Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] riscv: dts: starfive: Add StarFive JH7110 VisionFive 2 board device tree

Hal Feng
2023-02-16T12:28:34Z

On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 11:32:31 +0100, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 11:09, Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 09:50:37AM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
>> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 10:27:17AM +0100, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
>> > > On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 15:04, Hal Feng <hal.feng@starfivetech.com> wrote:
>> > > > On 2/14/2023 5:53 PM, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
>> > > > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 at 02:12, Hal Feng <hal.feng@starfivetech.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > > >> + model = "StarFive VisionFive 2 VB";
>> > > > >> + compatible = "starfive,visionfive-2-vb", "starfive,jh7110";
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Hi Hal,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I just want to double check, is "VisionFive 2 VA" / "visoinfive-2-va"
>> > > > > and "VisionFive 2 VB" / "visionfive-2-vb" really what you want? I
>> > > > > still think having these names match what is printed on the silkscreen
>> > > > > makes it a lot easier for everybody. Even your own releases calls the
>> > > > > boards "v1.2A" and "v1.3B":
>> > > > > https://github.com/starfive-tech/VisionFive2/releases/
>> > > > >
>> > > > > So I'd suggest
>> > > > > model = "StarFive VisionFive 2 v1.3B";
>> > > > > compatible = "starfive,visionfive-2-v1.3b", "starfive,jh7110";
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I haven't seen these "VA" and "VB" anywhere else, so if you don't want
>> > > > > the version numbers and can promise that there will be no incompatible
>> > > > > future revisions of the boards then maybe just drop the "V". Eg.
>> > > > > model = "StarFive VisionFive 2 B";
>> > > > > compatible = "starfive,visionfive-2-b", "starfive,jh7110";
>> > > >
>> > > > The version A board has reached the end of life. As far as I know, the
>> > > > version B board will not update also unless there are some important
>> > > > requirements and StarFive decides to update. Furthermore, it's too late
>> > > > to change the compatible as patch 1 was already accepted. Will it be
>> > > > easier to read if I modify it as below?
>> > > >
>> > > > model = "StarFive VisionFive 2 vB";
>> > > > compatible = "starfive,visionfive-2-vb", "starfive,jh7110";
>> > >
>> > > Oh, that's sad that the kernel will now end up calling the boards
>> > > something that's used nowhere else, even by StarFive :/
>> > > But yeah, I guess vA and vB are a little easier to read.
>> >
>> > Nothing has been released with that name so AFAIU we can change it
>> > still. If you sort it out today/tomorrow I'll try get it to Arnd before
>> > the merge window opens...
>> >
>> > I might've jumped the gun a bit here, I thought that it'd been changed
>> > to what you (Emil) had suggested.
>
> No, I'm sorry for being late here. The below definitely looks better to me.
>
> Hal, would you be fine with this change?

I'm fine with this. It will be more exact. Thanks.

Best regards,
Hal

>
>>
>> -- >8 --
>> From 4d44e8a83716d1caa314f25a95bd21ac8904909e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
>> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:58:22 +0000
>> Subject: [PATCH] dt-bindings: riscv: correct starfive visionfive 2 compatibles
>>
>> Using "va" and "vb" doesn't match what's written on the board, or the
>> communications from StarFive.
>> Switching to using the silkscreened version number will ease confusion &
>> the risk of another spin of the board containing a "conflicting" version
>> identifier.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@canonical.com>
>> Fixes: 97b7ed072784 ("dt-bindings: riscv: Add StarFive JH7110 SoC and VisionFive 2 board")
>> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.yaml | 4 ++--
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.yaml
>> index 60c7c03fcdce..cc4d92f0a1bf 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/starfive.yaml
>> @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ properties:
>>
>> - items:
>> - enum:
>> - - starfive,visionfive-2-va
>> - - starfive,visionfive-2-vb
>> + - starfive,visionfive-2-v1.2a
>> + - starfive,visionfive-2-v1.3b
>> - const: starfive,jh7110
>>
>> additionalProperties: true
>> --
>> 2.39.0
>>
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