On Fri 22 Apr 09:22 PDT 2016, Rob Herring wrote: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Bjorn Andersson > <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > The document defines the binding for a component that loads firmware for > > and boots the Qualcomm WCNSS core. > > > > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > > > Rob, > > > > I got your Ack on v2, but I would like to make a small amendment before merging > > this. > > > > > > As we discussed related to the WiFi binding I should reference the mmio > > registers by a phandle to a DT node specifying the two necessary register > > blocks (ccu & dxe). > > > > These two register blocks are part of the riva/pronto (the two major versions) > > subsystem, that also contains the "pmu" register block, which is what I access > > here. > > > > Further more, the ccu block contains valuable information for debugging > > purposes that the implementation of this binding would find useful. > > > > > > I would therefor like to double this node (in the dts) as both the > > riva/pronto-pil and the target for the mmio phandle reference from the WiFi > > node. > > > > This works fine, but unless using reg-names for defining the order or the regs > > I get a messy ordering dependency between the two bindings. I do not know which > > of the other 7-8 register blocks we will add for debugging, but with the below > > change I can keep them in block order regardless of the order we implement them > > in. > > You should know based on the compatible string what the number and > order of register ranges are. reg is not something we want evolving > over time. > At best I can make an educated guess based on some downstream debug code on what regs we do have. But I've already found two of the ranges being incorrect. > > So, can I update the "reg" and add "reg-names" as below to the binding and > > depend on reg-names for the ordering of reg? Or should I speculatively add all > > ranges I know of to keep the order sane? > > I'm okay with using this for convenience of the client not having to > care which compatible the block is, but the above should still be met. > Okay, I will throw in the 3 I know for now, saying those are required. And then we add the debug regions as optionals after those, based on which ones we need. Hopefully I haven't missed any required regions... > Also, you could add a cell which is the index to the register range you need. > I'm afraid I feel that is just reimplementing reg-names, for the sake of not using reg-names. Thanks for your answer, I'll spin the two bindings and send them about again. Regards, Bjorn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
