Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: imx: Add i.MX8M Plus Gateworks gw7400 dts support

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Sat Apr 09 2022 - 06:43:42 EST


On 08/04/2022 17:52, Tim Harvey wrote:
>>> + pps {
>>> + compatible = "pps-gpio";
>>> + pinctrl-names = "default";
>>> + pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_pps>;
>>> + gpios = <&gpio1 12 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
>>> + status = "okay";
>>
>> No need for status.
>
> ok. What is the best way to know if a binding uses status or not?
>
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl,fec.yaml for example does
> not mention it uses status, yet it does.

status is not part of binding at all. All nodes have by default
status=okay, just the DTSI disables many of them. Therefore you need to
add status=okay only to these which are explicitly disabled.

Best regards,
Krzysztof