Re: [RFC v1] dt-bindings: add IP versioning document for Microchip FPGAs

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On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 09:59:43AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 05:00:40PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > This is a pretty rough document I conjured up in 5 minutes, to document
> > my expectations for compatible strings for both our FPGA IP blocks and
> > reference designs that we ship, a la the one that exists for SiFive IPs.
> > There's been some internal conversations lately about this naming etc,
> > so good to have something written down.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > cc: cyril.jean@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: valentina.fernandezalanis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: nitin.deshpande@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> >  .../bindings/microchip/ip-versioning.txt      | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/microchip/ip-versioning.txt
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/microchip/ip-versioning.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/microchip/ip-versioning.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..4a4e0e74c4e6
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/microchip/ip-versioning.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
> > +Devicetree compatible string versioning for Microchip FPGA IP blocks and reference designs
> > +
> > +This document describes the versioning guidelines for compatible strings
> > +used on Microchip FPGA IP blocks and reference designs.
> > +
> > +IP block-specific compatible strings are in the form:
> > +"microchip,<ip-block-name>-rtl-v<major version number>"
> > +or optionally:
> > +"microchip,<ip-block-name>-rtl-v<major version number>.<minor version number>"
> > +
> > +<ip-block-name> should be the name of the IP in Libero's IP catalog.
> > +In most cases a major version should be sufficient, as breaking changes are
> > +intended to be accompanied by a version update, but if not, the optional minor
> > +version should be used,
> 
> Please cover where do version numbers come from?

From the IP itself, it's either listed in the catalog entry or in the
information for the instance. I'll have to double check exactly where it
can be found, but that is the source.

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