Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: dmaengine: Add UniPhier external DMA controller bindings

[Kunihiko Hayashi]

Hi Rob,

Thank you for reviewing.
Your comments are helpful as I'm not familiar with the new bindings yet.

On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 17:54:58 +0000 <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 02:27:27PM +0900, Kunihiko Hayashi wrote:
> > Add devicetree binding documentation for external DMA controller
> > implemented on Socionext UniPhier SoCs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  .../bindings/dma/socionext,uniphier-xdmac.yaml     | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/socionext,uniphier-xdmac.yaml
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/socionext,uniphier-xdmac.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/socionext,uniphier-xdmac.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 00000000..32abf18
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/socionext,uniphier-xdmac.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> 
> Dual license new bindings:
> 
> (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)

I'll replace with it.

> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/dma/socionext,uniphier-xdmac.yaml#
> > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > +
> > +title: Socionext UniPhier external DMA controller
> > +
> > +description: |
> > +  This describes the devicetree bindings for an external DMA engine to perform
> > +  memory-to-memory or peripheral-to-memory data transfer capable of supporting
> > +  16 channels, implemented in Socionext UniPhier SoCs.
> > +
> > +maintainers:
> > +  - Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +
> > +allOf:
> > +  - $ref: "dma-controller.yaml#"
> > +
> > +properties:
> > +  compatible:
> > +    items:
> > +      - const: socionext,uniphier-xdmac
> 
> You can drop 'items' for a single item.

I see.
I found some documents didn't have expression for a compatible string.

> > +
> > +  reg:
> > +    minItems: 1
> > +    maxItems: 2
> 
> You need to say what each entry is:
> 
> items:
>   - description: ...
>   - description: ...

Surely there must be descriotions here.

> > +
> > +  interrupts:
> > +    maxItems: 1
> > +
> > +  "#dma-cells":
> > +    const: 2
> > +    description: |
> > +      DMA request from clients consists of 2 cells:
> > +        1. Channel index
> > +        2. Transfer request factor number, If no transfer factor, use 0.
> > +           The number is SoC-specific, and this should be specified with
> > +           relation to the device to use the DMA controller.
> > +
> > +required:
> > +  - compatible
> > +  - reg
> > +  - interrupts
> > +  - "#dma-cells"
> 
> Add:
> 
> additionalProperties: false

I'll add it.

> > +
> > +examples:
> > +  - |
> > +    xdmac: dma-controller@5fc10000 {
> > +        compatible = "socionext,uniphier-xdmac";
> > +        reg = <0x5fc10000 0x1000>, <0x5fc20000 0x800>;
> > +        interrupts = <0 188 4>;
> > +        #dma-cells = <2>;
> > +        dma-channels = <16>;
> 
> Not documented. You need at least 'dma-channels: true' to indicate 
> you're using this. But you should be able to have some constraints such 
> as 'maximum: 16'.

I forgot to document 'dma-channels'. I'll add it.

Thank you,

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Best Regards,
Kunihiko Hayashi