Re: [PATCH 3/5] dt-bindings: nvmem: allow referencing device defined cells by names

["Rafał Miłecki" <rafal@milecki.pl>]

On 4.01.2022 21:50, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> On 4.01.2022 21:16, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 10:58:56PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>>> On 23.12.2021 22:18, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 7:08 AM Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not every NVMEM has predefined cells at hardcoded addresses. Some
>>>>> devices store cells in internal structs and custom formats. Referencing
>>>>> such cells is still required to let other bindings use them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Modify binding to require "reg" xor "label". The later one can be used
>>>>> to match "dynamic" NVMEM cells by their names.
>>>>
>>>> 'label' is supposed to correspond to a sticker on a port or something
>>>> human identifiable. It generally should be something optional to
>>>> making the OS functional. Yes, there are already some abuses of that,
>>>> but this case is too far for me.
>>>
>>> Good to learn that!
>>>
>>> "name" is special & not allowed I think.
>>
>> It's the node name essentially. Why is using node names not sufficient?
>> Do you have some specific examples?
> 
> I tried to explain in
> [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: nvmem: add "label" property to allow more flexible cells names
> that some vendors come with fancy names that can't fit node names.
> 
> Broadcom's NVRAM examples:
> 0:macaddr
> 1:macaddr
> 2:macaddr
> 0:ccode
> 1:ccode
> 2:ccode
> 0:regrev

In other words I'd like to have something like:

nvram@1eff0000 {
	compatible = "brcm,nvram";
	reg = <0x1eff0000 0x10000>;

	mac: cell-0 {
		label = "1:macaddr";
	};
};

ethernet@1000 {
	compatible = "brcm,ethernet";
	reg = <0x1000 0x1000>;
	nvmem-cells = <&mac>;
	nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
};