[PATCH v5 14/24] dt-bindings: mfd: syscon: Add documentation for #syscon-cells property

Kishon Vijay Abraham I kishon at ti.com
Wed Apr 5 01:25:36 PDT 2017


Hi Rob,

On Saturday 01 April 2017 12:36 AM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 01:58:52PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 03:15:10PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>>> Add documentation for the optional #syscon-cells property to determine
>>> the number of cells that should be given in the phandle while
>>> referencing the syscon-node.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
>>
>> I did? When?
>>
>> I'm not remembering why we need this. Generally, phandles to a syscon 
>> are for a single defined purpose. When do we need a list of them?
> 
> Ah, I remember now the context. I suggested using standard parsing 
> function rather than open coding. I wasn't suggesting changing the 
> binding. Instead of of_parse_phandle_with_args, can't 
> of_parse_phandle_with_fixed_args work?

yes, it can be used. Will change it my next revision.

Thanks
Kishon



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