Re: [PATCH v6 31/36] dt-bindings: nds32 CPU Bindings

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2018-01-19 22:52 GMT+08:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 3:32 PM, Greentime Hu <green.hu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 2018-01-18 19:02 GMT+08:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>:
>>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:53 AM, Greentime Hu <green.hu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> From: Greentime Hu <greentime@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> This patch adds nds32 CPU binding documents.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Vincent Chen <vincentc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Rick Chen <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Zong Li <zong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Greentime Hu <greentime@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nds32/cpus.txt |   37 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
>>>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nds32/cpus.txt
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nds32/cpus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nds32/cpus.txt
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..9a52937
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nds32/cpus.txt
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
>>>> +* Andestech Processor Binding
>>>> +
>>>> +This binding specifies what properties must be available in the device tree
>>>> +representation of a Andestech Processor Core, which is the root node in the
>>>> +tree.
>>>> +
>>>> +Required properties:
>>>> +
>>>> +       - compatible:
>>>> +               Usage: required
>>>> +               Value type: <string>
>>>> +               Definition: should be one of:
>>>> +                       "andestech,n13"
>>>> +                       "andestech,n15"
>>>> +                       "andestech,d15"
>>>> +                       "andestech,n10"
>>>> +                       "andestech,d10"
>>>> +                       "andestech,nds32v3"
>>>
>>> Based on https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/27/1290, this should say that
>>> the device tree should always list 'andestech,nds32v3' as the most
>>> generic 'compatible' value and list exactly one of the others in
>>> addition.
>
>> I will remove the others and just left "andestech,nds32v3" in here.
>
> No, is not what we want here, the CPU node should list exactly which core
> is used, what we need in the description is a clarification that
> andestech,nds32v3 must be used in addition to the more specific
> string.

Hi, Arnd:

Sorry I still don't get your point. Do you mean we should always use
compatible = "andestech,n13", "andestech,nds32v3";
instead of
compatible = "andestech,n13";

And I need to add the description in this document.



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