[PATCH v3 1/3] dt-bindings: phy: qcom,qmp: Add PCIe qcom,refclk-always-on property
Konrad Dybcio
konrad.dybcio at linaro.org
Fri Dec 1 13:29:11 PST 2023
On 1.12.2023 14:25, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 01/12/2023 13:30, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
>>> What I said before:
>>> "Again, third time (once from Bjorn, once from Dmitry), rephrase
>>> property name and description to describe the hardware issue. I see
>>> description improved, but not the property name. Again in the end of
>>> description you say what Linux should do. Bindings do not describe Linux
>>> OS."
>>>
>>
>> You didn't answer my question:
>>
>> "I see a plenty of properties similar to this one instructing the OS to keep some
>> resource ON to workaround hardware issues. So they are all wrong?"
>
> They are not the best, but it all depends on the individual case.
>
>>
>> If you say they are wrong, why are they approved in the first place?
> Because we don't have time to keep digging what the driver is doing and
> what is claimed in DT. Some people don't even CC us on the driver.
Not sure if I asked this before, but can this not be set in the config
struct inside the driver?
Konrad
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