Re: [PATCH 6/7] dt-bindings: spi: stm32: add stm32h7 st,spi-slave-underrun property

[Rob Herring]

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 02:15:23PM +0200, Valentin Caron wrote:
> This property is used to enable and configure stm32h7 SPI controller to
> handle underrun that could appear in slave mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Valentin Caron <valentin.caron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/spi/st,stm32-spi.yaml     |  8 ++++++++
>  MAINTAINERS                                       |  1 +
>  include/dt-bindings/spi/spi-stm32.h               | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/spi/spi-stm32.h
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/st,stm32-spi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/st,stm32-spi.yaml
> index 1d26fa2658c5..e946ea71a247 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/st,stm32-spi.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/st,stm32-spi.yaml
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ allOf:
>        properties:
>          st,spi-midi-ns: false
>          spi-slave: false
> +        st,spi-slave-underrun: false
>  
>  properties:
>    "#address-cells": true
> @@ -70,6 +71,13 @@ properties:
>        In case of spi-slave defined, if <0>, indicate that SS should be
>        detected via the dedicated HW pin
>  
> +  st,spi-slave-underrun:
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
> +    description:
> +      First parameter enables and selects slave underrun reaction.
> +      Refer to "dt-bindings/spi/spi-stm32.h" for the supported values.
> +      Second parameter is the pattern in case of SPI_SEND_PATTERN mode.

So, max 2 cells? Then:

minItems: 1
maxItems: 2

Though I don't really think this belongs in DT. The driver implementing 
the SPI slave function defines all the rest of the protocol the slave 
implements. Why not this little bit? Perhaps there is no way for a SPI 
slave driver to tell the SPI controller which controller specific mode 
to use, so you abuse DT to configure the SPI controller. Also, with a 
controller specific response, then the slave driver is coupled to that 
SPI controller which isn't great either.

Rob