[PATCH v7 1/2] mtd: nand: add tango NFC dt bindings doc

Marc Gonzalez marc_gonzalez at sigmadesigns.com
Fri Dec 16 02:56:38 PST 2016


On 07/11/2016 10:18, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 25, 2016 3:15:50 PM CET Marc Gonzalez wrote:
>> Add the tango NAND Flash Controller dt bindings documentation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Gonzalez <marc_gonzalez at sigmadesigns.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/tango-nand.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/tango-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/tango-nand.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..3cbf95d6595a
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/tango-nand.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
>> +Sigma Designs Tango4 NAND Flash Controller (NFC)
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +
>> +- compatible: "sigma,smp8758-nand"
>> +- reg: address/size of nfc_reg, nfc_mem, and pbus_reg
>> +- dmas: reference to the DMA channel used by the controller
>> +- dma-names: "nfc_sbox"
> 
> Drop the "nfc_" prefix here, it seems redundant.

I took a closer look at Documentation/devicetree/bindings and
arch/arm/boot/dts and it seems the overwhelming nomenclature
is "rx", "tx" (with variants around these two).

Should I just use "rxtx" for my driver?

>> +- clocks: reference to the system clock
>> +- #address-cells: <1>
>> +- #size-cells: <0>
>> +
>> +Children nodes represent the available NAND chips.
>> +See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt for generic bindings.
>> +
>> +Example:
>> +
>> +	nand: nand at 2c000 {
>> +		compatible = "sigma,smp8758-nand";
>> +		reg = <0x2c000 0x30 0x2d000 0x800 0x20000 0x1000>;
> 
> It would be nicer to write this as
> 
> 	reg = <0x2c000 0x30>, <0x2d000 0x800>, <0x20000 0x1000>;
> 
> which is identical in binary format.

This is indeed a marked improvement. Boris, if I fix these two nits,
can I submit a single patch, or do you want them split?

Regards.




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