[PATCH 7/7] watchdog: orion: Update device-tree binding documentation
Ezequiel Garcia
ezequiel.garcia at free-electrons.com
Fri Aug 23 06:04:51 EDT 2013
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 09:26:21PM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:41:58AM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > Change the 'reg' property meaning, by defining three required cells.
> > It's important to note this commit breaks DT-compatibility for this
> > device.
> >
> > Cc: devicetree at vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia at free-electrons.com>
> > ---
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/orion-wdt.txt | 9 +++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/orion-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/orion-wdt.txt
> > index 5dc8d30..bb7f1a2 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/orion-wdt.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/orion-wdt.txt
> > @@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
> > Required Properties:
> >
> > - Compatibility : "marvell,orion-wdt"
> > -- reg : Address of the timer registers
> > +- reg : Three cells are required.
> > + First cell contains the global timer control register.
> > + Second cell contains the watchdog counter register.
> > + Third cell contains the RSTOUT register.
> >
> > Optional properties:
> >
> > @@ -13,7 +16,9 @@ Example:
> >
> > wdt at 20300 {
> > compatible = "marvell,orion-wdt";
> > - reg = <0x20300 0x28>;
> > + reg = <0x20300 0x4
> > + 0x20324 0x4
> > + 0x20108 0x4>;
>
> I don't like this. It reaches outside of the wdt register. I think a
> more clean way to do this is to do a provider/consumer relationship as
> in reset.txt. eg, here you would retain the original reg binding, and
> add a reset phandle.
>
Mmm... I can't see how this fits a reset-controller usage.
The watchdog simply "enables" the RSTOUT bit that allows the whole SoC
to be reset when the watchdog counter expires.
The reset-controller seems to be meant to send reset signals to devices,
which is not this case.
What am I missing?
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Ezequiel García, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering
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