[PATCH v2 06/17] dt-bindings: rng: add bindings for microchip mpfs rng
Krzysztof Kozlowski
krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com
Fri Dec 17 07:47:36 PST 2021
On 17/12/2021 16:22, Conor.Dooley at microchip.com wrote:
> On 17/12/2021 15:07, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
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>> On 17/12/2021 15:53, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 17/12/2021 10:33, conor.dooley at microchip.com wrote:
>>>> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
>>>>
>>>> Add device tree bindings for the hardware rng device accessed via
>>>> the system services on the Microchip PolarFire SoC.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> .../bindings/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
>>>> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 000000000000..32cbc37c9292
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
>>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>>>> +%YAML 1.2
>>>> +---
>>>> +$id: "http://devicetree.org/schemas/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml#"
>>>> +$schema: "http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#"
>>>> +
>>>> +title: Microchip MPFS random number generator
>>>> +
>>>> +maintainers:
>>>> + - Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
>>>> +
>>>> +description: |
>>>> + The hardware random number generator on the Polarfire SoC is
>>>> + accessed via the mailbox interface provided by the system controller
>>>> +
>>>> +properties:
>>>> + compatible:
>>>> + const: microchip,mpfs-rng
>>>> +
>>>> +required:
>>>> + - compatible
>>>> +
>>>> +additionalProperties: false
>>>> +
>>>> +examples:
>>>> + - |
>>>> + hwrandom: hwrandom {
>>>
>>> Three topics:
>>> 1. Node name (as most of others are using): rng
>>> 2. skip the label, not helping in example.
>>> 3. This looks very simple, so I wonder if the bindings are complete. No
>>> IO space/address... How is it going to be instantiated?
>>>
>>
>> OK, now I saw the usage in DTS. I have doubts this makes sense as
>> separate bindings. It looks like integrated part of syscontroller, so
>> maybe make it part of that binding? Or at least add ref to syscontroller
>> bindings that such child is expected.
> Acking the rest of this, re: adding the ref: is what is being done in
> patch 03/17 insufficient?
Ops, I missed the 03/17. Yeah, it looks it is sufficient and in such
case I think you do not need this patch. The compatible is documented in
03/17. The same for sysserv.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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