Re: broken subject?

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Sat Mar 11 2023 - 12:57:27 EST


On 11/03/2023 18:40, Sergey Lisov wrote:
>>> ---
>>> .../devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc-common.yaml | 6 ++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>

Why did you remove the subject? Please keep the mailing process matching
mailing lists. It messes with mailboxes, filters and reading process.

>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc-common.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc-common.yaml
>>> index 8dfad89c7..2bc5ac528 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc-common.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc-common.yaml
>>> @@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ properties:
>>> force fifo watermark setting accordingly.
>>> $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>>>
>>> + fifo-access-32bit:
>>
>> Missing type boolean.
>
> Thanks, will add the same $ref as for the entry above.
>
>>> + description:
>>> + Specifies that this device requires accesses to its 64-bit registers
>>> + to be done as pairs of 32-bit accesses, even on architectures where
>>> + readq is available.
>>
>> And why the device would require this? If it has 64-bit registers in the
>> first place, they can be accessed in 64-bit. Otherwise these are not
>> 64-bit registers, but just lower/upper 32-bit, right?
>>
>> Also, why this cannot be implied from compatible? Why different boards
>> with same SoC should have different FIFO access?
>
> It probably can be implied, but I am not exactly sure on which boards it
> affects, so I decided to go for a new devicetree option. Anyway, the same
> argument applies to the "data-addr" property, which is already in the
> spec, so I supposed that adding such knobs is fine.

Yeah, Rob acked it so I will let him to judge this. To me it looks like
unnecessary fragmentation - this looks like compatible specific, not
board. Anyway you need to resend to fix all the mailing mess.

Best regards,
Krzysztof