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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 2/4] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: sifive,plic: add legacy riscv compatible
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Am Mittwoch, 24. August 2022, 19:55:17 CEST schrieb Conor.Dooley@microchip.com:
> On 24/08/2022 18:44, Heiko Stübner wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 23. August 2022, 20:33:18 CEST schrieb Conor Dooley:
> >> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
> >>
> >> While "real" hardware might not use the compatible string "riscv,plic0"
> >> it is present in the driver & QEMU uses it for automatically generated
> >> virt machine dtbs. To avoid dt-validate problems with QEMU produced
> >> dtbs, such as the following, add it to the binding.
> >>
> >> riscv-virt.dtb: plic@c000000: compatible: 'oneOf' conditional failed, one must be fixed:
> >> 'sifive,plic-1.0.0' is not one of ['sifive,fu540-c000-plic', 'starfive,jh7100-plic', 'canaan,k210-plic']
> >> 'sifive,plic-1.0.0' is not one of ['allwinner,sun20i-d1-plic']
> >> 'sifive,plic-1.0.0' was expected
> >> 'thead,c900-plic' was expected
> >> riscv-virt.dtb: plic@c000000: '#address-cells' is a required property
> >>
> >> Reported-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> >> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20220803170552.GA2250266-robh@kernel.org/
> >> Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> >> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
> >> ---
> >> .../bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml | 5 +++++
> >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml
> >> index 92e0f8c3eff2..99e01f4d0a69 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/sifive,plic-1.0.0.yaml
> >> @@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ properties:
> >> - enum:
> >> - allwinner,sun20i-d1-plic
> >> - const: thead,c900-plic
> >> + - items:
> >> + - const: sifive,plic-1.0.0
> >> + - const: riscv,plic0
> >> + deprecated: true
> >
> > hmm, when setting this to deprecated, does this mean qemu was changed
> > to not use that compatible anymore?
> >
> > I.e. reading deprecated I'd assume that this is kept around for old qemu builds?
>
> I did not make that change to QEMU. From v1 [0]:
>
> Rob:
> > Conor:
> >> In arm's virt.c they use the generic gic compatible & I don't see any
> >> evidence of other archs using "qemu,foo" bindings. I suppose there's
> >> always the option of just removing the "riscv,plic0" from the riscv's
> >> virt.c
> >
> > I think we're pretty much stuck with what's in use already.
>
> > I'm on the fence whether to mark it deprecated though if there is no
> > plan to 'fix' it. Doesn't really matter until the tools can selectively
> > remove deprecated properties from validation.
>
> My interpretation was "do not use this compatible in any new devicetrees".
>
> I don't really have any strong feelings here. Maybe the description is
> sufficient?

that makes sense then. Existing users can keep using it, but no-one should
create new usages of it, so this looks good then

Heiko


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