[PATCH] ARM: dts: bcm63138: drop invalid "nand" interrupt name

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Thu Nov 3 08:58:27 PDT 2022


On 03/11/2022 11:31, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/3/2022 3:24 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
>>
>> String "nand" was never a valid interrupt name. It was never documented
>> and never used in Linux or U-Boot driver. It most likely comes from a
>> copy & paste mistake ("nand" is used in "reg-names").
>>
>> The whole "interrupt-names" property is optional and can be skipped.
> 
> How about we just fix the binding document instead? Deciding the fate of 
> a property based upon client programs of the DTS using it is a weak 
> argument IMHO.

Having a "names" property with only one item and the name matching the
device name is also not useful.

For new bindings the recommendation would be: drop the interrupt-names.
For existing bindings - choose something reasonable, e.g. less changes
needed.

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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