Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-bindings: Document the Synopsys DW AXI DMA bindings

From: Vinod Koul
Date: Mon Mar 05 2018 - 00:29:11 EST


On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 08:32:20AM +0000, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> Hi Vinod,
>
> On Fri, 2018-03-02 at 13:44 +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 05:56:28PM +0300, Eugeniy Paltsev wrote:
> > > This patch adds documentation of device tree bindings for the Synopsys
> > > DesignWare AXI DMA controller.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > .../devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dw-axi-dmac.txt | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
> > > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dw-axi-dmac.txt
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dw-axi-dmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dw-axi-dmac.txt
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..f237b79
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/snps,dw-axi-dmac.txt
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> > > +Synopsys DesignWare AXI DMA Controller
> > > +
> > > +Required properties:
> > > +- compatible: "snps,axi-dma-1.01a"
> > > +- reg: Address range of the DMAC registers. This should include
> > > + all of the per-channel registers.
> > > +- interrupt: Should contain the DMAC interrupt number.
> > > +- interrupt-parent: Should be the phandle for the interrupt controller
> > > + that services interrupts for this device.
> > > +- dma-channels: Number of channels supported by hardware.
> > > +- snps,dma-masters: Number of AXI masters supported by the hardware.
> > > +- snps,data-width: Maximum AXI data width supported by hardware.
> > > + (0 - 8bits, 1 - 16bits, 2 - 32bits, ..., 6 - 512bits)
> > > +- snps,priority: Priority of channel. Array size is equal to the number of
> > > + dma-channels. Priority value must be programmed within [0:dma-channels-1]
> > > + range. (0 - minimum priority)
> > > +- snps,block-size: Maximum block size supported by the controller channel.
> > > + Array size is equal to the number of dma-channels.
> > > +
> > > +Optional properties:
> > > +- snps,axi-max-burst-len: Restrict master AXI burst length by value specified
> > > + in this property. If this property is missing the maximum AXI burst length
> > > + supported by DMAC is used. [1:256]
> > > +
> > > +Example:
> > > +
> > > +dmac: dma-controller@80000 {
> > > + compatible = "snps,axi-dma-1.01a";
> >
> > do we need "snps here..?
>
> Synopsys is this IP-block vendor so shouldn't we put it that way?

Not a DT expert but why should vendor name come here, you can read the
properties from device node, vendor name seems redundant to me

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~Vinod