Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] reset: add reset-simple to unify socfpga, stm32,
 sunxi, and zx2967
To: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexandru Gagniuc <alex.g@adaptrum.com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org>, Baoyou Xie <baoyou.xie@linaro.org>,
        Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@synopsys.com>,
        Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>,
        Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kernel@pengutronix.de
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Hi Andre,

Am 16.08.2017 um 13:30 schrieb Andre Przywara:
> On 16/08/17 10:46, Philipp Zabel wrote:
>> +/**
>> + * struct reset_simple_devdata - simple reset controller properties
>> + * @active_low: if true, bits are cleared to assert the reset. Otherwise, bits
>> + *              are set to assert the reset.
>> + */
>> +struct reset_simple_devdata {
>> +	bool active_low;
>> +};
>> +
>> +static const struct reset_simple_devdata reset_simple_active_low = {
>> +	.active_low = true,
>> +};
>> +
>> +static const struct of_device_id reset_simple_dt_ids[] = {
>> +	{ .compatible = "allwinner,sun6i-a31-clock-reset",
>> +		.data = &reset_simple_active_low },
> 
> Can we have a additional generic compatible string here? New users of
> this driver then wouldn't need to explicitly enter their name into the
> driver, but could just use the generic name as a fallback. This would
> enable the driver without any Linux code change just by adding a DT node.
> 
> 	compatible = "nexell,s5p6818-reset", "simple-reset";
> 
> Whenever we need a quirk (now or in the future), we can add the specific
> name into this structure along with the required workarounds.

Same question about binding here. However the way it is done today, we
would also need some optional active-low property then or two different
compatible strings, as this is currently controlled via the DT matches.

Regards,
Andreas

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