Re: [PATCH v13 1/2] dt-bindings: cpufreq: add bindings for MediaTek cpufreq HW

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Aug 03 2021 - 15:17:38 EST


On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 10:35:38AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 30-07-21, 00:08, Hector Yuan wrote:
> > From: "Hector.Yuan" <hector.yuan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add devicetree bindings for MediaTek HW driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hector.Yuan <hector.yuan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > .../bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-mediatek-hw.yaml | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-mediatek-hw.yaml
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-mediatek-hw.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-mediatek-hw.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..6bb2c97
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/cpufreq-mediatek-hw.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/cpufreq/cpufreq-mediatek-hw.yaml#
> > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > +
> > +title: MediaTek's CPUFREQ Bindings
> > +
> > +maintainers:
> > + - Hector Yuan <hector.yuan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +
> > +description:
> > + CPUFREQ HW is a hardware engine used by MediaTek
> > + SoCs to manage frequency in hardware. It is capable of controlling frequency
> > + for multiple clusters.
> > +
>
> Should this somewhere have a reference to
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dvfs/performance-domain.yaml ?
>
> > +properties:
> > + compatible:
> > + const: mediatek,cpufreq-hw
> > +
> > + reg:
> > + minItems: 1
> > + maxItems: 2
> > + description: |
> > + Addresses and sizes for the memory of the
> > + HW bases in each frequency domain.
> > +
> > + "#performance-domain-cells":
> > + description:
> > + Number of cells in a performance domain specifier. Typically 1 for nodes
> > + providing multiple performance domains (e.g. performance controllers),
> > + but can be any value as specified by device tree binding documentation
> > + of particular provider.
>
> You say this can have any value, 1 or more, but then ...
>
> > + const: 1
>
> You fix it to 1 ?
>
> Perhaps you should add a reference to the performance-domain.yaml here
> as well, and say const 1 here and describe how the parameter is going
> to be used. You should only explain it in respect to your SoC.

Correct in terms of what should be described, but no need to reference
performance-domain.yaml.

Rob