From: David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>
To: Rob Herring <robherring2-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Peter Griffin
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Subject: Re: st_fdma: Firmware filename in DT?
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 12:57:01 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150908025701.GA24774@voom.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL_JsqKQqbAQCPR6xuR2Ke5gEdX4kQYb29-W3qNaZqjM_JBoYg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
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On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 04:45:35PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> +devicetree-spec as a good question to separate from the fire hose.
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Peter Griffin <peter.griffin-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Hi Rob, Pawel, Mark, Ian and Kumar,
> >
> > Quick question regarding this series here
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/8/832. and the proposed
> > st,fw-name binding.
>
> Thanks for looking at the bigger picture.
>
> > What are the rules with putting firmware names into DT?
>
> Whatever you can sneak in without DT maintainers noticing...
>
> > Is it allowed?
>
> They are already there as you have found, so yes. But should they be
> allowed? Possibly. I'm not saying no, but do have some concerns.
I think this is a genuine edge case. A firmware name isn't strictly
speaking hardware description, but if the names exist in some "well
known" OS independent namespace, then it's a reasonable thing to be
specified in the device tree.
That said, I have some concerns on points, see later replies to the thread.
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2015-09-03 21:45 ` st_fdma: Firmware filename in DT? Rob Herring
[not found] ` <CAL_JsqKQqbAQCPR6xuR2Ke5gEdX4kQYb29-W3qNaZqjM_JBoYg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-04 6:59 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-04 9:20 ` Peter Griffin
2015-09-04 10:21 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-04 13:04 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <201509041504.38412.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-04 13:26 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-04 13:44 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <CAL_Jsq+XpBV+BMMq1gYnvKtv6O5mjqVw6zsP4G-4Za3cQm9PzQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-04 13:54 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-04 14:36 ` Warner Losh
2015-09-05 9:17 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <201509051117.59751.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-08 3:14 ` David Gibson
2015-09-04 14:30 ` Warner Losh
[not found] ` <C93CEE95-AF30-4B2D-BD96-66733B282414-uzTCJ5RojNnQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-05 8:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <CANCZdfrLbbN_nGJ8WLsBHHGuM3SxGgiLgjkZ+YG4zP4BBA68YQ@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <CANCZdfrLbbN_nGJ8WLsBHHGuM3SxGgiLgjkZ+YG4zP4BBA68YQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-07 12:41 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-04 14:27 ` Warner Losh
[not found] ` <5E0DCAA5-DB90-4682-92F2-061A07FE973E-uzTCJ5RojNnQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-04 19:04 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <CAL_Jsq+bw1TcXt0c8L4BSvwWK82L2cG-qdw369EkvxWe-5RXbQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-05 9:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
[not found] ` <201509051125.43527.arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-07 10:30 ` Daniel Thompson
[not found] ` <55ED6733.7050807-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-07 12:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-07 14:36 ` Daniel Thompson
[not found] ` <55EDA0EB.1040501-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-07 15:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-10 14:18 ` Peter Griffin
2015-09-11 9:17 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-11 9:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-09-11 9:39 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-11 9:46 ` Peter Griffin
2015-09-11 10:25 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-11 12:31 ` Peter Griffin
2015-09-04 16:19 ` Daniel Thompson
2015-09-04 8:46 ` Peter Griffin
2015-09-08 2:57 ` David Gibson [this message]
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