Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: w1: Add YAML DT Schema for AMD w1 master and MAINTAINERS entry

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Fri Oct 13 2023 - 11:22:26 EST


On 13/10/2023 17:07, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>> +maintainers:
>>> + - Kris Chaplin <kris.chaplin@xxxxxxx>
>>> +
>>> +properties:
>>> + compatible:
>>> + const: amd,axi-1wire-master
>>
>> That's a quite generic compatible. axi is ARM term, 1-wire is the name
>> of the bus and master is the role. Concatenating three common words does
>> not create unique device name. Compatibles are supposed to be specific
>> and this is really relaxed. Anything can be over AXI, everything in
>> 1wire is 1wire and every master device is a master.
>
> Given the vendor (and the title of the binding) this is almost certainly
> an FPGA IP core, so the generic name is understandable. Using the exact
> name of the IP in the AMD/Xilinx catalog probably is the best choice?

Other option is that it is a part of some Zynq SoC.

Best regards,
Krzysztof