[RFC PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: arm64: bcmbca: Merge BCM4908 into BCMBCA

[William Zhang]

On 7/12/22 00:45, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 12/07/2022 04:11, William Zhang wrote:
>> Merge BCM4908 SoC device tree description into BCMBCA and combined
>> all BCM4908 chip variants into the same BCM4908 chip family item.
> 
> Merge means you combine some entries, so I would expect to see the
> removal here as well.
> 
Will combine with the removal patch as you pointed out

>>
>> Each compatible string represent the whole chip family. The board
>> variants and chip varints go into the first and second enum in the
>> compatible string item list.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: William Zhang <william.zhang at broadcom.com>
>> ---
>>
>>   .../bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,bcmbca.yaml           | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,bcmbca.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,bcmbca.yaml
>> index d9dc4f22f4a5..906c3e1de372 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,bcmbca.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,bcmbca.yaml
>> @@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ properties:
>>             - const: brcm,bcm47622
>>             - const: brcm,bcmbca
>>   
>> +      - description: BCM4908 Family based boards
>> +        items:
>> +          - enum:
>> +              # BCM4908 SoC based boards
>> +              - brcm,bcm94908
>> +              - asus,gt-ac5300
>> +              - netgear,raxe500
>> +              # BCM4906 SoC based boards
>> +              - brcm,bcm94906
>> +              - netgear,r8000p
>> +              - tplink,archer-c2300-v1
>> +          - enum:
>> +              - brcm,bcm4908
>> +              - brcm,bcm4906
>> +              - brcm,bcm49408
> 
> This is wrong.  brcm,bcm94908 followed by brcm,bcm4906 does not look
> like valid list of compatibles.
>
For 4908 board variant, it will need to be followed by 4908 chip. Sorry 
for the basic question but is there any requirement to enforce this kind 
of rule?  I would assume dts writer know what he/she is doing and select 
the right combination.

>> +          - const: brcm,bcmbca
>> +
>>         - description: BCM4912 based boards
>>           items:
>>             - enum:
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
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