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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile index 63b139f9ae28..8a2774b5834b 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/Makefile @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DT_MK_SCHEMA ?= dt-mk-schema DT_MK_SCHEMA_FLAGS := $(if $(DT_SCHEMA_FILES), -u) quiet_cmd_chk_binding = CHKDT $(patsubst $(srctree)/%,%,$<) - cmd_chk_binding = $(DT_DOC_CHECKER) $< ; \ + cmd_chk_binding = $(DT_DOC_CHECKER) -u $(srctree)/$(src) $< ; \ $(DT_EXTRACT_EX) $< > $@ $(obj)/%.example.dts: $(src)/%.yaml FORCE diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm-boards b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm-boards index b6e810c2781a..abff8d834a6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm-boards +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arm-boards @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ Example: #size-cells = <0>; A57_0: cpu@0 { - compatible = "arm,cortex-a57","arm,armv8"; + compatible = "arm,cortex-a57"; reg = <0x0 0x0>; device_type = "cpu"; enable-method = "psci"; @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Example: ..... A53_0: cpu@100 { - compatible = "arm,cortex-a53","arm,armv8"; + compatible = "arm,cortex-a53"; reg = <0x0 0x100>; device_type = "cpu"; enable-method = "psci"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-capacity.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-capacity.txt index 96fa46cb133c..380e21c5fc7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-capacity.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpu-capacity.txt @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ cpus { }; A57_0: cpu@0 { - compatible = "arm,cortex-a57","arm,armv8"; + compatible = "arm,cortex-a57"; reg = <0x0 0x0>; device_type = "cpu"; enable-method = "psci"; @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ cpus { }; A57_1: cpu@1 { - compatible = "arm,cortex-a57","arm,armv8"; + compatible = "arm,cortex-a57"; reg = <0x0 0x1>; device_type = "cpu"; enable-method = "psci"; @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ cpus { }; A53_0: cpu@100 { - compatible = "arm,cortex-a53","arm,armv8"; + compatible = "arm,cortex-a53"; reg = <0x0 0x100>; device_type = "cpu"; enable-method = "psci"; @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ cpus { }; A53_1: cpu@101 { - compatible = "arm,cortex-a53","arm,armv8"; + compatible = "arm,cortex-a53"; reg = <0x0 0x101>; device_type = "cpu"; enable-method = "psci"; @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ cpus { }; A53_2: cpu@102 { - compatible = "arm,cortex-a53","arm,armv8"; + compatible = "arm,cortex-a53"; reg = <0x0 0x102>; device_type = "cpu"; enable-method = "psci"; @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ cpus { }; A53_3: cpu@103 { - compatible = "arm,cortex-a53","arm,armv8"; + compatible = "arm,cortex-a53"; reg = <0x0 0x103>; device_type = "cpu"; enable-method = "psci"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/crossbar.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/crossbar.txt index 4cd5d873fc3a..a43e4c7aba3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/crossbar.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/crossbar.txt @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Examples: Consumer: ======== See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/interrupts.txt and -Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic.txt for +Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic.yaml for further details. An interrupt consumer on an SoC using crossbar will use: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/samsung,s5pv210-clock.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/samsung,s5pv210-clock.txt index 15b48e20a061..a86c83bf9d4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/samsung,s5pv210-clock.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/samsung,s5pv210-clock.txt @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ board device tree, including the system base clock, as selected by XOM[0] pin of the SoC. Refer to generic fixed rate clock bindings documentation[1] for more information how to specify these clocks. -[1] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/fixed-clock.txt +[1] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/fixed-clock.yaml Example: Clock controller node: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic.yaml index 54838d4ea44c..9a47820ef346 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic.yaml @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ properties: minItems: 2 maxItems: 4 + ranges: true + interrupts: description: Interrupt source of the parent interrupt controller on secondary GICs, or VGIC maintenance interrupt on primary GIC (see @@ -197,28 +199,28 @@ examples: interrupt-controller@e1101000 { compatible = "arm,gic-400"; #interrupt-cells = <3>; - #address-cells = <2>; - #size-cells = <2>; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <1>; interrupt-controller; interrupts = <1 8 0xf04>; - ranges = <0 0 0 0xe1100000 0 0x100000>; - reg = <0x0 0xe1110000 0 0x01000>, - <0x0 0xe112f000 0 0x02000>, - <0x0 0xe1140000 0 0x10000>, - <0x0 0xe1160000 0 0x10000>; + ranges = <0 0xe1100000 0x100000>; + reg = <0xe1110000 0x01000>, + <0xe112f000 0x02000>, + <0xe1140000 0x10000>, + <0xe1160000 0x10000>; - v2m0: v2m@8000 { + v2m0: v2m@80000 { compatible = "arm,gic-v2m-frame"; msi-controller; - reg = <0x0 0x80000 0 0x1000>; + reg = <0x80000 0x1000>; }; //... - v2mN: v2m@9000 { + v2mN: v2m@90000 { compatible = "arm,gic-v2m-frame"; msi-controller; - reg = <0x0 0x90000 0 0x1000>; + reg = <0x90000 0x1000>; }; }; ... diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,odmi-controller.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,odmi-controller.txt index 930fb462fd9f..0ebfc952cb34 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,odmi-controller.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/marvell,odmi-controller.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Required properties: - marvell,spi-base : List of GIC base SPI interrupts, one for each ODMI frame. Those SPI interrupts are 0-based, i.e marvell,spi-base = <128> will use SPI #96. - See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic.txt + See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic.yaml for details about the GIC Device Tree binding. Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/irled/spi-ir-led.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/irled/spi-ir-led.txt index 896b6997cf30..21882c8d4b0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/irled/spi-ir-led.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/irled/spi-ir-led.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Optional properties: - power-supply: specifies the power source. It can either be a regulator or a gpio which enables a regulator, i.e. a regulator-fixed as described in - Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/fixed-regulator.txt + Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/fixed-regulator.yaml Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/amlogic,meson-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/amlogic,meson-nand.txt index 3983c11e062c..5794ab1147c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/amlogic,meson-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/amlogic,meson-nand.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Optional children nodes: Children nodes represent the available nand chips. Other properties: -see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt for generic bindings. +see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml for generic bindings. Example demonstrate on AXG SoC: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/brcm,brcmnand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/brcm,brcmnand.txt index bcda1dfc4bac..0b7c3738b66c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/brcm,brcmnand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/brcm,brcmnand.txt @@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ Required properties: number (e.g., 0, 1, 2, etc.) - #address-cells : see partition.txt - #size-cells : see partition.txt -- nand-ecc-strength : see nand.txt -- nand-ecc-step-size : must be 512 or 1024. See nand.txt +- nand-ecc-strength : see nand-controller.yaml +- nand-ecc-step-size : must be 512 or 1024. See nand-controller.yaml Optional properties: - nand-on-flash-bbt : boolean, to enable the on-flash BBT for this - chip-select. See nand.txt + chip-select. See nand-controller.yaml - brcm,nand-oob-sector-size : integer, to denote the spare area sector size expected for the ECC layout in use. This size, in addition to the strength and step-size, diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/denali-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/denali-nand.txt index b14b6751c2f3..b32aed1db46d 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/denali-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/denali-nand.txt @@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ Sub-nodes: select is connected. Optional properties: - - nand-ecc-step-size: see nand.txt for details. + - nand-ecc-step-size: see nand-controller.yaml for details. If present, the value must be 512 for "altr,socfpga-denali-nand" 1024 for "socionext,uniphier-denali-nand-v5a" 1024 for "socionext,uniphier-denali-nand-v5b" - - nand-ecc-strength: see nand.txt for details. Valid values are: + - nand-ecc-strength: see nand-controller.yaml for details. Valid values are: 8, 15 for "altr,socfpga-denali-nand" 8, 16, 24 for "socionext,uniphier-denali-nand-v5a" 8, 16 for "socionext,uniphier-denali-nand-v5b" - - nand-ecc-maximize: see nand.txt for details + - nand-ecc-maximize: see nand-controller.yaml for details The chip nodes may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the address space. See partition.txt for more detail. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsmc-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsmc-nand.txt index 32636eb77304..6762d3c4d5a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsmc-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsmc-nand.txt @@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ Optional properties: command is asserted. Zero means one cycle, 255 means 256 cycles. - bank: default NAND bank to use (0-3 are valid, 0 is the default). -- nand-ecc-mode : see nand.txt -- nand-ecc-strength : see nand.txt -- nand-ecc-step-size : see nand.txt +- nand-ecc-mode : see nand-controller.yaml +- nand-ecc-strength : see nand-controller.yaml +- nand-ecc-step-size : see nand-controller.yaml Can support 1-bit HW ECC (default) or if stronger correction is required, software-based BCH. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt index c059ab74ed88..44919d48d241 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ explained in a separate documents - please refer to Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/omap-gpmc.txt For NAND specific properties such as ECC modes or bus width, please refer to -Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt +Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml Required properties: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/hisi504-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/hisi504-nand.txt index 2e35f0662912..8963983ae7cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/hisi504-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/hisi504-nand.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Required properties: NAND controller's registers. The second contains base physical address and size of NAND controller's buffer. - interrupts: Interrupt number for nfc. -- nand-bus-width: See nand.txt. +- nand-bus-width: See nand-controller.yaml. - nand-ecc-mode: Support none and hw ecc mode. - #address-cells: Partition address, should be set 1. - #size-cells: Partition size, should be set 1. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt index e0c790706b9b..a2d9a0f2b683 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt @@ -36,29 +36,29 @@ Children nodes represent the available NAND chips. Required properties: - reg: shall contain the native Chip Select ids (0-3). -- nand-rb: see nand.txt (0-1). +- nand-rb: see nand-controller.yaml (0-1). Optional properties: - marvell,nand-keep-config: orders the driver not to take the timings from the core and leaving them completely untouched. Bootloader timings will then be used. - label: MTD name. -- nand-on-flash-bbt: see nand.txt. -- nand-ecc-mode: see nand.txt. Will use hardware ECC if not specified. -- nand-ecc-algo: see nand.txt. This property is essentially useful when +- nand-on-flash-bbt: see nand-controller.yaml. +- nand-ecc-mode: see nand-controller.yaml. Will use hardware ECC if not specified. +- nand-ecc-algo: see nand-controller.yaml. This property is essentially useful when not using hardware ECC. Howerver, it may be added when using hardware ECC for clarification but will be ignored by the driver because ECC mode is chosen depending on the page size and the strength required by the NAND chip. This value may be overwritten with nand-ecc-strength property. -- nand-ecc-strength: see nand.txt. -- nand-ecc-step-size: see nand.txt. Marvell's NAND flash controller does +- nand-ecc-strength: see nand-controller.yaml. +- nand-ecc-step-size: see nand-controller.yaml. Marvell's NAND flash controller does use fixed strength (1-bit for Hamming, 16-bit for BCH), so the actual step size will shrink or grow in order to fit the required strength. Step sizes are not completely random for all and follow certain patterns described in AN-379, "Marvell SoC NFC ECC". -See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt for more details on +See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml for more details on generic bindings. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mxc-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mxc-nand.txt index b5833d11c7be..2857c628fba4 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mxc-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mxc-nand.txt @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ Required properties: - compatible: "fsl,imxXX-nand" - reg: address range of the nfc block - interrupts: irq to be used -- nand-bus-width: see nand.txt -- nand-ecc-mode: see nand.txt -- nand-on-flash-bbt: see nand.txt +- nand-bus-width: see nand-controller.yaml +- nand-ecc-mode: see nand-controller.yaml +- nand-on-flash-bbt: see nand-controller.yaml Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nvidia-tegra20-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nvidia-tegra20-nand.txt index b2f2ca12f9e6..e737e5beb7bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nvidia-tegra20-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nvidia-tegra20-nand.txt @@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ Optional children node properties: "hw" is supported. - nand-ecc-algo: string, algorithm of NAND ECC. Supported values with "hw" ECC mode are: "rs", "bch". -- nand-bus-width : See nand.txt -- nand-on-flash-bbt: See nand.txt +- nand-bus-width : See nand-controller.yaml +- nand-on-flash-bbt: See nand-controller.yaml - nand-ecc-strength: integer representing the number of bits to correct per ECC step (always 512). Supported strength using HW ECC modes are: - RS: 4, 6, 8 - BCH: 4, 8, 14, 16 -- nand-ecc-maximize: See nand.txt +- nand-ecc-maximize: See nand-controller.yaml - nand-is-boot-medium: Makes sure only ECC strengths supported by the boot ROM are chosen. - wp-gpios: GPIO specifier for the write protect pin. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/oxnas-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/oxnas-nand.txt index 56d5c19da41d..2ba07fc8b79c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/oxnas-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/oxnas-nand.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ * Oxford Semiconductor OXNAS NAND Controller -Please refer to nand.txt for generic information regarding MTD NAND bindings. +Please refer to nand-controller.yaml for generic information regarding MTD NAND bindings. Required properties: - compatible: "oxsemi,ox820-nand" diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom_nandc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom_nandc.txt index 1123cc6d56ef..5c2fba4b30fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom_nandc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom_nandc.txt @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ Required properties: - #size-cells: see partition.txt Optional properties: -- nand-bus-width: see nand.txt -- nand-ecc-strength: see nand.txt. If not specified, then ECC strength will +- nand-bus-width: see nand-controller.yaml +- nand-ecc-strength: see nand-controller.yaml. If not specified, then ECC strength will be used according to chip requirement and available OOB size. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/samsung-s3c2410.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/samsung-s3c2410.txt index 0040eb8895e0..09815c40fc8a 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/samsung-s3c2410.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/samsung-s3c2410.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Required properties: "samsung,s3c2412-nand" "samsung,s3c2440-nand" - reg : register's location and length. -- #address-cells, #size-cells : see nand.txt +- #address-cells, #size-cells : see nand-controller.yaml - clocks : phandle to the nand controller clock - clock-names : must contain "nand" @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Optional child nodes: Child nodes representing the available nand chips. Optional child properties: -- nand-ecc-mode : see nand.txt -- nand-on-flash-bbt : see nand.txt +- nand-ecc-mode : see nand-controller.yaml +- nand-on-flash-bbt : see nand-controller.yaml Each child device node may optionally contain a 'partitions' sub-node, which further contains sub-nodes describing the flash partition mapping. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/stm32-fmc2-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/stm32-fmc2-nand.txt index ad2bef826582..e55895e8dae4 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/stm32-fmc2-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/stm32-fmc2-nand.txt @@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ Required properties: - reg: describes the CS lines assigned to the NAND device. Optional properties: -- nand-on-flash-bbt: see nand.txt -- nand-ecc-strength: see nand.txt -- nand-ecc-step-size: see nand.txt +- nand-on-flash-bbt: see nand-controller.yaml +- nand-ecc-strength: see nand-controller.yaml +- nand-ecc-step-size: see nand-controller.yaml The following ECC strength and step size are currently supported: - nand-ecc-strength = <1>, nand-ecc-step-size = <512> (Hamming) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/tango-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/tango-nand.txt index cd1bf2ac9055..91c8420241af 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/tango-nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/tango-nand.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Required properties: - #size-cells: <0> Children nodes represent the available NAND chips. -See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt for generic bindings. +See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml for generic bindings. Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/vf610-nfc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/vf610-nfc.txt index c96eeb65f450..7db5e6e609df 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/vf610-nfc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/vf610-nfc.txt @@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ only handle one NAND chip. Required properties: - compatible: Should be set to "fsl,vf610-nfc-cs". -- nand-bus-width: see nand.txt -- nand-ecc-mode: see nand.txt +- nand-bus-width: see nand-controller.yaml +- nand-ecc-mode: see nand-controller.yaml Required properties for hardware ECC: -- nand-ecc-strength: supported strengths are 24 and 32 bit (see nand.txt) +- nand-ecc-strength: supported strengths are 24 and 32 bit (see nand-controller.yaml) - nand-ecc-step-size: step size equals page size, currently only 2k pages are supported -- nand-on-flash-bbt: see nand.txt +- nand-on-flash-bbt: see nand-controller.yaml Example: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sifive/sifive-blocks-ip-versioning.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sifive/sifive-blocks-ip-versioning.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..beaa3b64084e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sifive/sifive-blocks-ip-versioning.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +DT compatible string versioning for SiFive open-source IP blocks + +This document describes the version specification for DT "compatible" +strings for open-source SiFive IP blocks. HDL for these IP blocks +can be found in this public repository: + +https://github.com/sifive/sifive-blocks + +IP block-specific DT compatible strings are contained within the HDL, +in the form "sifive,<ip-block-name><integer version number>". + +An example is "sifive,uart0" from: + +https://github.com/sifive/sifive-blocks/blob/v1.0/src/main/scala/devices/uart/UART.scala#L43 + +Until these IP blocks (or IP integration) support version +auto-discovery, the maintainers of these IP blocks intend to increment +the suffixed number in the compatible string whenever the software +interface to these IP blocks changes, or when the functionality of the +underlying IP blocks changes in a way that software should be aware of. + +Driver developers can use compatible string "match" values such as +"sifive,uart0" to indicate that their driver is compatible with the +register interface and functionality associated with the relevant +upstream sifive-blocks commits. It is expected that most drivers will +match on these IP block-specific compatible strings. + +DT data authors, when writing data for a particular SoC, should +continue to specify an SoC-specific compatible string value, such as +"sifive,fu540-c000-uart". This way, if SoC-specific +integration-specific bug fixes or workarounds are needed, the kernel +or other system software can match on this string to apply them. The +IP block-specific compatible string (such as "sifive,uart0") should +then be specified as a subsequent value. + +An example of this style: + + compatible = "sifive,fu540-c000-uart", "sifive,uart0"; |