Re: [PATCH v5] ASoC: dt-bindings: davinci-mcasp: convert McASP bindings to yaml schema

[Jayesh Choudhary]

On 29/01/22 01:48, Péter Ujfalusi wrote:
> On 1/17/22 12:07, Jayesh Choudhary wrote:
>
> > > > > +properties:
> > > > > +  compatible:
> > > > > +    enum:
> > > > > +      - ti,dm646x-mcasp-audio
> > > > > +      - ti,da830-mcasp-audio
> > > > > +      - ti,am33xx-mcasp-audio
> > > > > +      - ti,dra7-mcasp-audio
> > > > > +      - ti,omap4-mcasp-audio
> > >
> > > This is the only thing which bugs me: the pointless '-audio' postfix for
> > > the compatible string...
> >
> > Removing the postfix would also require a lot of dts changes which might
> > be backward incompatible. So it is probably not a good idea.
>
> My plan was to not convert the ti,*-mcasp-audio txt file to yaml in the
> first place, but do it right with as ti,*-mcasp
>
> One of the outstanding issue is the multiple serializer support. It
> should be in core as things are just working by luck atm when more than
> one serializer is in use (via the card node).
>
> > Should we still consider this?
>
> Since we are officially documenting the -mcasp-audio, I don't think it
> would be a good idea to introduce different binding for the very same IP
> just for the sake of it.
>
> The new (and imho correct) binding would require quite a bit of work in
> the driver and in the core level (plus the simple-card family), but I'm
> afraid, I will not have time for it.

Peter,

I think all the new changes can be picked up later on.
For now, to support the current device tree and binding, I am posting a
v6 patch with 'acked-by' and 'reviewed-by' so that they are not lost in
this thread and this patch could be merged.