Re: [PATCH v3 5/8] riscv: dts: microchip: make the fabric dtsi board specific

From: Heiko Stübner
Date: Wed May 04 2022 - 03:12:15 EST


Am Mittwoch, 4. Mai 2022, 08:48:24 CEST schrieb Conor.Dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> On 04/05/2022 00:47, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
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> > Am Sonntag, 1. Mai 2022, 21:25:56 CEST schrieb Conor Dooley:
> >> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Currently mpfs-fabric.dtsi is included by mpfs.dtsi - which is fine
> >> currently since there is only one board with this SoC upstream.
> >>
> >> However if another board was added, it would include the fabric contents
> >> of the Icicle Kit's reference design. To avoid this, rename
> >> mpfs-fabric.dtsi to mpfs-icicle-kit-fabric.dtsi & include it in the dts
> >> rather than mpfs.dtsi.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> .../microchip/{mpfs-fabric.dtsi => mpfs-icicle-kit-fabric.dtsi} | 2 ++
> >> arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-icicle-kit.dts | 1 +
> >> arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs.dtsi | 1 -
> >> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> rename arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/{mpfs-fabric.dtsi => mpfs-icicle-kit-fabric.dtsi} (91%)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-fabric.dtsi b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-icicle-kit-fabric.dtsi
> >> similarity index 91%
> >> rename from arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-fabric.dtsi
> >> rename to arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-icicle-kit-fabric.dtsi
> >> index ccaac3371cf9..0d28858b83f2 100644
> >> --- a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-fabric.dtsi
> >> +++ b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-icicle-kit-fabric.dtsi
> >> @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
> >> /* Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Microchip Technology Inc */
> >>
> >> / {
> >> + compatible = "microchip,mpfs-icicle-reference-rtlv2203", "microchip,mpfs";
> >> +
> >
> > I don't really understand the meaning of the added compatible yet.
>
>
> I added it for informational purposes more than anything else.
> The contents of this file match the 22.03 reference design for
> the icicle kit's FPGA fabric & an older version of the design
> may not have the i2c or pwm devices.

that makes sense, thanks for the explanation :-)

Reviewed-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@xxxxxxxxx>


> > It will get overridden by the compatible in the dts and also the
> > fabric dtsi for the polarberry does not contain a similar thing.
>
> I did not add one for the polarberry b/c it has (to my knowledge)
> no versioning scheme nor fabric peripherals in the design given
> to customers.
>
> Thanks,
> Conor.
>