Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] dt-bindings: crypto: Add Texas Instruments MCRC64

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>]

On 27/05/2024 10:25, Kamlesh Gurudasani wrote:
> Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org> writes:
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 04:34:33PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 12:58:50AM +0530, Kamlesh Gurudasani wrote:
>>>> Add binding for Texas Instruments MCRC64
>>>>
>>>> MCRC64 engine calculates 64-bit cyclic redundancy checks (CRC)
>>>> according to the ISO 3309 standard.
>>>>
>>>> The ISO 3309 64-bit CRC model parameters are as follows:
>>>>     Generator Polynomial: x^64 + x^4 + x^3 + x + 1
>>>>     Polynomial Value: 0x000000000000001B
>>>>     Initial value: 0x0000000000000000
>>>>     Reflected Input: False
>>>>     Reflected Output: False
>>>>     Xor Final: 0x0000000000000000
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kamlesh Gurudasani <kamlesh@ti.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/ti,mcrc64.yaml | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  MAINTAINERS                                             |  5 +++++
>>>>  2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/ti,mcrc64.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/ti,mcrc64.yaml
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 000000000000..38bc7efebd68
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/ti,mcrc64.yaml
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
>>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>>>> +%YAML 1.2
>>>> +---
>>>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/crypto/ti,mcrc64.yaml#
>>>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>>>> +
>>>> +title: Texas Instruments MCRC64
>>>> +
>>>> +description: The MCRC64 engine calculates 64-bit cyclic redundancy checks
>>>
>>> A newline after "description" please.
>>>
>>>> +  (CRC) according to the ISO 3309 standard.
>>>> +
>>>> +maintainers:
>>>> +  - Kamlesh Gurudasani <kamlesh@ti.com>
>>>> +
>>>> +properties:
>>>> +  compatible:
>>>> +    const: ti,am62-mcrc64
>>>
>>> Is the am62 an SoC or a family of SoCs? I googled a wee bit for am62 &
>>> there seems to be an am625 and an am623?
>>
>> Or is it an am62p5, in which case the compatible should contain
>> ti,am62p5 I suppose. Sorry for my confusion here, its not really clear
>> me too since I've been seeing many different-but-similar product names
>> the last few days.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Conor.
>>
> Hi Conor,
> 
> Thanks for the review.
> 
> am62 is family of SOCs.
> 
> All devices under this family, like am623/5/p5 and etc, have MCRC64.
> 
> I have kept the naming convention similar to SA2UL/SA3UL[0].
> 
> [0] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/ti,sa2ul.yaml#L18

Usual answer is: no families. There are exceptions, though, so is this
case on the exception list?

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc1/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-bindings.rst#L42

P.S. Your email client added some weird subject prefix - please fix it.



Best regards,
Krzysztof