On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 7:56 PM, Li Yang <le...@freescale.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Linus Walleij <linus.wall...@linaro.org> > wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Liu Gang <gang....@freescale.com> wrote: >> >>> The GPIO block for ls2080a platform has little endian registers, >>> the GPIO driver needs this property to read/write registers by >>> right interface. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Liu Gang <gang....@freescale.com> >>> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.txt >>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.txt >>> index f2455c5..c836dab 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.txt >>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.txt >>> @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Required properties: >>> the second cell is used to specify the gpio polarity: >>> 0 = active high >>> 1 = active low >>> +- little-endian : Should be set if the GPIO has little endian >>> + registers. No the property means the GPIO >>> + registers are big endian mode. >> >> That is a very generic binding and I would like the devicetree >> maintainers to say something about this. >> >> I would be OK if this is specified for *all* gpiochips in >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt >> or even higher up in the desriptions. >> >> Just for Freescale seems a bit too local. > > There is already a generic definition at > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/common-properties.txt. But it will > be special for Freescale controller to say that the default is > big-endian for backward compatibility.
OK! Why not reference that just like you reference gpio.txt? It fooled me so it will fool others. Yours, Linus Walleij -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
