[U-Boot] [PATCH 04/10] arm: socfpga: arria10: Added clock manager and pin mux compat macro

[Chee, Tien Fong <tien.fong.chee@intel.com>]

On Isn, 2016-12-19 at 08:55 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 12/19/2016 05:10 AM, Chee, Tien Fong wrote:
> > 
> > On Rab, 2016-12-07 at 14:54 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 12/07/2016 11:48 AM, Chee, Tien Fong wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Sel, 2016-12-06 at 13:49 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 12/06/2016 08:52 AM, Chee Tien Fong wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > From: Tien Fong Chee <tien.fong.chee@intel.com>
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > These compat macros would be used by clock manager and pin
> > > > > > mux
> > > > > > drivers
> > > > > > to look the required HW info from DTS for hardware
> > > > > > initialization.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Tien Fong Chee <tien.fong.chee@intel.com>
> > > > > > Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> > > > > > Cc: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@kernel.org>
> > > > > > Cc: Chin Liang See <chin.liang.see@intel.com>
> > > > > > Cc: Tien Fong <skywindctf@gmail.com>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > ?include/fdtdec.h |????8 ++++++++
> > > > > > ?lib/fdtdec.c?????|????2 ++
> > > > > > ?2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > diff --git a/include/fdtdec.h b/include/fdtdec.h
> > > > > > index 27887c8..68cb199 100644
> > > > > > --- a/include/fdtdec.h
> > > > > > +++ b/include/fdtdec.h
> > > > > > @@ -155,6 +155,14 @@ enum fdt_compat_id {
> > > > > > ?	COMPAT_INTEL_BAYTRAIL_FSP_MDP,	/* Intel FSP
> > > > > > memory-
> > > > > > down params */
> > > > > > ?	COMPAT_INTEL_IVYBRIDGE_FSP,	/* Intel Ivy
> > > > > > Bridge
> > > > > > FSP
> > > > > > */
> > > > > > ?	COMPAT_SUNXI_NAND,		/* SUNXI NAND
> > > > > > controller
> > > > > > */
> > > > > > +	COMPAT_ALTERA_SOCFPGA_CLK,	/* SoCFPGA Clock
> > > > > > initialization */
> > > > > > +	COMPAT_ALTERA_SOCFPGA_PINCTRL_SINGLE,	/*
> > > > > > pinctrl-
> > > > > > single */
> > > > > > +	COMPAT_ALTERA_SOCFPGA_H2F_BRG,		/*
> > > > > > Arria10
> > > > > > hps2fpga bridge */
> > > > > > +	COMPAT_ALTERA_SOCFPGA_LWH2F_BRG,	/* Arria10
> > > > > > lwhps2fpga bridge */
> > > > > > +	COMPAT_ALTERA_SOCFPGA_F2H_BRG,		/*
> > > > > > Arria10
> > > > > > fpga2hps bridge */
> > > > > > +	COMPAT_ALTERA_SOCFPGA_F2SDR0,		/*
> > > > > > Arria10
> > > > > > fpga2SDRAM0 bridge */
> > > > > > +	COMPAT_ALTERA_SOCFPGA_F2SDR1,		/*
> > > > > > Arria10
> > > > > > fpga2SDRAM1 bridge */
> > > > > > +	COMPAT_ALTERA_SOCFPGA_F2SDR2,		/*
> > > > > > Arria10
> > > > > > fpga2SDRAM2 bridge */
> > > > > Is all of this needed ? You're only adding two entries in the
> > > > > FDTDEC
> > > > > below.
> > > > > 
> > > > This is to avoid compilation error, we have some functions
> > > > ported
> > > > from
> > > > our internal branch, which using above COMPAT macro. Soon, in
> > > > upcoming
> > > > patches, we will need those functions and more entries will be
> > > > added
> > > > into FDTDEC below.
> > > You can add the compat strings when you really need them. Still,
> > > with
> > > DM, you shouldn't even need them AFAIK.
> > > 
> > We have some drivers in these series of patches contain some COMPAT
> > strings, without these compact strings, the compilation would fail
> > due
> > to error compact string is not defined.
> All of them ? Mind you, with DM you should not need to add those at
> all.
> 
> > 
> > I think having compact string
> > would giving us flexbility to put our nodes where we want without
> > worrying to break our existing codes?
> Which existing codes ?
> 
let say we have version A, we found the node based on COMPAT STRING.
One day, we move the node to somewhere else in version B, we still can
find them based on COMPAT STRING without checking the node path. What
do you think?