On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 09:42:04AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote: > On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 4:08 AM Will Deacon <will.dea...@arm.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 03:31:57PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote: > > > +properties: > > > + compatible: > > > + oneOf: > > > + - items: > > > + - enum: > > > + - apm,potenza-pmu > > > + - arm,armv8-pmuv3 > > > + - arm,cortex-a73-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a72-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a57-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a53-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a35-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a17-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a15-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a12-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a9-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a8-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a7-pmu > > > + - arm,cortex-a5-pmu > > > + - arm,arm11mpcore-pmu > > > + - arm,arm1176-pmu > > > + - arm,arm1136-pmu > > > + - brcm,vulcan-pmu > > > + - cavium,thunder-pmu > > > + - qcom,scorpion-pmu > > > + - qcom,scorpion-mp-pmu > > > + - qcom,krait-pmu > > > + - items: > > > + - const: arm,cortex-a7-pmu > > > + - const: arm,cortex-a15-pmu > > > > What do these last two mean? > > The first list only allows a single compatible string. This list says > there are 2 and that the compatible property should be: > compatible = "arm,cortex-a7-pmu", "arm,cortex-a15-pmu"; > > Which shows up here: > arch/arm/boot/dts/sun6i-a31.dtsi: compatible = > "arm,cortex-a7-pmu", "arm,cortex-a15-pmu"; > arch/arm/boot/dts/sun7i-a20.dtsi: compatible = > "arm,cortex-a7-pmu", "arm,cortex-a15-pmu"; > > Maybe the dts is wrong and should be fixed?
Yes, that's wrong and you could end up with the kernel exposing the wrong events to userspace. So I think we can fix the .dts and leave the binding without this. > > > +required: > > > + - compatible > > > > I probably said this before, but I do think that it's a shame to lose the > > example binding, especially for something like the PMU where you can > > pretty much take an example and bang in your own IRQ numbers to get it > > up and running. > > I just thought it is so trivial that it didn't add much. I think most > folks would copy-n-paste from an actual dts file which has all the > other nodes you just need to update addresses and irq nums. True... even more of a reason to fix thise sun* .dts files then! Will
