From: Laurentiu Mihalcea <laurentiumihalcea111@gmail.com>
To: Francesco Dolcini <francesco@dolcini.it>
Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>,
Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>, Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>,
Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@oss.nxp.com>,
linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
imx@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: imx_rproc: document optional "memory-region-names"
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:27:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f9f9c026-716d-482c-953c-373333514846@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aik69L0xCW13TCZE@gaggiata.pivistrello.it>
On 6/10/2026 3:22 AM, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 02:10:37AM -0700, Laurentiu Mihalcea wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 6/10/2026 12:37 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 04:36:18AM -0700, Laurentiu Mihalcea wrote:
>>>> From: Laurentiu Mihalcea <laurentiu.mihalcea@nxp.com>
>>>>
>>>> The names of the carveout regions are derived using the names of the
>>>> reserved memory devicetree nodes, which are referenced using the
>>>> "memory-region" property. This adds a restriction on the names of said
>>>> devicetree nodes, often bearing specific names such as: "vdevbuffer",
>>>> "vdev0vring0", "rsc-table", etc... This goes against the devicetree
>>>> specification's recommendation, which states that the devicetree node
>>>> names should be generic.
>>>
>>> No, it does not. Names like rsc-table feels exactly like DT spec is
>>> asking - for a name matching purpose. Are you sure you read the spec?
>>
>> Quoting from the spec:
>>
>> "The name of a node should be somewhat generic, reflecting the function of the
>> device and not its precise programming model"
>>
>> and looking at the examples provided in "2.2.2 Generic Names Recommendation",
>> wouldn't "memory" be a more appropriate choice for the DT node name instead of
>> "rsc-table" since it's more generic, while still matching the purpose
>> of the device? Or perhaps I'm interpreting this the wrong way?
>
> Please see
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAL_JsqKRW-=er+DCTob0HmQv9OyVt7yiej-Yht6UR-mcW=LHUg@mail.gmail.com/
Thanks for the link, Francesco! Things are a bit clearer now. Based on this and the
comments I've received so far, I'll drop the binding and rproc driver-related changes
in V3.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-10 13:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-05 11:36 [PATCH v2 0/4] Add RPROC support for the MX95-15x15-FRDM board Laurentiu Mihalcea
2026-06-05 11:36 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: imx_rproc: document optional "memory-region-names" Laurentiu Mihalcea
2026-06-05 15:11 ` Frank Li
2026-06-09 16:40 ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-06-09 17:06 ` Frank Li
2026-06-09 17:33 ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-06-09 18:18 ` Frank Li
2026-06-10 7:39 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-06-10 14:29 ` Frank Li
2026-06-10 7:37 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-06-10 9:10 ` Laurentiu Mihalcea
2026-06-10 9:14 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-06-10 10:22 ` Francesco Dolcini
2026-06-10 13:27 ` Laurentiu Mihalcea [this message]
2026-06-05 11:36 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] remoteproc: imx_rpoc: fix carveout name parsing Laurentiu Mihalcea
2026-06-05 11:36 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] arm64: dts: freescale: imx95-15x15-frdm: remove some rmem regions Laurentiu Mihalcea
2026-06-05 11:36 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] arm64: dts: freescale: add DT overlay for MX95-15x15-FRDM RPMSG usage Laurentiu Mihalcea
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