[PATCH 4/5] dt-bindings: firmware: arm,scmi: Add support for syspower protocol

Cristian Marussi cristian.marussi at arm.com
Tue Jan 3 02:08:01 PST 2023


On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 12:22:34PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 23/12/2022 11:37, Cristian Marussi wrote:
> 
> >>>  
> >>> +  protocol at 12:
> >>> +    type: object
> >>> +    properties:
> >>> +      reg:
> >>> +        const: 0x12
> >>> +
> >>
> >> Why? It did not got lost, it's already covered by pattern. If you refer
> >> to particular warning, please paste it in commit msg. Otherwise it looks
> >> incorrect.
> >>
> > 
> > Yes indeed, but as a matter of fact it seemed to me that we used to add an
> > entry and an example for all the currently published standard SCMI protocols,
> > even though already covered by the patternProp (which covers also any
> > custom-vendor protocol in the wild) and not sporting any additional
> > custom properties (see protocol at 18), but maybe this is just a unneeded wrong
> > habit adding only cruft to the bindings.
> > 
> > If you think it does not add any value I can happily drop this, or
> > limiting the addition just to the example (and/or drop equally the unneeded
> > protocol at 18 node too in this case).
> 
> Duplicating the node (once in properties, second in patternProperties)
> is not needed. I am also not sure what would be the point to add to the
> example - example does not have to be complete DTS for all cases, but
> illustrate the binding and allow is to test it.
> 

Thanks, I'll drop this patch.

Cristian




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