[PATCH 1/3] Documentation: Update the APM X-Gene SoC EDAC DTS binding for missing RB
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Tue Jan 12 15:07:15 PST 2016
On Tuesday 12 January 2016 16:04:58 Loc Ho wrote:
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/edac/apm-xgene-edac.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/edac/apm-xgene-edac.txt
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Required properties:
> - regmap-mcba : Regmap of the MCB-A (memory bridge) resource.
> - regmap-mcbb : Regmap of the MCB-B (memory bridge) resource.
> - regmap-efuse : Regmap of the PMD efuse resource.
> +- regmap-rb : Regmap of the register bus resource.
> - reg : First resource shall be the CPU bus (PCP) resource.
> - interrupts : Interrupt-specifier for MCU, PMD, L3, or SoC error
> IRQ(s).
> @@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ Example:
> reg = <0x0 0x1054a000 0x0 0x20>;
> };
>
> + rb: rb at 7e000000 {
> + compatible = "apm,xgene-rb", "syscon";
> + reg = <0x0 0x7e000000 0x0 0x10>;
> + };
> +
> edac at 78800000 {
> compatible = "apm,xgene-edac";
>
When you add a property, please list that as "optional", not "required",
to ensure that the old dtb files still conform to the binding.
In the driver, make sure it is not a fatal error when the property is
missing and the driver can keep working without it.
Arnd
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