On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:20:35PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:05:23 +0200
> Jan Glauber <jglauber@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Add device tree binding description for Cavium SOC nand flash controller.
> >
> > CC: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> > CC: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber <jglauber@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/cavium_nand.txt | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/cavium_nand.txt
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/cavium_nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/cavium_nand.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..4698d1f
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/cavium_nand.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
> > +* Cavium NAND controller
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +
> > +- compatible: should be "cavium,cn8xxx-nand"
> > +- reg: PCI devfn
> > +- clocks: must contain system clock
> > +- #address-cells: <1>
> > +- #size-cells: <0>
> > +
> > +The nand flash controller may contain up to 8 subnodes representing
> > +NAND flash chips. Their properties are as follows.
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +- compatible: should be "cavium,nandcs"
>
> Why do you need a compatible here? All sub-nodes should be representing
> NAND devices connected to the NAND controller. If you need an extra
> subnode to represent something that is not a NAND device, then it should
> not have a reg property, so testing if reg is present to detect if the
> subnode is reprensenting a NAND device should be enough.
>
> Am I missing something?
Hi Boris,
You're right. We don't need or check this compatible. The chip type
which would make more sense than what I used above is detected via ONFI,
so I can just remove the compatible string.
> > +- reg: a single integer representing the chip-select number
> > +- nand-ecc-mode: see nand.txt
> > +
> > +Example:
> > +
> > +nfc: nand@b,0 {
>
> ^ nand-controller@xxx
OK.
> > + compatible = "cavium,cn8xxx-nand";
> > + reg = <0x5800 0 0 0 0>;
> > + clocks = <&sclk>;
> > + #address-cells = <1>;
> > + #size-cells = <0>;
> > +
> > + nand@1 {
> > + compatible = "cavium,nandcs";
> > + reg = <1>;
> > + nand-ecc-mode = "on-die";
> > +};
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