Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] dt-bindings: scsi: ufs: add document for
 hi3660-ufs
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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From: Bu Tao <butao@huawei.com>
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 20:23:33 +0800
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在 2017/6/22 20:15, Arnd Bergmann 写道:
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Bu Tao <butao@huawei.com> wrote:
>> 在 2017/6/22 19:51, Arnd Bergmann 写道:
>>> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Bu Tao <butao@huawei.com> wrote:
>>>> 在 2017/6/17 5:51, Arnd Bergmann 写道:
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:51 AM, Bu Tao <butao@hisilicon.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I do not know wheher other SoC need to use the optional properties as
>>>> abover. So here the name of the optional properties has "hi3660".
>>>
>>>
>>> They should not have "hi3660" in their names either way, independent
>>> of where they are used.
>>
>>
>> Oh, change the "hi3660" to "hisilicon"?
>> e.g. ufs-hi3660-use-rate-B  -->  ufs-hisilicon-use-rate-B
>
> No, just 'use-rate-B', no prefix for this.
>
>>>>> (note: this is different from the value of the "compatible" property
>>>>> that
>>>>> is meant to be as specific as possible".
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, please clarify how your binding relates to the ufshcd binding
>>>>> in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ufs/ufshcd-pltfrm.txt: does
>>>>> hi3660 implement any registers that are shared with ufshcd, or does
>>>>> it use the same physical interface with a different register set?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, only show how to use the dt-binding for hi3660 SoC
>>>
>>>
>>> My question was about the hardware: does hi3660 implement ufshcd
>>> or not?
>>
>>
>> YES
>
> Ok, then the properties should be documented as optional in the
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ufs/ufshcd-pltfrm.txt file for anything
> that has a proper interpretation in the context of the generic ufshcd
> driver.
>
>       Arnd
>

OK I will modify this and update the patch soon.