Re: [PATCH v3 01/14] dt-bindings: display: renesas,cmm: Add R-Car CMM documentation

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Jacopo,

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 9:58 AM Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 09:34:41AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 3:50 PM Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Add device tree bindings documentation for the Renesas R-Car Display
> > > Unit Color Management Module.
> > >
> > > CMM is the image enhancement module available on each R-Car DU video
> > > channel on R-Car Gen2 and Gen3 SoCs (V3H and V3M excluded).
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Thanks for your patch!
> >
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/renesas,cmm.txt
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
> > > +* Renesas R-Car Color Management Module (CMM)
> > > +
> > > +Renesas R-Car image enhancement module connected to R-Car DU video channels.
> > > +
> > > +Required properties:
> > > + - compatible: shall be one or more of the following:
> > > +   - "renesas,cmm-r8a7795": for R8A7795 (R-Car H3) compatible CMM.
> > > +   - "renesas,cmm-r8a7796": for R8A7796 (R-Car M3-W) compatible CMM.
> > > +   - "renesas,cmm-r8a77965": for R8A77965 (R-Car M3-N) compatible CMM.
> > > +   - "renesas,cmm-r8a77990": for R8A77990 (R-Car E3) compatible CMM.
> > > +   - "renesas,cmm-r8a77995": for R8A77995 (R-Car D3) compatible CMM.
> >
> > Please use "renesas,<socype->-cmm" instead of "renesas,cmm-<soctype>".
> >
>
> I actually copied it from the r-car gpio bindings, and I liked
> cmm-<soctype> better. If you prefer I can change it though.

We switched from "renesas,cmm-<soctype>" to "renesas,<socype->-cmm"
a few years ago, upon request from the DT people:

    vendor -> family/SoC -> IP core

Unfortunately we cannot change the old style in existing bindings, without
great effort and backwards compatibility ramifications.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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