Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] arm64: dts: ti: k3-j784s4-main: Add system controller and SERDES lane mux

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 11/07/2023 17:31, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> On 12:01-20230711, Jayesh Choudhary wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 10/07/23 17:13, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 10/07/2023 12:17, Jayesh Choudhary wrote:
>>>> From: Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@xxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> The system controller node manages the CTRL_MMR0 region.
>>>> Add serdes_ln_ctrl node which is used for controlling the SERDES lane mux.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@xxxxxx>
>>>> [j-choudhary@xxxxxx: Add reg property to fix dtc warning]
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jayesh Choudhary <j-choudhary@xxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j784s4-main.dtsi | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>   1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j784s4-main.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j784s4-main.dtsi
>>>> index 2ea0adae6832..68cc2fa053e7 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j784s4-main.dtsi
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-j784s4-main.dtsi
>>>> @@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
>>>>    * Copyright (C) 2022 Texas Instruments Incorporated - https://www.ti.com/
>>>>    */
>>>> +#include <dt-bindings/mux/mux.h>
>>>> +#include <dt-bindings/mux/ti-serdes.h>
>>>
>>> Why? What do you use from that binding?
>>>
>>
>> Missed idle-state in the mux-controller node here for default values.
>> I will wait for more feedback and then re-spin the series.
> 
> btw, I am wondering if ti-serdes.h should even exist in dt-bindings -
> are any of the macros used in the driver? or should this follow the
> pinctrl style macros that could happily reside in arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti
> ?

I don't see any usage in drivers, which is a clear indication that it
might not be suitable for bindings. What are these values? Look like
some register values, which there is little sense in making a binding.

Best regards,
Krzysztof