Re: [PATCH v4 03/12] dt-bindings: mtd: brcmnand: Add ecc strap property

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>]

Hi,

conor@kernel.org wrote on Sat, 3 Feb 2024 14:49:50 +0000:

> On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 04:28:24PM -0800, William Zhang wrote:
> > Add brcm,nand-ecc-use-strap to get ecc and spare area size settings from
> > board boot strap for broadband board designs because they do not specify
> > ecc setting in dts but rather using the strap setting.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: William Zhang <william.zhang@broadcom.com>
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > Changes in v4:
> > - Move ecc strap property to this separate patch and remove some
> > non-binding related text from the description
> > 
> > Changes in v3: None
> > Changes in v2: None
> > 
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/brcm,brcmnand.yaml | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/brcm,brcmnand.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/brcm,brcmnand.yaml
> > index d0168d55c73e..2599d902ec3a 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/brcm,brcmnand.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/brcm,brcmnand.yaml
> > @@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ patternProperties:
> >            layout.
> >          $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> >  
> > +      brcm,nand-ecc-use-strap:
> > +        description:
> > +          This flag indicates the ecc strength and spare area size should
> > +          be retrieved from the SoC NAND boot strap setting instead of
> > +          nand-ecc-strength and brcm,nand-oob-sector-size or auto detection.  
> 
> I'm still on the fence about this being overly prescriptive about the
> operating systems behaviour. I think it would be good to say why the
> strap values are better than those explicitly provided in DT rather than
> just saying "these strap values should be used".

I don't know if there is a point is saying why they would be better, as
they are not. It is a -questionable- design choice. However I would
just get rid of any mention to other properties. Just say one should
expect the strap value to be read and applied by the system when this
property is present.

> > +          This is commonly used by the BCMBCA SoC board design.
> > +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> > +
> >      unevaluatedProperties: false
> >  
> >  allOf:
> > -- 
> > 2.37.3
> >   


Thanks,
Miquèl