[PATCH net-next v2 05/15] dt-bindings: net: dwmac-sun8i: simplify description of syscon property

Rob Herring robh at kernel.org
Tue May 1 09:27:18 PDT 2018


On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 12:12:17AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> The syscon property is used to point to the device that holds the glue
> layer control register known as the "EMAC (or GMAC) clock register".
> 
> We do not need to explicitly list what compatible strings are needed, as
> this information is readily available in the user manuals. Also the
> "syscon" device type is more of an implementation detail. There are many
> ways to access a register not in a device's address range, the syscon
> interface being the most generic and unrestricted one.
> 
> Simplify the description so that it says what it is supposed to
> describe.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at csie.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dwmac-sun8i.txt | 7 +------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>



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