[PATCH 1/3 v2] dt/bindings: Add binding for the Raspberry Pi firmware driver

Eric Anholt eric at anholt.net
Thu May 14 02:57:43 PDT 2015


Lee Jones <lee at kernel.org> writes:

> On Wed, 13 May 2015, Eric Anholt wrote:
>
>> This driver will provide support for calls into the firmware that will
>> be used by other drivers like cpufreq and vc4.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt <eric at anholt.net>
>> ---
>> 
>> v2: Improve commit message, point to mailbox.txt for how mboxes work.
>> 
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,firmware.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,firmware.txt
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,firmware.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,firmware.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..33b0043
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,firmware.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
>> +Raspberry Pi VideoCore firmware driver
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +
>> +- compatible:		Should be "rasbperrypi,firmware"
>> +- mboxes:		Single-entry list which specifies which mailbox
>> +			  controller and channel is used.  See
>> +			  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
>> +			  for the semantics of this property
>
> That's not what it looks like to me.  There is no mention of channels
> in a 0 cell property.  Keep it simple.  How about:
>
> Phandle to the firmware device's Mailbox.
> (See: ../mailbox/mailbox.txt for more information)

Sounds good to me.
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