Hi, As per Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt, please put binding patches earlier in a series than the code using them. On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 04:37:50PM -0700, Tai Nguyen wrote: > Documentation: Add documentation for APM X-Gene SoC PMU DTS binding > > Signed-off-by: Tai Nguyen <ttnguyen@xxxxxxx> > --- > .../devicetree/bindings/perf/apm-xgene-pmu.txt | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 116 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/perf/apm-xgene-pmu.txt > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/perf/apm-xgene-pmu.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/perf/apm-xgene-pmu.txt > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..40dfd4e > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/perf/apm-xgene-pmu.txt > @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ > +* APM X-Gene SoC PMU bindings > + > +This is APM X-Gene SoC PMU (Performance Monitoring Unit) module. > +The following PMU devices are supported: > + > + L3C - L3 cache controller > + IOB - IO bridge > + MCB - Memory controller bridge > + MC - Memory controller These sound like separate units. How do these relate? Is there an SOC-wide PMU that aggregates counters, or are these actually independent? > + > +The following section describes the SoC PMU DT node binding. > + > +Required properties: > +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-pmu" for revision 1 or > + "apm,xgene-pmu-v2" for revision 2. That name is very general. Is there not a more specific name for the SOC PMU? > +Required properties for L3C subnode: > +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-pmu-l3c". > +- reg : First resource shall be the L3C PMU resource. > +- index : Instance number of the L3C PMU. > + > +Required properties for IOB subnode: > +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-pmu-iob". > +- reg : First resource shall be the IOB PMU resource. > +- index : Instance number of the IOB PMU. > + > +Required properties for MCB subnode: > +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-pmu-mcb". > +- reg : First resource shall be the MCB PMU resource. > +- index : Instance number of the MCB PMU. > + > +Required properties for MC subnode: > +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-pmu-mc". > +- reg : First resource shall be the MC PMU resource. > +- index : Instance number of the MC PMU. What's the index property useful for? Thanks, Mark. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html