Re: [PATCH v4 03/14] dt-bindings: i2c: add bindings for microchip mpfs i2c

[Conor.Dooley]

On 20/01/2022 08:30, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
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> Hi Conor,
> 
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 12:06 PM <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Add device tree bindings for the i2c controller on
>> the Microchip PolarFire SoC.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daire McNamara <daire.mcnamara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks for your patch!
> 
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/microchip,mpfs-i2c.yaml
>> @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>> +%YAML 1.2
>> +---
>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/i2c/microchip,mpfs-i2c.yaml#
>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>> +
>> +title: Microchip MPFS I2C Controller Device Tree Bindings
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> +  - Daire McNamara <daire.mcnamara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> +
>> +allOf:
>> +  - $ref: /schemas/i2c/i2c-controller.yaml#
>> +
>> +properties:
>> +  compatible:
>> +    enum:
>> +      - microchip,mpfs-i2c # Microchip PolarFire SoC compatible SoCs
>> +      - microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7 # Microchip Fabric based i2c IP core
> 
> Wouldn't it be more logical to have:
> 
>      items:
>        - const: microchip,mpfs-i2c # Microchip PolarFire SoC compatible SoCs
>        - const: microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7 # Microchip Fabric based i2c IP core
> 
> ?
This would be fine for mpfs-i2c since corei2c is a "superset" - but how 
would that look for the fabric core? I don't think falling back from the 
fabric core onto the "hard" one makes sense. This would mean the 
following two entries:

i2c2: i2c@44000000 { //fabric
	compatible = "microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7";
};
i2c1: i2c@2010b000 { //"hard" mpfs peripheral
	compatible = "microchip,mpfs-i2c", "microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7";
};

But this generates errors in dt_binding_check w/ your suggestion - so 
how about the following (similar to ti,omap4-i2c.yaml):

   compatible:
     oneOf:
       - items:
         - const: microchip,mpfs-i2c #  Microchip PolarFire...
         - const: microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7 # Microchip Fabric...
       - const: microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7 # Microchip Fabric...

Is there a prettier way than this duplication?
> 
> If the IP core is reused, it can become:
> 
>      items:
>        - enum:
>            - microchip,mpfs-i2c # Microchip PolarFire SoC compatible SoCs
>            - microchip,<foo>-i2c # ...
>        - const: microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7 # Microchip Fabric based i2c IP core
> 
> That way the driver can just match on the second (fallback) value,
> and no further driver changes will be needed (until v8 or later).
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                          Geert
> 
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