mbox-name vs. mbox-names (was: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mailbox: dt: Supply bindings for ST's Mailbox IP)
Geert Uytterhoeven
geert at linux-m68k.org
Fri Oct 21 01:30:47 PDT 2016
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/mailbox/sti-mailbox.txt | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/sti-mailbox.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/sti-mailbox.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/sti-mailbox.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..b61eec9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/sti-mailbox.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
> +ST Microelectronics Mailbox Driver
> +
> +Each ST Mailbox IP currently consists of 4 instances of 32 channels. Messages
> +are passed between Application and Remote processors using shared memory.
> +
> +Controller
> +----------
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible : Should be "st,stih407-mailbox"
> +- reg : Offset and length of the device's register set
> +- mbox-name : Name of the mailbox
All other mailbox drivers use "mbox-names". Oops, it's in v4.9-rc1...
Can we still fix that?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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