Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] uio: dt-bindings: document binding for uio-pdrv-genirq

[Rob Herring]

On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Chris Packham
<Chris.Packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Rob, Greg,
>
> On 04/10/17 10:38, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 03:48:13AM +1200, Chris Packham wrote:
>>> Document the device tree bindings for the uio-prv-genirq driver. Provide
>>> some examples on how it can be used.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>   .../bindings/uio/linux,uio-pdrv-genirq.txt         | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
>>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/uio/linux,uio-pdrv-genirq.txt
>>
>> NAK.
>>
>> I'm sure this has come up before but if you want to map a device to a
>> uio driver, then add its compatible string to the driver. Bindings
>> describe h/w devices.
>
> Fair enough.
>
> The problem for me is that the uio-pdrv-genirq is so generic it could
> apply to pretty much any hardware device. The driver has dt-awareness
> but it currently doesn't have any built-in compatible string (it is set
> via a module param).
>
> My use-case is a microcontoller with a userspace driver all I need out
> of the kernel is i2c access and interrupts. Any suggestions as to how to
> move forward with this.

Define the binding for the uC regardless of how the driver is
implemented. Then add its compatible to the uio-pdev driver. That's
how we've dealt with spi-dev for example.

Rob