From 57f0f512b273f60d52568b8c6b77e17f5636edc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:04:01 -0300 Subject: Initial import --- .../devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt (limited to 'Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap') diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b494f8b8e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +Device-Tree binding for regmap + +The endianness mode of CPU & Device scenarios: +Index Device Endianness properties +--------------------------------------------------- +1 BE 'big-endian' +2 LE 'little-endian' + +For one device driver, which will run in different scenarios above +on different SoCs using the devicetree, we need one way to simplify +this. + +Required properties: +- {big,little}-endian: these are boolean properties, if absent + meaning that the CPU and the Device are in the same endianness mode, + these properties are for register values and all the buffers only. + +Examples: +Scenario 1 : CPU in LE mode & device in LE mode. +dev: dev@40031000 { + compatible = "name"; + reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>; + ... +}; + +Scenario 2 : CPU in LE mode & device in BE mode. +dev: dev@40031000 { + compatible = "name"; + reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>; + ... + big-endian; +}; + +Scenario 3 : CPU in BE mode & device in BE mode. +dev: dev@40031000 { + compatible = "name"; + reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>; + ... +}; + +Scenario 4 : CPU in BE mode & device in LE mode. +dev: dev@40031000 { + compatible = "name"; + reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>; + ... + little-endian; +}; -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf