Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: add binding for at91-usart in spi mode

[Alexandre Belloni]

On 13/04/2018 19:11:16+0300, Radu Pirea wrote:
> These are bindings for at91-usart IP in spi spi mode. There is no support for
> internal chip select. Only kind of chip selects available are gpio chip
> selects.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Radu Pirea <radu.pirea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../bindings/spi/microchip,at91-usart-spi.txt | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/microchip,at91-usart-spi.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/microchip,at91-usart-spi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/microchip,at91-usart-spi.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..92d33ccdffae
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/microchip,at91-usart-spi.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
> +* Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (USART) in SPI mode
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- #size-cells      : Must be <0>
> +- #address-cells   : Must be <1>
> +- compatible: Should be "microchip,at91sam9g45-usart-spi" or "microchip,sama5d2-usart-spi" 
> +- reg: Should contain registers location and length
> +- interrupts: Should contain interrupt
> +- clocks: phandles to input clocks.
> +- clock-names: tuple listing input clock names.
> +	Required elements: "usart"
> +- cs-gpios: chipselects (internal cs not supported)
> +
> +Example:
> +	spi0: spi@f001c000 {
> +		#address-cells = <1>;
> +		#size-cells = <0>;
> +		compatible = "microchip,sama5d2-usart-spi", "microchip,at91sam9g45-usart-spi";

I'm pretty sure this will be considered configuration rather than
hardware description. Why don't you do something like the flexcom mode
selection?

> +		reg = <0xf001c000 0x100>;
> +		interrupts = <12 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> +		clocks = <&usart0_clk>;
> +		clock-names = "usart";
> +		cs-gpios = <&pioB 3 0>;
> +	};
> -- 
> 2.17.0
> 

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