[Patch v6 1/2] dmaengine: qcom_bam_dma: Add device tree binding
Mark Rutland
mark.rutland at arm.com
Fri Feb 21 12:36:47 EST 2014
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 04:30:53PM +0000, Andy Gross wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 09:26:57AM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 06:43:04AM +0000, Andy Gross wrote:
> > > Add device tree binding support for the QCOM BAM DMA driver.
> > >
> [snip]
> > > +Required properties:
> > > +- compatible: Must be "qcom,bam-v1.4.0" for MSM8974 V1
> > > + Must be "qcom,bam-v1.4.1" for MSM8974 V2
> >
> > This looks a bit odd. How about:
> >
> > - compatible: must contain:
> > * "qcom,bam-v1.4.0" for MSM8974 V1
> > * "qcom,bam-v1.4.1" for MSM8974 V2
> >
>
> Agreed. I'll fix that.
>
> > > +- reg: Address range for DMA registers
> > > +- interrupts: single interrupt for this controller
> >
> > This device only has a single interrupt? Or there's only one we care
> > about at the moment?
> >
>
> Yes only a single interrupt. I can remove the s.
Please don't, the interrupts proeprty is standard and shouldn't change.
I was only asking to ensure that all interrupts were described in the
binding, which they are. :)
>
> > > +- #dma-cells: must be <1>
> > > +- clocks: required clock
> > > +- clock-names: name of clock
> >
> > Either describe the _exact_ name this binding expects for any clocks
> > input, or get rid of clock-names. I would prefer the former.
>
> So then I'd use the full name in the driver file. That's fine.
Yup.
>
> [snip]
> > > +Client:
> > > +Required properties:
> > > +- dmas: List of dma channel requests
> > > +- dma-names: Names of aforementioned requested channels
> >
> > Do we really need to describe the client binding? Do we not have a
> > generic DMA binding doc we can refer to?
> >
>
> Originally there was more information in the entry. It was pared down over time
> and I didn't go back to referencing the generic doc. I'll do this and that'll
> fix this and your next comment.
Sounds good!
Cheers,
Mark.
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