[PATCH 2/2] dt: mailbox: Remove 'mbox-names property is discouraged' message from binding

Lee Jones lee.jones at linaro.org
Mon May 11 09:08:51 PDT 2015


A new API call has been introduced which allows channels to be
requested by name.  This new call uses the 'mbox-names' property,
so users need no further discouragement from supplying it.

Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
index 1a2cd3d..be05b97 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
@@ -22,17 +22,11 @@ Required property:
 - mboxes: List of phandle and mailbox channel specifiers.
 
 Optional property:
-- mbox-names: List of identifier strings for each mailbox channel
-		required by the client. The use of this property
-		is discouraged in favor of using index in list of
-		'mboxes' while requesting a mailbox. Instead the
-		platforms may define channel indices, in DT headers,
-		to something legible.
+- mbox-names: List of identifier strings for each mailbox channel.
 
 Example:
 	pwr_cntrl: power {
 		...
 		mbox-names = "pwr-ctrl", "rpc";
-		mboxes = <&mailbox 0
-			&mailbox 1>;
+		mboxes = <&mailbox 0 &mailbox 1>;
 	};
-- 
1.9.1




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