[RFCv2 3/3] ARM: dts: N900: Add SSI information
Stephen Warren
swarren at wwwdotorg.org
Mon Sep 23 16:35:35 EDT 2013
On 09/15/2013 02:44 PM, Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> Add SSI device tree data for OMAP34xx and Nokia N900.
What is an "SSI" device, ...
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hsi/omap_ssi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hsi/omap_ssi.txt
... and what is the "HSI" subsystem?
> +OMAP SSI controller bindings
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible: Should be set to the following value
> + ti,omap3-ssi (applicable to OMAP34xx devices)
I think that'd be better phrased as:
Should include "ti,omap3-ssi".
The binding should not preclude other compatibel values being present
(e.g. a SoC-specific compatible value, to allow SoC-specific quirks to
be enabled later).
> +- ti,hwmods: Name of the hwmod associated to the controller, which
> + is "ssi".
I don't think we should add any more of that, for new bindings.
> +- reg: Contains SSI register address range (base address and
> + length).
> +- reg-names: Contains the names of the address ranges. It's
> + expected, that "sys" and "gdd" address ranges are
> + provided.
Why two entries in reg-names but only one in reg?
I think it'd be better to write:
reg-names: Contains the values "sys" and "gdd".
reg: Contains a register specifier for each entry in
reg-names.
A similar re-ordering/-wording would apply to interrupts/interrupt-names.
> +- ranges Required as an empty node
s/node/property/
Why must ranges be empty? As long as the content correctly represents
the bus setup, why does the content matter at all. How about:
ranges Represents the bus address mapping between the main
controller node and the child nodes below.
> +Each port is represented as a sub-node of the ti,omap3-ssi device.
> +
> +Required Port sub-node properties:
> +- compatible: Should be set to the following value
> + ti,omap3-ssi-port (applicable to OMAP34xx devices)
Hmm. Is it really the case that there is 1 controller with n ports? Are
the ports really dependent upon some shared resource? Couldn't the ports
be represented as separate top-level SSI controllers?
> +- interrupts: Contains the interrupt information for the port.
> +- interrupt-names: Contains the names of the interrupts. It's expected,
> + that "mpu_irq0" and "mpu_irq1" are provided.
What exactly are those interrupts? "MPU" sounds like an external
micro-controller/processor...
> +- ti,ssi-cawake-gpio: Defines which GPIO pin is used to signify CAWAKE
> + events for the port. This is an optional board-specific
> + property. If it's missing the port will not be
> + enabled.
That also sounds like something that's a higher-level protocol, rather
than whatever low-level transport "SSI" implements. Should this be part
of a child node that represents the device attached to the SSI controller?
Does the SSI controller (or its ports) not need any clocks, resets,
regulators, ...?
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