[PATCH v5 5/6] mfd: dt-bindings: add device tree bindings for Hi3519 sysctrl

Lee Jones lee.jones at linaro.org
Sun Jan 10 21:48:46 PST 2016


On Fri, 08 Jan 2016, Jiancheng Xue wrote:

> Add device tree bindings for Hi3519 system controller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiancheng Xue <xuejiancheng at huawei.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/hi3519.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/hi3519.txt

I have this patch, but none of the others in the set, thus I am
lacking context.

> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/hi3519.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/hi3519.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..115c5be
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/hi3519.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> +* Hisilicon Hi3519 System Controller Block
> +
> +This bindings use the following binding:
> +Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible: "hisilicon,hi3519-sysctrl".
> +- reg: the register region of this block
> +
> +Examples:
> +sysctrl: system-controller at 12010000 {
> +	compatible = "hisilicon,hi3519-sysctrl", "syscon";
> +	reg = <0x12010000 0x1000>;
> +};

There is no requirement (nor want) for binding documents where the
given device is simply using highly generic bindings.  This just
amounts to churn.

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