Re: [PATCH v4 03/10] dt-bindings: serial: add documentation for Bouffalolab UART Driver

From: Samuel Holland
Date: Thu May 18 2023 - 23:01:01 EST


Hi Jisheng,

On 5/18/23 10:22, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> Add bindings doc for Bouffalolab UART Driver
>
> Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../serial/bouffalolab,bl808-uart.yaml | 47 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/bouffalolab,bl808-uart.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/bouffalolab,bl808-uart.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/bouffalolab,bl808-uart.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..0ef858e50efb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/bouffalolab,bl808-uart.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +# Copyright (C) 2022 Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/serial/bouffalolab,bl808-uart.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Bouffalolab UART Controller
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +allOf:
> + - $ref: serial.yaml#
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: bouffalolab,bl808-uart
> +
> + reg:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + interrupts:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + clocks:
> + maxItems: 1

This is not complete. There are separate APB and module (baud) clocks,
as well as a peripheral reset line. If we are going to keep the binding
stable, these need to be described up front.

(I still don't fully understand the clock tree, and so far that has been
the main blocker for me sending a follow-up series with additional
bindings for hardware that's otherwise already supported, like the
Ethernet MAC.)

Regards,
Samuel

> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - reg
> + - interrupts
> + - clocks
> +
> +unevaluatedProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/irq.h>
> +
> + uart0: serial@30002000 {
> + compatible = "bouffalolab,bl808-uart";
> + reg = <0x30002000 0x1000>;
> + interrupts = <53 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
> + clocks = <&xtal>;
> + };
> +...