Re: [PATCH 1/3 v2] dt/bindings: Add binding for the Raspberry Pi firmware driver

From: Eric Anholt
Date: Thu May 14 2015 - 05:57:55 EST


Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 13 May 2015, Eric Anholt wrote:
>
>> This driver will provide support for calls into the firmware that will
>> be used by other drivers like cpufreq and vc4.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> v2: Improve commit message, point to mailbox.txt for how mboxes work.
>>
>> .../devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,firmware.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,firmware.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,firmware.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,firmware.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..33b0043
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,firmware.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
>> +Raspberry Pi VideoCore firmware driver
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +
>> +- compatible: Should be "rasbperrypi,firmware"
>> +- mboxes: Single-entry list which specifies which mailbox
>> + controller and channel is used. See
>> + Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
>> + for the semantics of this property
>
> That's not what it looks like to me. There is no mention of channels
> in a 0 cell property. Keep it simple. How about:
>
> Phandle to the firmware device's Mailbox.
> (See: ../mailbox/mailbox.txt for more information)

Sounds good to me.

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