Re: [PATCH v4 08/11] dt-bindings: sdhci-omap: Add documentation for ti,needs-special-reset property

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Jan 06 2020 - 17:03:21 EST


On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 04:31:30PM +0530, Faiz Abbas wrote:
> Some controllers need a special software reset sequence. Document the
> ti,needs-special-reset binding to indicate that a controller needs this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Faiz Abbas <faiz_abbas@xxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/sdhci-omap.txt | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/sdhci-omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/sdhci-omap.txt
> index 97efb01617dd..0f5389c72bda 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/sdhci-omap.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/sdhci-omap.txt
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Optional properties:
> - dma-names: List of DMA request names. These strings correspond 1:1 with the
> DMA specifiers listed in dmas. The string naming is to be "tx"
> and "rx" for TX and RX DMA requests, respectively.
> +- ti,needs-special-reset: Requires a special softreset sequence

Why can't this be implied by the compatible string?

Rob