From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com>
To: Conor.Dooley@microchip.com
Cc: broonie@kernel.org, aou@eecs.berkeley.edu, robh+dt@kernel.org,
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gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/13] dt-bindings: rng: add bindings for microchip mpfs rng
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 13:56:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ca17d6ac-ef8e-b01c-3278-7cbb0d5745e3@canonical.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <71c6917e-1463-c708-550a-726e5fe1566d@microchip.com>
On 09/11/2021 13:54, Conor.Dooley@microchip.com wrote:
> On 08/11/2021 21:16, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
>>
>> On 08/11/2021 16:05, conor.dooley@microchip.com wrote:
>>> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
>>>
>>> Add device tree bindings for the hardware rng device accessed via
>>> the system services on the Microchip PolarFire SoC.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
>>> ---
>>> .../bindings/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..e8ecb3538a86
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>>> +%YAML 1.2
>>> +---
>>> +$id: "http://devicetree.org/schemas/rng/microchip,mpfs-rng.yaml#"
>>> +$schema: "http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#"
>>> +
>>> +title: Microchip MPFS random number generator
>>> +
>>> +maintainers:
>>> + - Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
>>> +
>>> +properties:
>>> + compatible:
>>> + const: microchip,polarfire-soc-rng
>>> +
>>> + syscontroller:
>>> + maxItems: 1
>>> + description: name of the system controller device node
>>
>> There are several issues with this:
>> 1. You need to describe the type.
>> 2. Description is not helpful (just copying the name of property) and
>> actually misleading because you do not put there the name of device node.
>> 3. What is it? Looks like syscon (or sometimes called sysreg). If yes,
>> please use existing syscon bindings.
> 1 & 2 - Correct, it is bad & I'll write a better description for it.
> 3 - Its a system controller implemented as a mailbox. The syscontroller
> is the mailbox client, which the rng and generic drivers both use.
I understood that pointed device node is a mailbox, not this node. But
here, what is it here? How do you use it here?
Best regards,
Krzysztof
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-09 12:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-08 15:05 [PATCH 00/13]Update the icicle kit device tree conor.dooley
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 01/13] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: create a header for RISC-V interrupts conor.dooley
2021-11-23 11:07 ` Heiko Stübner
2021-11-23 11:35 ` Anup Patel
2021-11-29 19:57 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 02/13] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: add defines for mpfs-plic conor.dooley
2021-11-23 11:17 ` Heiko Stübner
2021-11-29 19:56 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-30 8:15 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 03/13] dt-bindings: soc/microchip: update sys ctrlr compat string conor.dooley
2021-11-08 21:09 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 8:33 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-09 15:20 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-29 20:03 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-30 8:35 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 04/13] dt-bindings: riscv: update microchip polarfire binds conor.dooley
2021-11-08 21:10 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 8:34 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-09 12:08 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-09 13:04 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-23 11:24 ` Heiko Stübner
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 05/13] dt-bindings: i2c: add bindings for microchip mpfs i2c conor.dooley
2021-11-08 21:13 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 4:06 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 06/13] dt-bindings: rng: add bindings for microchip mpfs rng conor.dooley
2021-11-08 21:16 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 12:54 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-09 12:56 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
2021-11-09 13:36 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-10 7:43 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-10 9:46 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-29 20:08 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-09 8:37 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-09 11:55 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 07/13] dt-bindings: rtc: add bindings for microchip mpfs rtc conor.dooley
2021-11-08 21:20 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 4:06 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-09 8:39 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 08/13] dt-bindings: soc/microchip: add bindings for mpfs system services conor.dooley
2021-11-08 21:20 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 09/13] dt-bindings: gpio: add bindings for microchip mpfs gpio conor.dooley
2021-11-08 21:22 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 4:06 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-09 8:43 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 10/13] dt-bindings: spi: add bindings for microchip mpfs spi conor.dooley
2021-11-08 21:24 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 4:06 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-09 12:16 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-09 12:53 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 12:58 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-09 13:04 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 13:20 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-10 7:45 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 8:45 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-09 10:56 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 11/13] dt-bindings: usb: add bindings for microchip mpfs musb conor.dooley
2021-11-08 21:27 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-09 4:06 ` Rob Herring
2021-11-09 8:48 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 12/13] riscv: icicle-kit: update microchip icicle kit device tree conor.dooley
2021-11-08 21:40 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2021-11-10 12:07 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-09 9:04 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-10 14:19 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-10 14:58 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-10 15:07 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-15 15:39 ` Conor.Dooley
2021-11-15 16:17 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-11-17 12:17 ` Daire.McNamara
2021-11-08 15:05 ` [PATCH 13/13] MAINTAINERS: update riscv/microchip entry conor.dooley
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