Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: dts: rockchip: add spi controller aliases on rk3399

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 09/01/2024 16:22, Heiko Stübner wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> Am Dienstag, 9. Januar 2024, 16:15:30 CET schrieb Krzysztof Kozlowski:
>> On 09/01/2024 14:35, Quentin Schulz wrote:
>>> From: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> There are 6 SPI controllers on RK3399 and they are all numbered in the
>>> TRM, so let's add the appropriate aliases to the main DTSI so that any
>>> RK3399-based board doesn't need to define the aliases themselves to
>>> benefit from stable SPI indices in userspace.
>>
>> But that contradicts the point that board should define aliases for
>> exposable interfaces. Sorry, that's a NAK.
> 
> didn't we have this same discussion some weeks ago? ;-) .

We could have and my feedback might be repeated every time someone does
something against common policy or common sense without explaining it.

> 
> I.e. spi2 on Rockchip socs is called spi2 in _all_ SoC documentation,

This does not matter.

> lines in _all_ schematics are also always called spi2_foo , so as before

If you mean board schematics, then this matters.


> I really don't see any value in repeating the very same aliases in
> _every_ board.
> 
> Same for i2c, uart .
> 

The same as in all previous discussions: the board labels them and these
should match the board labeling.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/CAK8P3a25iYksubCnQb1-e5yj=crEsK37RB9Hn4ZGZMwcVVrG7g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

https://lore.kernel.org/all/27455049.omNFrla0xU@wuerfel/

These are replies from your upstream maintainer, if you disagree with me.

Best regards,
Krzysztof