Re: [PATCH v5 14/24] dt-bindings: mfd: syscon: Add documentation for #syscon-cells property

From: Rob Herring
Date: Fri Mar 31 2017 - 14:59:00 EST


On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 03:15:10PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> Add documentation for the optional #syscon-cells property to determine
> the number of cells that should be given in the phandle while
> referencing the syscon-node.
>
> Suggested-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>

I did? When?

I'm not remembering why we need this. Generally, phandles to a syscon
are for a single defined purpose. When do we need a list of them?

Rob

> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@xxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt
> index 408f768686f1..446b47e8fb71 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.txt
> @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Required properties:
> Optional property:
> - reg-io-width: the size (in bytes) of the IO accesses that should be
> performed on the device.
> +- #syscon-cells: determine the number of cells that should be given in the
> + phandle while referencing this syscon-node.
>
> Examples:
> gpr: iomuxc-gpr@020e0000 {
> --
> 2.11.0
>
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