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Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: Document Renesas R-Car FCP power-domains usage

From Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: Document Renesas R-Car FCP power-domains usage
Date 2016-06-10 21:20 +0200
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Hi Rob,

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 02:41:33PM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
>> The power domain must be specified to bring the device out of module
>> standby. Document this in the example provided, so that new additions
>> are not missed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran@bingham.xyz>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/renesas,fcp.txt | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/renesas,fcp.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/renesas,fcp.txt
>> index 271dcfdb5a76..6a55f5215221 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/renesas,fcp.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/renesas,fcp.txt
>> @@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ Device node example
>>               compatible = "renesas,r8a7795-fcpv", "renesas,fcpv";
>>               reg = <0 0xfea2f000 0 0x200>;
>>               clocks = <&cpg CPG_MOD 602>;
>> +             power-domains = <&sysc R8A7795_PD_A3VP>;
>
> This needs to be documented above too, not just the example.

Why? Power domains are an optional feature, whose presence depends
on the platform, not on the device.

Hence "power-domains" properties may appear in any device node.
Having to document them in every single binding document is overkill.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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[PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: Document Renesas R-Car FCP power-domains usage Kieran Bingham <kieran@ksquared.org.uk> - 2016-06-09 15:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: Document Renesas R-Car FCP  power-domains usage Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2016-06-10 19:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: Document Renesas R-Car FCP power-domains usage Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-06-10 21:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: Document Renesas R-Car FCP power-domains usage Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2016-06-10 23:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: Document Renesas R-Car FCP power-domains usage Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-06-12 10:50 +0200

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