[PATCH v2 7/9] watchdog: orion: Update device-tree binding documentation
Jason Cooper
jason at lakedaemon.net
Mon Aug 26 10:08:43 EDT 2013
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 07:12:20PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> Change the 'reg' property meaning, by defining two 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 | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/orion-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/orion-wdt.txt
> index 5dc8d30..a74c9c8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/orion-wdt.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/orion-wdt.txt
> @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
> Required Properties:
>
> - Compatibility : "marvell,orion-wdt"
> -- reg : Address of the timer registers
> +- reg : Two cells are required:
> + First cell contains the global timer control register.
> + Second cell contains the watchdog counter register.
>
> Optional properties:
>
> @@ -13,7 +15,8 @@ Example:
>
> wdt at 20300 {
> compatible = "marvell,orion-wdt";
> - reg = <0x20300 0x28>;
> + reg = <0x20300 0x4
> + 0x20324 0x4>;
Is there a reason we're going this route over adding a new compatible
string? iow, why can't we keep this knowledge in the driver and have a
"marvell,armada-wdt" or similar compat string that the orion-wdt driver
also serves?
thx,
Jason.
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