[PATCH v5 4/7] Documentation: devicetree: net: add NS2 bindings to amac

Sergei Shtylyov sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com
Wed Nov 2 12:52:07 PDT 2016


On 11/02/2016 08:24 PM, Jon Mason wrote:

>>> Clean-up the documentation to the bgmac-amac driver, per suggestion by
>>> Rob Herring, and add details for NS2 support.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason at broadcom.com>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,amac.txt | 16 +++++++++++-----
>>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,amac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,amac.txt
>>> index ba5ecc1..2fefa1a 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,amac.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/brcm,amac.txt
>>> @@ -2,11 +2,17 @@ Broadcom AMAC Ethernet Controller Device Tree Bindings
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Required properties:
>>> - - compatible:	"brcm,amac" or "brcm,nsp-amac"
>>> - - reg:		Address and length of the GMAC registers,
>>> -		Address and length of the GMAC IDM registers
>>> - - reg-names:	Names of the registers.  Must have both "amac_base" and
>>> -		"idm_base"
>>> + - compatible:	"brcm,amac"
>>> +		"brcm,nsp-amac"
>>> +		"brcm,ns2-amac"
>>> + - reg:		Address and length of the register set for the device. It
>>> +		contains the information of registers in the same order as
>>> +		described by reg-names
>>> + - reg-names:	Names of the registers.
>>> +		"amac_base":	Address and length of the GMAC registers
>>> +		"idm_base":	Address and length of the GMAC IDM registers
>>> +		"nicpm_base":	Address and length of the NIC Port Manager
>>> +				registers (required for Northstar2)
>>
>>   Why this "_base" suffix? It looks redundant...
>
> Yes.  Rob Herring pointed out the same thing.  It is ugly, but follows
> the existing binding.

    Sorry, I didn't realize you're reformatting the existing bindings while 
adding some new text...

> Thanks,
> Jon

MBR, Sergei




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