From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kishon Vijay Abraham I Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 14/24] dt-bindings: mfd: syscon: Add documentation for #syscon-cells property Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 13:55:36 +0530 Message-ID: <19ba5ea6-b12b-5b0f-dbbe-6bdba03120ac@ti.com> References: <20170327094520.3129-1-kishon@ti.com> <20170327094520.3129-15-kishon@ti.com> <20170331185852.mxa4gvjxbuxl65dq@rob-hp-laptop> <20170331190627.nucviejokdklgtk7@rob-hp-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170331190627.nucviejokdklgtk7@rob-hp-laptop> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Rob Herring Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , Joao Pinto , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, hch@infradead.org, nsekhar@ti.com List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Hi Rob, On Saturday 01 April 2017 12:36 AM, Rob Herring wrote: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 01:58:52PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 03:15:10PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: >>> Add documentation for the optional #syscon-cells property to determine >>> the number of cells that should be given in the phandle while >>> referencing the syscon-node. >>> >>> Suggested-by: Rob Herring >> >> I did? When? >> >> I'm not remembering why we need this. Generally, phandles to a syscon >> are for a single defined purpose. When do we need a list of them? > > Ah, I remember now the context. I suggested using standard parsing > function rather than open coding. I wasn't suggesting changing the > binding. Instead of of_parse_phandle_with_args, can't > of_parse_phandle_with_fixed_args work? yes, it can be used. Will change it my next revision. Thanks Kishon