[PATCH v7 06/10] ARM: dts: rockchip: Add Rockchip RV1126 SoC

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 23/11/2022 17:35, Jagan Teki wrote:

>>>>> +     aliases {
>>>>> +             i2c0 = &i2c0;
>>>>> +             serial0 = &uart0;
>>>>> +             serial1 = &uart1;
>>>>> +             serial2 = &uart2;
>>>>> +             serial3 = &uart3;
>>>>> +             serial4 = &uart4;
>>>>> +             serial5 = &uart5;
>>>>
>>>> These are not properties of a SoC but board. They depend on the
>>>> particular routing on the board... unless this SoC is an exception from
>>>> all others?
>>>
>>> Was this a new feature to follow, didn't see this before at least
>>> rockchip SoC's.
>>>
>>
>> It's not exactly new comment, but rather not always enforced/given.
> 
> It seems like i2c0 and serial aliases are required across SoC instead
> of the specific board. An example of which i2c0 connected via PMIC
> which indeed require aliases to get a probe, which is common across
> SoC.
> 
> [    1.778941] i2c_dev: i2c /dev entries driver
> [    1.780877] rk3x-i2c ff3f0000.i2c: rk3x-i2c needs i2cX alias
> [    1.781410] rk3x-i2c: probe of ff3f0000.i2c failed with error -22
> [    1.791312] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3

I2C driver indeed seems to require them, so then it's fine. That's not
the argument for serials though.

Best regards,
Krzysztof