Re: [PATCH v10 05/15] dt-bindings: soc: amd: amd,pensando-elbasr: Add AMD Pensando SoC System Controller

From: Brad Larson
Date: Mon Mar 06 2023 - 21:19:10 EST


On 06/03/2023 09:35, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 06/03/2023 05:07, Brad Larson wrote:
>>> Support the AMD Pensando SoC Controller which is a SPI connected device
>>> providing a miscellaneous set of essential board control/status registers.
>>> This device is present in all Pensando SoC based designs.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Brad Larson <blarson@xxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> v10 changes:
>>> - Property renamed to amd,pensando-ctrl
>>> - Driver is renamed and moved to soc/drivers/amd affecting binding
>>> - Delete cs property, driver handles device node creation from parent num-cs
>>> fixing schema reg error in a different way
>>>
>>> v9 changes:
>>> - Instead of four nodes, one per chip-select, a single
>>> node is used with reset-cells in the parent.
>>> - No MFD API is used anymore in the driver so it made
>>> sense to move this to drivers/spi.
>>> - This driver is common for all Pensando SoC based designs
>>> so changed the name to pensando-sr.c to not make it Elba
>>> SoC specific.
>>> - Added property cs for the chip-select number which is used
>>> by the driver to create /dev/pensr0.<cs>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> .../bindings/soc/amd/amd,pensando-ctrl.yaml | 60 +++++++++++++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+)
>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/amd/amd,pensando-ctrl.yaml
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/amd/amd,pensando-ctrl.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/amd/amd,pensando-ctrl.yaml
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..36694077b2e6
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/amd/amd,pensando-ctrl.yaml
>>
>> Your subject suggests this is pensando-elbasr but you write everywhere
>> pensando-ctrl. Confusing. Pick one.
>
> Actually pensando-ctrl is for sure not correct, because it misses the
> name of the SoC (you call it everywhere "elba").

The reason I dropped elba as part of the name is this driver and its associated
SPI attached device (cpld or fpga depending on the board design) will be used
across a series of SoCs starting with Elba. Implying its Elba specific is misleading.

Regards,
Brad