On 18:36-20230530, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 07:10:44AM -0500, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> > On 16:36-20230524, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> > > +/* Verdin I2C_2_DSI */
> > > +&main_i2c2 {
> > > + status = "okay";
> >
> > Here and few other dtsis:
> > you should set status along with pinmux.
> This is already done in the SoM dtsi, same applies to the other comment
> you have on this pinmux topic.
>
> To rephrase what's hopefully is already written in the commit
> message/series description, or at least it was in my intention.
>
> The system is modular, with multiple SoM variant and multiple carrier
> boards. Standard interfaces are defined at the family level, e.g.
> already in the SoM, in the carrier board DT file peripherals are just
> enabled, the pinmux is already defined in the common som.dtsi [1][2][3]
> files and the carrier board just use those unless there is some kind of
> non-standard deviation.
>
> This prevents duplication and simplify writing device tree file for board
> that use standard Verdin family interfaces. This should be visible
> looking at this series in which 3 different boards (Dev, Yavia and
> Dahlia) are added.
It helps clarity if the node is marked "okay" when all the necessary
properties required for operation (in this case pinmux) is enabled. I
don't see a big change as a result. Just stops people from hunting for
where pinmux is actually done.
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Nishanth Menon
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