[PATCH v2 1/4] spi/davinci: add DT binding documentation
Manjunathappa, Prakash
prakash.pm at ti.com
Tue Mar 5 08:45:46 EST 2013
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 18:58:54, Nori, Sekhar wrote:
>
>
> On 3/5/2013 6:26 PM, Manjunathappa, Prakash wrote:
> > Hi Arnd,
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 21:59:16, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >> On Monday 04 March 2013 18:29:12 Manjunathappa, Prakash wrote:
> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-davinci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-davinci.txt
> >>> new file mode 100644
> >>> index 0000000..a62d7a8
> >>> --- /dev/null
> >>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-davinci.txt
> >>> @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
> >>> +Davinci SPI controller device bindings
> >>> +
> >>> +Required properties:
> >>> +- #address-cells: number of cells required to define a chip select
> >>> + address on the SPI bus. Should be set to 1.
> >>> +- #size-cells: should be zero.
> >>> +- compatible:
> >>> + - "ti,dm644x-spi" for SPI used similar to that on DM644x SoC family
> >>> + - "ti,da8xx-spi" for SPI used similar to that on DA8xx SoC family
> >>
> >> In general, you should avoid wildcards in "compatible" properties.
> >> Better use the number of the first chip that introduced the specific
> >> version of the device.
> >>
> >
> > Correct, will accommodate this change.
>
> But note that this patch is just documenting bindings already accepted
> and part of kernel. You probably need another patch which fixes the
> incorrect bindings and this one can then document in fixed bindings.
>
Correct Sekhar I meant the same. I will have patch for driver to accommodate
above change and a patch for missing binding document.
Thanks,
Prakash
> Thanks,
> Sekhar
>
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