Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] Documentation: of: Document graph bindings

From: Grant Likely
Date: Sat Mar 08 2014 - 00:36:54 EST


On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:14:17 +0200, Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On 25/02/14 16:58, Philipp Zabel wrote:
>
> > +Optional endpoint properties
> > +----------------------------
> > +
> > +- remote-endpoint: phandle to an 'endpoint' subnode of a remote device node.
>
> Why is that optional? What use is an endpoint, if it's not connected to
> something?
>
> Also, if this is being worked on, I'd like to propose the addition of
> simpler single-endpoint cases which I've been using with OMAP DSS. So if
> there's just a single endpoint for the device, which is very common, you
> can have just:
>
> device {
> ...
> endpoint { ... };
> };
>
> However, I guess that the patch just keeps growing and growing, so maybe
> it's better to add such things later =).

It's good to talk about it now while boiling down the core behaviour
into a useful pattern. That said, I think if the stuff I've commented on
already is addressed then it will probably be sufficient for me to ack
or merge the change.

g.
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