Re: [RFC v2 PATCH 11/14] Documentation: Add st_magn binding documentation

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On 10/01/2013 11:29 AM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On 09/27/13 17:32, Lukasz Czerwinski wrote:
>> This patch adds the document for STMicroeletronics Magnetic Sensors driver under
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Czerwinski <l.czerwinski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
> 
> So right now we have two different approaches to documenting these bindings.  Lee
> proposed doing it on a per device name, here you are proposing a single file
> per type.
> 
> What is the prefered approach?
> 
> Lee/Lukasz why would you two favour one way or the other?
> 
> Device tree maintainers, which is preferred?

If the only difference is compatible string, then I think one doc is
fine and preferred by me.

Rob

> 
> Do we assume that any sane person looking up bindings will deploy
> grep to find where they are documented, or does it want to more
> or less be named after the part (in which case we'll get a lot
> of repetition).
> 
> Also, the question of whether _'s are acceptable in names
> to avoid breaking existing ABI for i2c devices is still open?
> I'm assuming that given the current situation and the fact
> that the word 'prefered' was used, we are better sticking
> with _'s? (that doesn't actually effect this patch, but does
> on the next two in this series and I'm being lazy).
> 
> 
>>  .../bindings/iio/magnetometer/st_magnometer.txt    |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/magnetometer/st_magnometer.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/magnetometer/st_magnometer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/magnetometer/st_magnometer.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..fb4f473
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/magnetometer/st_magnometer.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
>> +STMicroelectronics Magnetic Sensors
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +
>> +  - compatible : value should be one of the following:
>> +	(a) "st,lsm303dlhc" for magnetometer in LSM330DLHC
>> +	(b) "st,lsm303dlm" for magnetometer in LIS3DH
>> +	(c) "st,lis3mdl" for magnetometer in LSM330
>> +
>> +  - reg : the I2C address of the magnetometer
>> +
>> +Optional properties:
>> +
>> +  - st,drdy-int-pin : redirect DRDY on pin INT1 (1) or pin INT2 (2) (u8)
>> +
>> +  - interrupts : Interrupt numbers for the ST accelerometers, as an array
>> +	in case the magnetometer have more interrupt lines:
>> +	<DataReady irq>,
>> +	<Event irq>;
>> +
>> +  - interrupt-names : Array of strings associated with the interrupt numbers
>> +
>> +Example:
>> +
>> +lis3mdl@1c {
>> +	compatible = "st,lis3mdl";
>> +	reg = <0x1C>;
>> +
>> +	st,drdy-int-pin = /bits/ 8 <1>;
>> +	interrupt-parent = <&gpf0>;
>> +	interrupts = <5 0>, <6 0>;
>> +	interrupt-names = "drdy-int", "event-int";
>> +};
>>

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