Re: [PATCH 2/8 v2] Documentation: bindings: k3dma: Add binding for dma-avail-chan

Manivannan Sadhasivam
2019-01-05T04:00:30Z

Hi John,

On Fri, Jan 04, 2019 at 12:56:22PM -0800, John Stultz wrote:
> Some dma channels can be reserved for secure mode or other
> hardware on the SoC, so provide a binding for a bitmask
> listing the available channels for the kernel to use.
>
> Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Tanglei Han <hantanglei@huawei.com>
> Cc: Zhuangluan Su <suzhuangluan@hisilicon.com>
> Cc: Ryan Grachek <ryan@edited.us>
> Cc: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
> Cc: dmaengine@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/k3dma.txt | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/k3dma.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/k3dma.txt
> index 10a2f15..1c466c1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/k3dma.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/k3dma.txt
> @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Required properties:
> have specific request line
> - clocks: clock required
>
> +Optional properties:
> +- dma-avail-chan: Bitmask of available physical channels
> +

This property looks too generic. Since this is specific to HiSi SoCs,
this could be "hisi-dma-avail-chan"?

Thanks,
Mani

> Example:
>
> Controller:
> --
> 2.7.4
>