Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: fsi: Add optional property no-scan-on-init

[Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>]

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 4:37 PM, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 04:21:15PM +1030, Joel Stanley wrote:
>> From: Christopher Bostic <cbostic@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> Add an optional FSI master property 'no-scan-on-init.  This
>> can be specified to indicate that a master should not be
>> automatically scanned at init time.  This is required in cases
>> where a scan could interfere with another FSI master on the same
>> bus.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christopher Bostic <cbostic@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Acked-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fsi/fsi.txt | 7 +++++++
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fsi/fsi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fsi/fsi.txt
>> index 4eaf488d4015..ab516c673a4b 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fsi/fsi.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fsi/fsi.txt
>> @@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ addresses (link index and slave ID), and no size:
>>      #address-cells = <2>;
>>      #size-cells = <0>;
>>
>> +An optional boolean property can be added to indicate that a particular master
>> +should not scan for connected devices at initialization time.  This is
>> +necessary in cases where a scan could cause arbitration issues with other
>> +masters that may be present on the bus.
>> +
>> +    no-scan-on-init;
>> +
>
> The formatting here is a bit strange compared to most bindings, but no
> point in reformatting the document to add one property.

I'll keep that in mind next time we're working in this area.

Thanks Rob.

>
> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
>
> Rob