Re: [PATCH v4 16/39] spi: dt-bindings: atmel,at91rm9200-spi: remove 9x60 compatible from list

From: Tudor Ambarus
Date: Wed Feb 28 2024 - 04:38:30 EST




On 2/28/24 09:28, Varshini.Rajendran@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Tudor,
>
> On 26/02/24 2:39 pm, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
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>> On 23.02.2024 19:26, Varshini Rajendran wrote:
>>> Remove microchip,sam9x60-spi compatible from the list as the driver used
>>> has the compatible atmel,at91rm9200-spi and sam9x60 devices also use the
>>> same compatible as fallback. So removing the microchip,sam9x60-spi
>>> compatible from the list since it is not needed.
>>>
>>
>> I find this wrong. I though we shall add compatibles for each SoC. Are
>> the registers and fields the same for the SPI IPs in these 2 SoCs? Even
>> if they are the same, are you sure the IPs are integrated in the same way?
>
> Which two SoCs are you referring to ?
> I am not removing the device specific compatible. I am only removing the
> additional fallback compatible.
>

ah, I read it wrong, sorry
> As in,
>
> compatible = "microchip,sam9x7-spi", "atmel,at91rm9200-spi";
>
> instead of,
>
> compatible = "microchip,sam9x7-spi", "microchip,sam9x60-spi",
> "atmel,at91rm9200-spi";
>
> for the sam9x7 devices.
>
> Hope this is clear. If I have it wrong please let me know.

it's clear now, thanks.

I see in the driver that microchip,sam9x60-spi compatible is not yet
used, thus removing the fallback to "microchip,sam9x60-spi" brings no
functional change. Would have made a difference if sam9x60-spi
implemented additional support that sam9x7-spi could have used as a
fallback. If you think that sam9x7-spi will not fallback to sam9x60-spi
in the future then:

Reviewed-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Varshini Rajendran <varshini.rajendran@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Changes in v4:
>>> - Elaborated the explanation in the commit message to justify the patch
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/atmel,at91rm9200-spi.yaml | 1 -
>>> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/atmel,at91rm9200-spi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/atmel,at91rm9200-spi.yaml
>>> index 58367587bfbc..32e7c14033c2 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/atmel,at91rm9200-spi.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/atmel,at91rm9200-spi.yaml
>>> @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ properties:
>>> - const: atmel,at91rm9200-spi
>>> - items:
>>> - const: microchip,sam9x7-spi
>>> - - const: microchip,sam9x60-spi
>>> - const: atmel,at91rm9200-spi
>>>
>>> reg:
>