Re: [PATCH 3/5] dt-bindings: arm: Document Socionext MB86S71 and Fujitsu F-Cue

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hi Andreas,


2017-06-29 21:53 GMT+09:00 Andreas FÃrber <afaerber@xxxxxxx>:
> Hi Masahiro-san,
>
> Am 29.06.2017 um 14:18 schrieb Masahiro Yamada:
>> 2017-06-29 1:46 GMT+09:00 Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 07:00:18PM +0200, Andreas FÃrber wrote:
>>>> For consistency with existing SoC bindings, use "fujitsu,mb86s71" but
>>>> socionext.txt.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Andreas FÃrber <afaerber@xxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/socionext.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>>>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/socionext.txt
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> --
>>
>> I do not mind this, but
>> please note there are multiple product lines in Socionext
>> because Socionext merged LSI divisions from Panasonic and Fujitsu.
>>
>> I maintain documents for Socionext UniPhier SoC family
>> (which inherits SoC architecture of Panasonic)
>> in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/uniphier/.
>
> Actually you seemed to be lacking bindings beyond the cache controller
> for Uniphier:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/uniphier
>
> The SoC compatible, e.g. "socionext,uniphier-ld11", needs to be defined
> somewhere too, as done here. A git-grep for that particular compatible
> only finds derived clk and reset bindings.

I can care to send a patch later, but it is off-topic here.


> Using socionext.txt allows you to add those bindings to a shared file;
> if you prefer to host them separately below uniphier/ or as uniphier.txt

I was thinking of this way.

For example, TI has omap/, keystone/, davinci.txt, etc.
in this directory level.


> do you have a better name suggestion for this one? I was trying to keep
> our options open to later add SC2A11 in socionext.txt, and I also saw
> some mb8ac300 or so (MB86S7x predecessor?) in downstream sources, so I
> don't know a good common name for the non-Panasonic parts. And if we
> take fujitsu.txt for MB86S7x to match the vendor prefix then we will
> need a separate file for the new SC2A11 IIUC.

I have no idea.
Actually, I am not familiar with those SoCs.

I am not sure if there exists a common name for those Fujitsu-derived SoCs.
I think a SoC family name will be helpful to avoid proliferating
arch/arm/mach-{mb86s7x,mb8ac300, ...}.

I see some Socionext guys CC'ed in this mail,
somebody might have information about this.

As I said before, I do not mind adding socionext.txt
and it seems reasonable enough
if there is no common name for those SoCs.



> Also if you can tell us where the cut between Fujitsu and Socionext
> should be done, we can certainly adapt. NXP is still adding all their
> new SoCs in fsl.txt, it seems.
> (A similar naming issue exists for my not-yet-submitted FM4 patches,
> where it changed owners from Fujitsu to Spansion and then to Cypress.)
>

Right, vendor names are not future-proof in some cases.

We use "uniphier" because it is convenient to
make a group of SoCs with similar architecture,
and it will work even if UniPhier product lines are sold again in the
future.  :-)



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada