[PATCH 1/9] ARM: dts: add generic DMA DT binding for tegra apbdma

[Stephen Warren]

On 07/29/2013 08:54 PM, Richard Zhao wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 03:21:20AM +0800, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> (Stripping the Cc list a lot, but adding in the DT binding maintainers)
>>
>> On 07/23/2013 10:09 PM, Richard Zhao wrote:
>>> All Tegra device drivers will soon move to generic DMA device tree bindings.
>>> Add the required properties to the Tegra DT files to support that. The legacy
>>> property nvidia,dma-request-selector will be removed after all drivers have
>>> been converted, in order to maintain bisectability.
>>>
>>> Changes:
>>>  - Add '#dma-cells' for apbdma nodes
>>>  - And properties 'dmas' and 'dma-names' for apbdma client nodes
>>>  - update apbdma DT binding doc
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Richard Zhao <rizhao at nvidia.com>
>>> ---
>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/dma/tegra20-apbdma.txt     |  1 +
>>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra114.dtsi                    | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra20.dtsi                     | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra30.dtsi                     | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> This patch should be split differently.
>>
>> Patch 1 in the series should include the binding document change and the
>> associated DMA driver change, which will support both the old and new
>> bindings.
>>
>> Patch 2 should contain the *.dtsi changes.
>
> The reason I update apbdma binding doc here is to make it consistent
> with the mass properties added in dtsi files.
> apbdma has less places of changes than dtsi files.

It'll still be consistent if you update the binding documentation first,
then update the *.dtsi to conform to the new binding docs. It won't
affect the number of changes.