Re: [PATCH v1] dt-bindings: riscv: deprecate riscv,isa

From: Conor Dooley
Date: Mon Jun 12 2023 - 17:26:01 EST


Rob,
Before I press on with more versions...

On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 08:30:28PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 01:15:37PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 03:12:12PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 10:42:34PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 02:30:53PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Why not just have something like
> > > > >
> > > > > mycpu {
> > > > > ...
> > > > > riscv,isa {
> > > > > i;
> > > > > m;
> > > > > a;
> > > > > zicsr;
> > > > > ...
> >
> > I prefer property names be globally unique. The tools are geared towards
> > that too. That's largely a symptom of having 0 type information in the
> > DT.
> >
> > For example if you had an extension called 'reg', it would be a problem.
>
> Per the current ISA rules, that'd not be valid. But then again, I do
> have trust issues & it's not like "reg" is the only property name in DT
> land.

...you say "prefer" here. Is that a NAK, or a "you keep the pieces"?

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