A new API call has been introduced which allows channels to be
requested by name. This new call uses the 'mbox-names' property,
so users need no further discouragement from supplying it.
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jo...@linaro.org>
---
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt | 10 ++--------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
index 1a2cd3d..be05b97 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/mailbox.txt
@@ -22,17 +22,11 @@ Required property:
- mboxes: List of phandle and mailbox channel specifiers.
Optional property:
-- mbox-names: List of identifier strings for each mailbox channel
- required by the client. The use of this property
- is discouraged in favor of using index in list of
- 'mboxes' while requesting a mailbox. Instead the
- platforms may define channel indices, in DT headers,
- to something legible.
+- mbox-names: List of identifier strings for each mailbox channel.
Example:
pwr_cntrl: power {
...
mbox-names = "pwr-ctrl", "rpc";
- mboxes = <&mailbox 0
- &mailbox 1>;
+ mboxes = <&mailbox 0 &mailbox 1>;
};
--
1.9.1
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