about different things. It does not make
> > sense to me to add an S4 line in the documentation when it is already
> > there. So I could not understand or make sense of the patch Conor sent
> > in reply to my V2.
>
> That is just how it works. You need to spell out exactly which
> combinations are permitted. The current entry for s4 says that s4 is
> only permitted in isolation.
> Since you are adding "amlogic,meson-t7-uart", "amlogic,meson-s4-uart"
> you need to explicitly allow that combination. You'll notice if you look
> at the file that the gx uart appears more than once.
>
> Given the g12a was the most recently added compatible, it might make
> sense to follow the pattern that it had set, given the thing your
> original patch copied the match data from was the g12a. That change to
> the dt-binding would look like:
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/amlogic,meson-uart.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/amlogic,meson-uart.yaml
> index 01ec45b3b406..eae11e87b88a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/amlogic,meson-uart.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/amlogic,meson-uart.yaml
> @@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ properties:
> items:
> - const: amlogic,meson-g12a-uart
> - const: amlogic,meson-gx-uart
> + - description:
> + Everything-Else power domain UART controller on G12A compatible SoCs
> + items:
> + - enum:
> + - amlogic,meson-t7-uart
> + - const: amlogic,meson-g12a-uart
> + - const: amlogic,meson-gx-uart
>
> reg:
> maxItems: 1
>
> /I/ don't really care whether you do that, or do the s4 version of it,
> but following the most recent pattern might make more sense. When I
> suggested s4, it was because I only looked at the driver patch rather
> than the code itself.
>
> > Krzysztof, I will check again with dtbs_check and re-send.
>
> Cheers,
> Conor.
I am struggling to understand this. Everything I try fails the check.
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