Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-bindings: net: bluetooth: Add device property nvm-postfix for QCA6174

[Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 5:15 AM Rocky Liao <rjliao@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>
> On 2019-04-04 20:32, Marc Gonzalez wrote:
> > +robh
> >
> > On 04/04/2019 11:08, Rocky Liao wrote:
> >
> >> This patchs patch adds an optional device property nvm-postfix to
> >> allow the
> >> driver to load customized nvm file based on this property
> >
> > While text /before/ is indeed called a "prefix", text /after/ is not a
> > "postfix",
> > but a "suffix".
> >
> >
> >>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/qualcomm-bluetooth.txt | 2 ++
> >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git
> >> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/qualcomm-bluetooth.txt
> >> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/qualcomm-bluetooth.txt
> >> index 824c0e2..70cda4b 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/qualcomm-bluetooth.txt
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/qualcomm-bluetooth.txt
> >> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Optional properties for compatible string
> >> qcom,qca6174-bt:
> >>
> >>   - enable-gpios: gpio specifier used to enable chip
> >>   - clocks: clock provided to the controller (SUSCLK_32KHZ)
> >> + - nvm-postfix: nvm file postfix to load customized nvm file
> >
> > The device tree is supposed to describe hardware.
> >
> > The name of which file to load can hardly be considered part of the HW.
> >
> > Possible solutions:
> > 1) derive the file name from the compatible string
> > 2) pass the name as a module parameter
> > 3) something else
> >
> >
> >> @@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ serial@7570000 {
> >>
> >>              enable-gpios = <&pm8994_gpios 19 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> >>              clocks = <&divclk4>;
> >> +            nvm-postfix = "i2s";
> >>      };
> >>  };
> >
> > If one provides the entire suffix, including the underscore, then you
> > can
> > simplify the code:
> >
> >       snprintf(config.fwname, sizeof(config.fwname), "qca/nvm_%08x%s.bin",
> > soc_ver, suffix ? suffix : "");
> >
> > Regards
> .
> Hi Marc,
>
> The major purpose for that property is about the BT audio bus type, can
> it be considered as part of the HW? If yes maybe we can use a property
> name "audio-bus" to reflect that.
>
> If not then I will adopt the solution 1 to add a new compatible string
> "{ .compatible = "qcom,qca6174-bt-i2s" }" and load specific nvm for this
> compatible string, please feel free to let me know if any other
> concerns.

I don't think the suggestion was to add the nvm string to the
compatible, but rather compatible strings serve as a map key. Having
board specific firmware files for wifi/bt is pretty common, but
parameters for 'i2s' is a bit strange. So a better explanation of what
parameters this contains would help. How/when does it vary, for
example?

Also, if it is only a handful of parameters, making them DT properties
is preferred.

Rob