Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] dt-bindings: gpio: gpio-mvebu: deprecate armadaxp-gpio

[Pali Rohár]

On Thursday 26 May 2022 13:29:45 Chris Packham wrote:
> Commit 5f79c651e81e ("arm: mvebu: use global interrupts for GPIOs on
> Armada XP") the marvell,armadaxp-gpio compatible obsolete.

No, marvell,armadaxp-gpio is required for per-cpu interrupt support. I fixed it recently:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/20220714115515.5748-2-pali@xxxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/20220714183328.4137-3-pali@xxxxxxxxxx/

> The driver code still exists to handle the armadaxp behaviour but all
> the in-tree boards use the marvell,armada-370-gpio.  Document the
> marvell,armadaxp-gpio compatible as deprecated.

For per-cpu interrupt support is marvell,armadaxp-gpio needed and
therefore it cannot be deprecated.

What can be deprecated is marvell,armada-370-gpio and it can be replaced
by marvell,orion-gpio, which covers _all_ SoCs starting from the oldest
one = Orion. See discussion for more details:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/20220725200417.nwthxzvdv2bzd5ej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     This could potentially be squashed into the first commit but it seemed
>     more proper to do a straight 1:1 conversion of the old binding then
>     clean things up to match reality.
>     
>     Changes in v4:
>     - New
> 
>  .../devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mvebu.yaml  | 24 +++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mvebu.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mvebu.yaml
> index d1695e7bd825..459ec35864fe 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mvebu.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mvebu.yaml
> @@ -21,17 +21,21 @@ properties:
>            - enum:
>                - marvell,mv78200-gpio
>                - marvell,armada-370-gpio
> -              - marvell,armadaxp-gpio
>            - const: marvell,orion-gpio
>  
> +      - description: Deprecated binding
> +        items:
> +          - const: marvell,armadaxp-gpio
> +          - const: marvell,orion-gpio
> +        deprecated: true
> +
>    reg:
>      description: |
>        Address and length of the register set for the device. Not used for
>        marvell,armada-8k-gpio.
>  
> -      For the "marvell,armadaxp-gpio" variant a second entry is expected for
> -      the per-cpu registers. For other variants second entry can be provided,
> -      for the PWM function using the GPIO Blink Counter on/off registers.
> +      A second entry can be provided, for the PWM function using the GPIO Blink
> +      Counter on/off registers.
>      minItems: 1
>      maxItems: 2
>  
> @@ -103,18 +107,6 @@ allOf:
>        required:
>          - reg
>  
> -  - if:
> -      properties:
> -        compatible:
> -          contains:
> -            const: marvell,armadaxp-gpio
> -    then:
> -      properties:
> -        reg:
> -          minItems: 2
> -        reg-names:
> -          minItems: 2
> -
>  unevaluatedProperties: true
>  
>  examples:
> -- 
> 2.36.1
>