Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] ARM: dts: add dts files for hi3519-demb board

[Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>]

On Friday 04 December 2015 10:27:58 xuejiancheng wrote:
> > 
> >> +            sysctrl: system-controller@12020000 {
> >> +                    compatible = "hisilicon,sysctrl";
> >> +                    reg = <0x12020000 0x1000>;
> >> +                    reboot-offset = <0x4>;
> >> +            };
> > 
> > Is this one identical to the one in hip04?
> > 
> > If not, pick a new unique compatible string
> 
> Yes. It's compatible with the one in hip04.

Ok, we should add a compatible string for that then, as the hip04 apparently
has a slightly different layout from hip01.

Can you add a separate patch to clarify the existing hisilicon,sysctrl nodes?

It look like hi3620 accidentally uses the same string as hip04 already
but is actually a bit different.

Maybe split out the sysctrl binding from
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/hisilicon/hisilicon.txt, as it has
you already have a couple of those, and it's not clear how they relate
to one another.

If we introduce a string for all hip04 compatible sysctrl devices, we should
document that and use it consistently, so hi3519 becomes

	compatible = "hisilicon,hi3519-sysctrl", "hisilicon,hip04-sysctrl", "hisilicon,sysctrl";

but I'd clarify in the binding documentation that "hisilicon,sysctrl" should
only be used for hip04 and hi3519 but not the others.

As this seems to be a standard part, we can also think about making a
high-level driver for in in drivers/soc rather than relying on the syscon
driver which we tend to use more for one-off devices with random register
layouts.

> >> +
> >> +            crg: crg@12010000 {
> >> +                    compatible = "hisilicon,hi3519-crg";
> > 
> > 
> > what is a "crg"? Is there a standard name for these?
> 
> The "crg" means Clock and Reset Generator. It's a block which supplies clock
> and reset signals for other modules in the chip. I used "hi3519-clock"
> in last version patch. Rob Herring suggested that it's better to use "hi3519-crg"
> as the compatible string if it's a whole block.
> 
> what about writing like this？
> 
> crg: clock-reset-controller@12010000 {
>         compatible = "hisilicon,hi3519-crg";
>         }
> 

Ok, that's better.

	Arnd