Re: [PATCH 03/18] MIPS: DTS: jz4780: fix tcu timer as reported by dtbscheck

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 09/04/2022 15:03, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
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>> Am 09.04.2022 um 13:11 schrieb Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>:
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>> On 08/04/2022 20:37, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>>> arch/mips/boot/dts/ingenic/ci20.dtb: timer@10002000: compatible: 'oneOf' conditional failed, one must be fixed:
>>> 	['ingenic,jz4780-tcu', 'ingenic,jz4770-tcu', 'simple-mfd'] is too long
>>> 	'ingenic,jz4780-tcu' is not one of ['ingenic,jz4740-tcu', 'ingenic,jz4725b-tcu', 'ingenic,jz4760-tcu', 'ingenic,x1000-tcu']
>>> 	'simple-mfd' was expected
>>> 	'ingenic,jz4760-tcu' was expected
>>
>> Trim it a bit...
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>>> 	From schema: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/ingenic,tcu.yaml
>>
>> You need to explain this. You're changing the effective compatible of
>> the device and doing so based only on schema warning does not look
>> enough. Please write real reason instead of this fat warning, e.g. that
>> both devices are actually compatible and this has no real effect except
>> schema checks.
> 
> both use jz4740_soc_info / jz4770_soc_info and there is no ingenic,jz4780-tcu...
> So it doesn't change function, just makes it fit to the bindings.
> 
> We could solve it differently add ingenic,jz4780-tcu to bindings and the
> driver compatible table.

Just please use it in commit msg instead of or next to the warning.
Don't focus on the bindings check but focus on actual hardware and its
description.

Best regards,
Krzysztof