[PATCH v2 0/2] dt-bindings: hwinfo: group devices and add s5pv210-chipid

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Mon Jul 4 00:18:31 PDT 2022


Hi Krzysztof,

On Sun, Jul 3, 2022 at 8:35 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org> wrote:
> As suggested by Rob [1], I organized a bit bindings for SoC devices having
> similar purpose - chip identification.
>
> These sometimes are put under nvmem directory, although in that case the
> purpose is usually broader than just chipid.

Thanks for your series!

>   dt-bindings: hwinfo: group Chip ID-like devices
>   dt-bindings: hwinfo: samsung,s5pv210-chipid: add S5PV210 ChipID

So why not call it "chipid"?
"hwinfo" sounds too generic to me; aren't all DT bindings hardware
information?

>
>  .../{soc/renesas => hwinfo}/renesas,prr.yaml  |  2 +-
>  .../samsung,exynos-chipid.yaml}               |  2 +-
>  .../hwinfo/samsung,s5pv210-chipid.yaml        | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../ti,k3-socinfo.yaml}                       |  2 +-
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |  3 ++
>  5 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>  rename Documentation/devicetree/bindings/{soc/renesas => hwinfo}/renesas,prr.yaml (92%)
>  rename Documentation/devicetree/bindings/{soc/samsung/exynos-chipid.yaml => hwinfo/samsung,exynos-chipid.yaml} (92%)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwinfo/samsung,s5pv210-chipid.yaml
>  rename Documentation/devicetree/bindings/{soc/ti/k3-socinfo.yaml => hwinfo/ti,k3-socinfo.yaml} (92%)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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