Hi, >> +SATA host controller nodes are defined to describe on-chip Serial ATA >> +controllers. Each SATA controller (pair of ports) have its own node. >> + >> +Required properties: >> +- compatible : Shall be "apm,xgene-ahci" >> +- reg : First memory resource shall be the AHCI memory >> + resource. >> + Second memory resource shall be the host controller >> + memory resource. >> +- interrupt-parent : Interrupt controller >> +- interrupts : Interrupt mapping for SATA host controller IRQ >> +- clocks : Reference to the clock entry >> +- phys : PHY reference >> +- phy-names : Name of the PHY reference. The name should be >> + formed by "sataphy" plus lower case hex for the >> + lower 32-bit PHY CSR address (2nd memory resource) > > I've tried to explain this before, but apparently you missed the point: > > Any "*-names" property is supposed to be the identifier inside the device you > are describing, *not* an identifier for what it points to, as that already > has a name. The idea is that the driver can ask for phy (or clock, irq, > memory, etc) "foo" here, with foo identifying the functionality in the > device. If you only have one phy, you probably don't want to name it at > all. If you imagine a device that was connected to two different phys > depending on the mode it's used in (e.g. SATA-II vs SATA-6G), you would > list this as > > - phy-names : one name per references in the "phys" property. > valid names are "sata-ii" and "sata-6g". > > If the generic phy subsystem requires you to name this, I'd suggest either > changing the phy subsystem to make the name optional, or to just call it > "serdes", as that is the kind of phy you are connected to. > > Does this make more sense to you now? > [Loc Ho] Okay... Got it. I will name it as 'sata-6g' -Loc -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
