Re: [PATCH v4 03/14] dt-bindings: i2c: add bindings for microchip mpfs i2c

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Conor,

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 2:42 PM <Conor.Dooley@microchip.com> wrote:
> On 20/01/2022 08:30, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 12:06 PM <conor.dooley@microchip.com> wrote:
> >> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
> >>
> >> Add device tree bindings for the i2c controller on
> >> the Microchip PolarFire SoC.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Daire McNamara <daire.mcnamara@microchip.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
> >
> > Thanks for your patch!
> >
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/microchip,mpfs-i2c.yaml
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
> >> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> >> +%YAML 1.2
> >> +---
> >> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/i2c/microchip,mpfs-i2c.yaml#
> >> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> >> +
> >> +title: Microchip MPFS I2C Controller Device Tree Bindings
> >> +
> >> +maintainers:
> >> +  - Daire McNamara <daire.mcnamara@microchip.com>
> >> +
> >> +allOf:
> >> +  - $ref: /schemas/i2c/i2c-controller.yaml#
> >> +
> >> +properties:
> >> +  compatible:
> >> +    enum:
> >> +      - microchip,mpfs-i2c # Microchip PolarFire SoC compatible SoCs
> >> +      - microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7 # Microchip Fabric based i2c IP core
> >
> > Wouldn't it be more logical to have:
> >
> >      items:
> >        - const: microchip,mpfs-i2c # Microchip PolarFire SoC compatible SoCs
> >        - const: microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7 # Microchip Fabric based i2c IP core
> >
> > ?
> This would be fine for mpfs-i2c since corei2c is a "superset" - but how
> would that look for the fabric core? I don't think falling back from the
> fabric core onto the "hard" one makes sense. This would mean the
> following two entries:
>
> i2c2: i2c@44000000 { //fabric
>         compatible = "microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7";
> };
> i2c1: i2c@2010b000 { //"hard" mpfs peripheral
>         compatible = "microchip,mpfs-i2c", "microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7";
> };

Oops, I missed that you have both forms.
But in se, they're the same IP core, just hard vs. soft? Then the
below makes sense.

> But this generates errors in dt_binding_check w/ your suggestion - so
> how about the following (similar to ti,omap4-i2c.yaml):
>
>    compatible:
>      oneOf:
>        - items:
>          - const: microchip,mpfs-i2c #  Microchip PolarFire...
>          - const: microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7 # Microchip Fabric...
>        - const: microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7 # Microchip Fabric...
>
> Is there a prettier way than this duplication?

I'm afraid not, and the above scheme is used a lot.

> > If the IP core is reused, it can become:
> >
> >      items:
> >        - enum:
> >            - microchip,mpfs-i2c # Microchip PolarFire SoC compatible SoCs
> >            - microchip,<foo>-i2c # ...
> >        - const: microchip,corei2c-rtl-v7 # Microchip Fabric based i2c IP core
> >
> > That way the driver can just match on the second (fallback) value,
> > and no further driver changes will be needed (until v8 or later).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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