Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dts: fsl-usb: Document USB node compatible string for IP version

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On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 00:05 -0500, Mehresh Ramneek-B31383 wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Badola Nikhil-B46172 
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 10:18 AM
> To: Wood Scott-B07421
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Mehresh Ramneek-B31383
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] Documentation: dts: fsl-usb: Document USB node compatible string for IP version
> 
> Adding Ramneek
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wood Scott-B07421
> > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 3:53 AM
> > To: Badola Nikhil-B46172
> > Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dts: fsl-usb: Document USB node 
> > compatible string for IP version
> > 
> > On Thu, 2014-08-21 at 14:48 +0530, Nikhil Badola wrote:
> > > Document compatible string containing IP version in USB device tree 
> > > node
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Nikhil Badola <nikhil.badola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fsl-usb.txt | 13 
> > > ++++++++-----
> > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Please CC devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on all device tree patches (in 
> > addition to linuxppc-dev).
> > 
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fsl-usb.txt
> > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fsl-usb.txt
> > > index 4779c02..5a3a0a8 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fsl-usb.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/fsl-usb.txt
> > > @@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ Required properties :
> > >     controllers, or "fsl-usb2-dr" for dual role USB controllers
> > >     or "fsl,mpc5121-usb2-dr" for dual role USB controllers of MPC5121.
> > >     Wherever applicable, the IP version of the USB controller should
> > > -   also be mentioned (for eg. fsl-usb2-dr-v2.2 for bsc9132).
> > > +   also be mentioned in another string.
> > > +   For multi port host USB controller with IP version <IP_Ver>, it should be
> > > +   "fsl-usb2-mph-<IP_Ver>". For dual role USB controller with IP version
> > > +   <IP_Ver>, it should be "fsl-usb2-dr-<IP_Ver>".
> > 
> > It was documented before -- this is just making it more explicit, right?
> > 
> > FWIW, the version number can be read out of a USB register, so I'd 
> > rather remove the suggestion to specify the version number and replace 
> > it with a reference to the ID register.
> we have following two issues -
> (a) our USBIP version register doesn't have consistent "version field size" over 
> multiple version(s). This is why we couldn't use it for reading version info across
> various IP versions
> (b) this register is not exposed in all SoC RMs (probably because of above reason)

:-(

If this is just a problem with older chips, we could have a new
compatible name that designates the family of USB block versions with a
sane version register.

> > > @@ -55,9 +58,9 @@ Example multi port host USB controller device node :
> > >  		port1;
> > >  	};
> > >
> > > -Example dual role USB controller device node :
> > > +Example dual role USB controller version 2.5 device node :
> > >  	usb@23000 {
> > > -		compatible = "fsl-usb2-dr";
> > > +		compatible = "fsl-usb2-dr-v2.5", "fsl-usb2-dr";
> > >  		reg = <23000 1000>;
> > >  		#address-cells = <1>;
> > >  		#size-cells = <0>;
> > 
> > This example doesn't correspond to any device tree I see.  Even after 
> > your next patch that sets t2080's USB to v2.5, the addresses are different.
> > 
> I reckon that the example emphasizes on showing how IP version information is
> to be stored in "compatible string". Is it necessary to make sure that we should 
> always site actual values already used?

The more realistic the examples are, the better.

-Scott


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