Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: Add SoC info driver

From: Mark Rutland
Date: Thu Oct 20 2016 - 10:09:47 EST


On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 07:36:22PM +0530, Imran Khan wrote:
> The SoC info driver provides information such as Chip ID,
> Chip family, serial number and other such details about
> Qualcomm SoCs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Imran Khan <kimran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,socinfo.txt | 18 +
> drivers/soc/qcom/socinfo.c | 1173 ++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/soc/qcom/socinfo.h | 198 ++++
> 3 files changed, 1389 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,socinfo.txt
> create mode 100644 drivers/soc/qcom/socinfo.c
> create mode 100644 include/linux/soc/qcom/socinfo.h
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,socinfo.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,socinfo.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..1f26299
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/qcom/qcom,socinfo.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
> +Qualcomm SoC Information (socinfo) Driver binding
> +
> +This binding describes the Qualcomm SoC Information Driver, which provides
> +information such as chip id, chip family, serial number and other such
> +details about Qualcomm SoCs.
> +
> +- compatible:
> + Usage: required
> + Value type: <stringlist>
> + Definition: must be "qcom,socinfo"
> +
> += EXAMPLE
> +
> +The following example represents a socinfo node.
> +
> + socinfo {
> + compatible = "qcom,socinfo";
> + };

Binding should describe *hardware*, not *drivers*.

This clearly does not describe a paerticular piece of hardware, and as
such does not make sense.

If this is trying to describe some paritcular hardware, please describe
that in the binding explicitly.

Thanks,
Mark.