Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: k3dma: add optional property dma_min_chan

From: Guodong Xu
Date: Tue Jul 03 2018 - 21:14:42 EST


On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 2:54 AM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 11:24:14AM +0800, Guodong Xu wrote:
> > From: Li Yu <liyu65@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add optional property dma_min_chan for k3dma.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Li Yu <liyu65@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/k3dma.txt | 6 ++++++
> > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/t b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/k3dma.txt
> > index 4945aeac4dc4..2fa1370c3173 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/k3dma.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/k3dma.txt
> > @@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Required properties:
> > have specific request line
> > - clocks: clock required
> >
> > +Optional properties:
> > +- dma_min_chan: the minimum number of DMA channel which begin to use
> > + the default value is 0, but in some platform is
> > + configured 1, like hi3660 platform
>
> Can't this be implied by the compatible?
>

No. "hisilicon,k3-dma-1.0" can work with series of hisilicon kirin
SoC. And each has different reservation of channels for on-chip
coprocessors.

> If not, needs vendor prefix and don't use '_' in property names.
>

Sure, thanks. Will change that when design new property. As Vinod
suggested, it makes sense to change this to a mask.


-Guodong

> Rob