Re: [PATCH v2 05/28] dt-bindings: net: Add support for QMC HDLC

From: Conor Dooley
Date: Thu Jul 27 2023 - 04:37:04 EST


On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 05:02:01PM +0200, Herve Codina wrote:
> The QMC (QUICC mutichannel controller) is a controller present in some
> PowerQUICC SoC such as MPC885.
> The QMC HDLC uses the QMC controller to transfer HDLC data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/net/fsl,qmc-hdlc.yaml | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl,qmc-hdlc.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl,qmc-hdlc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl,qmc-hdlc.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..8bb6f34602d9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl,qmc-hdlc.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/net/fsl,qmc-hdlc.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: QMC HDLC

"QMC HDLC" seems excessively terse.

> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Herve Codina <herve.codina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +description: |
> + The QMC HDLC uses a QMC (QUICC Multichannel Controller) channel to transfer
> + HDLC data.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: fsl,qmc-hdlc
> +
> + fsl,qmc-chan:

Perhaps I am just showing my lack of knowledge in this area, but what is
fsl specific about wanting a reference to the channel of a "QMC"?
Is this something that hardware from other manufacturers would not also
want to do?

> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle-array
> + items:
> + - items:
> + - description: phandle to QMC node
> + - description: Channel number
> + description:
> + Should be a phandle/number pair. The phandle to QMC node and the QMC
> + channel to use.
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - fsl,qmc-chan
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + hdlc {
> + compatible = "fsl,qmc-hdlc";
> + fsl,qmc-chan = <&qmc 16>;
> + };
> --
> 2.41.0
>

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