Re: [PATCH] nokia n900: update dts with camera support

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On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:59:15PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:03:49AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/video-interfaces.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/video-interfaces.txt
> > > index 852041a..aade681 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/video-interfaces.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/video-interfaces.txt
> > > @@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ Optional endpoint properties
> > >    as 0 (normal). This property is valid for serial busses only.
> > >  - strobe: Whether the clock signal is used as clock (0) or strobe (1). Used
> > >    with CCP2, for instance.
> > > +- clock-inv: polarity of clock/strobe signal. 0 - not inverted, 1 - inverted
> > > +- crc: crc is in use
> > 
> > booleans in DT are not done with <0> and <1>, but as properties without
> > values. True = property exists, False = property does not exist.

Now that you mention it, I remember that now.

> 
> Well, strobe property above already uses = <0>/<1> format, as do
> others.
> 
> Problem with "false = property does not exist" is that you don't know
> if it is "someone forgot to define it" or "someone made a typo" or
> "dts is too old to know about this property" or "the property indeed
> should be false"...

As this is an established practice, I think we should follow it for bool
properties.

We could change the existing ones, too, and leave some extra checks in
place to handle old dtbs.

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@xxxxxx
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