From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wsa@the-dreams.de (Wolfram Sang) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:22:58 +0200 Subject: [RESEND PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: i2c: Add Mediatek MT2701 i2c binding In-Reply-To: <1490694612.18582.11.camel@mhfsdcap03> References: <1489029185-21447-1-git-send-email-jun.gao@mediatek.com> <1489029185-21447-2-git-send-email-jun.gao@mediatek.com> <20170322090543.sxacnddn2o7stjnq@ninjato> <1490694612.18582.11.camel@mhfsdcap03> Message-ID: <20170328192258.GA4525@katana> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 05:50:12PM +0800, Jun Gao wrote: > On Wed, 2017-03-22 at 10:05 +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 11:13:04AM +0800, Jun Gao wrote: > > > From: Jun Gao > > > > > > Add MT2701 i2c binding to i2c-mt6577.txt and there is no need to > > > modify i2c driver. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jun Gao > > > > There is still the issue which Matthias Brugger pointed out on January, > > 24th: you need to describe the fallback compatibles. > > > > IMHO the value under compatible are just inputs which can be accepted. > It's little strange to add fallback information in binding. Some other > bindings do not describe so detailedly. > Is it OK to make binding as minimum standard? > If we describe it very detailedly, we will have to modify binding if > there are some changes for mt2701. My reading of the below is that I could simply use "mediatek,mt2701-i2c" as compatible and things will work. But it won't, we don't have that in the driver IIRC. So, we need a fallback for that to work. > Rob, could you give some suggestions? Thanks! Would be welcome, yes. I lost track what the preferred solution is. > > > > --- > > > .../devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-mt6577.txt | 11 ++++++----- > > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-mt6577.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-mt6577.txt > > > index 0ce6fa3..27dbbf9 100644 > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-mt6577.txt > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-mt6577.txt > > > @@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ The Mediatek's I2C controller is used to interface with I2C devices. > > > > > > Required properties: > > > - compatible: value should be either of the following. > > > - (a) "mediatek,mt6577-i2c", for i2c compatible with mt6577 i2c. > > > - (b) "mediatek,mt6589-i2c", for i2c compatible with mt6589 i2c. > > > - (c) "mediatek,mt8127-i2c", for i2c compatible with mt8127 i2c. > > > - (d) "mediatek,mt8135-i2c", for i2c compatible with mt8135 i2c. > > > - (e) "mediatek,mt8173-i2c", for i2c compatible with mt8173 i2c. > > > + "mediatek,mt2701-i2c" > > > + "mediatek,mt6577-i2c" > > > + "mediatek,mt6589-i2c" > > > + "mediatek,mt8127-i2c" > > > + "mediatek,mt8135-i2c" > > > + "mediatek,mt8173-i2c" > > > - reg: physical base address of the controller and dma base, length of memory > > > mapped region. > > > - interrupts: interrupt number to the cpu. > > > -- > > > 1.7.9.5 > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: not available URL: