On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 23-06-15, 08:06, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > [Adding Rob]
> >
> > Rob is not the only DT Maintainer, there are many of them. The DT
> > list was CC'ed, which they are all part of. Adding them all
> > separately is not required IMO.
>
> I didn't Cc him because you missed him, but because we have been
> discussing opp-v2 bindings recently and this was somehow related to
> that. :)
Okay, fair point.
> > > On 22-06-15, 16:43, Lee Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > At least some description was required here on why you need additional
> > > bindings are what are they.
> >
> > Sure, I can do that.
> >
> > > Over that, this patch should have been present before any other
> > > patches using these bindings.
> >
> > I've never heard that one before, but it's easy to re-order the set.
>
> I don't know, but it seems obvious to me: Bindings first and then the
> code.
Do you always write your documentation before implementing a
feature?
Surely it goes;
Requirements Gathering
Plan and Prepare
Implement
Test
Document
Deliver
;)
... but as I say, I can re-order if required. It's really not a problem.
> > > > +Required properties:
> > > > +-------------------
> > > > +- compatible : Supported values are:
> > > > + "st,stih407-cpufreq"
> > >
> > > Nodes for virtual devices aren't allowed in DT.
> >
> > Then why do Exynos, Spear, HREF and Snowball have CPUFreq nodes?
> >
> > One rule for one ... ?
>
> Not really, but I got a bit confused now with your reply.
>
> So, what I meant when I wrote: "Nodes for virtual devices aren't
> allowed in DT", was that we aren't supposed to do something like:
>
> cpufreq {
> ...
> }
>
> in DT as cpufreq isn't a device here. A CPU is a device and that can
> contain whatever property we feel is reasonable.
>
> What SPEAr and Exyons did was putting something in the cpu-node. Not a
> node for cpufreq device itself. Couldn't find HREF and snowball's
> bindings though..
That's not what it looks like to me:
git grep -C20 "compatible.*cpufreq" -- arch
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