Re: [PATCH v10 2/6] dt-bindings: gpio: logicvc: Add a compatible with major version only

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 2022-01-30 00:46, Linus Walleij wrote:
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 4:00 PM Paul Kocialkowski
<paul.kocialkowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There are lots of different versions of the logicvc block and it
makes little sense to list them all in compatibles since all versions
with the same major are found to be register-compatible.

The reason we try to be precise is because sometime, long after the driver
has been merged and maintained for a few years, a bug is discovered
in a specific version of the silicon.

What happens is that a fix is applied on all silicon whether it is needed
or not.

If you have the precise silicon compatible, you can avoid this and target
only a specific version.

Indeed, the better approach would be something like:

  compatible:
    oneOf:
      - items:
          - enum:
              - foo,bar-v1.0
              - foo,bar,v1.1
          - const: foo,bar-v1
      - items:
          - enum:
              - foo,bar-v2.0
          - const: foo,bar-v2

That way the DTs are future-proof, while drivers can still match on only the less-specific strings until a need arises. Plus it avoids the problem that if an existing OS that only understands "foo,bar-v1.0" is given a new DT with only "foo,bar-v1" for v1.0 hardware it won't be able to use the device, even though it's *functionally* capable of doing so.

However, from skimming patch #5, it looks possible that none of these changes are needed at all. If LOGICVC_IP_VERSION_REG tells you the exact revision, and is always present (as the unconditional reading of it implies), then the only reason for adding new compatibles would be if, say, v5 has more clocks from v4 and you want the binding to enforce that; otherwise, newer versions are literally compatible with the currently-defined binding and therefore should continue to bind against the existing string(s) to maximise forward- and backward-compatibility. Sure, it's not the prettiest thing for a "generic" compatible to be based on an oddly-specific version number that doesn't necessarily match the actual software-discoverable version, but what's done is done and that's the cost of ABI.

Cheers,
Robin.

(also, nitpick for that part of patch #5 since I'm here: please include linux/bitfield.h rather than reinventing FIELD_GET() locally)



[Index of Archives]     [Linux DRI Users]     [Linux Intel Graphics]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [XFree86]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [XFree86]
  Powered by Linux