Fwd: [PATCH 7/8] watchdog: davinci: add "clocks" property

ivan.khoronzhuk ivan.khoronzhuk at ti.com
Mon Nov 25 07:41:45 EST 2013


On 11/25/2013 02:15 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 10:59:45AM +0000, ivan.khoronzhuk wrote:
>> On 11/23/2013 07:57 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 06 November 2013, ivan.khoronzhuk wrote:
>>>> @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Required properties:
>>>>
>>>>    - reg : Should contain WDT registers location and length
>>>>
>>>> +- clocks: phandle reference to the controller clock.
>>>> +         Required only for Keystone arch.
>>>> +         See clock-bindings.txt
>>>> +
>>>>    Optional properties:
>>>>
>>>>    - timeout-sec:         Contains the watchdog timeout in seconds
>>>
>>> I think it should really be listed under "Optional properties" and the
>>> reference to Keystone removed. Note how the binding would need
>>> to change otherwise if another platform started to use the clock, which
>>> is a little silly.
>>>
>>> 	Arnd
>>>
>>
>> Ok, I'll move clocks property under "Optional properties" and describe it
>> as following:
>>
>> Optional properties:
>> - timeout-sec : Contains the watchdog timeout in seconds
>> - clocks: phandle reference to the controller clock.
>> 	  Needed if platform uses clocks.
>> 	  See clock-bindings.txt
>
> Nit: clocks aren't just phandles, they have a clock-specifier too (which
> might be 0 cells).
>
> Otherwise this looks fine to me.
>
> Mark.
>

... I will replace it to:
Optional properties:
- timeout-sec : Contains the watchdog timeout in seconds
- clocks: the clock feeding the watchdog timer.
	  Needed if platform uses clocks.
	  See clock-bindings.txt

Is it OK?

-- 
Regards,
Ivan Khoronzhuk



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