Aw: Re: [RFC/RFT 4/6] PCI: rockchip-dwc: add pcie bifurcation

Frank Wunderlich frank-w at public-files.de
Sun Apr 17 02:08:02 PDT 2022


Hi,

> Gesendet: Sonntag, 17. April 2022 um 01:30 Uhr
> Von: "Bjorn Helgaas" <helgaas at kernel.org>

thanks for first review

> On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 03:54:56PM +0200, Frank Wunderlich wrote:
> > From: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w at public-files.de>
> >
> > PCIe Lanes can be split to 2 slots with bifurcation.
> > Add support for this in existing pcie driver.
>
> Please s/pcie/PCIe/ in subject and above to be consistent.  You also
> have kind of a random usage in other patches.

will do

> Mention the DT property used for this in the commit log.

good point

noticed that i forgot to add it to pcie-bindings  (rockchip-dw-pcie.yaml).

> Is the "rockchip,bifurcation" DT property something that should be
> generalized so it's not rockchip-specific?  Other controllers are
> likely to support similar functionality.

I do not know if other controllers support similar functionality, but i ack a property without vendor prefix is better. Should i use "bifurcation" as name or do you think about a different name which is more generic?

regards Frank



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