Re: [PATCH 10/13] dt-bindings: phy: qcom,qmp-usb: rename current bindings

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Thu Oct 27 2022 - 22:12:48 EST


On 24/10/2022 06:06, Johan Hovold wrote:
> The current QMP USB PHY bindings are based on the original MSM8996
> binding which provided multiple PHYs per IP block and these in turn were
> described by child nodes.
>
> Later QMP USB PHY blocks only provide a single PHY and the remnant child
> node does not really reflect the hardware.
>
> The original MSM8996 binding also ended up describing the individual
> register blocks as belonging to either the wrapper node or the PHY child
> nodes.
>
> This is an unnecessary level of detail which has lead to problems when
> later IP blocks using different register layouts have been forced to fit
> the original mould rather than updating the binding. The bindings are
> arguable also incomplete as they only the describe register blocks used
> by the current Linux drivers (e.g. does not include the per lane PCS
> registers).
>
> In preparation for adding new bindings for SC8280XP which further
> bindings can be based on, rename the current bindings after MSM8996 and
> add a reference to the SC8280XP bindings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx>


Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof