[PATCH 2/4] documentaion: DT: allow a A5 compatible string in global timer

Rob Herring robherring2 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 12:27:09 EDT 2014


On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:51 AM, Matthew Leach <matthew.leach at arm.com> wrote:
> The global timer is present on the Cortex A5. Add a compatibility
> string to the DT binding to allow a Cortex A5 global timer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Leach <matthew.leach at arm.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/global_timer.txt | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/global_timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/global_timer.txt
> index 1e54898..0932891 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/global_timer.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/global_timer.txt
> @@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
>
>  ** Timer node required properties:
>
> -- compatible : Should be "arm,cortex-a9-global-timer"
> -               Driver supports versions r2p0 and above.

Shouldn't you keep this information for the A9?

> +- compatible : should contain
> +            * "arm,cortex-a5-global-timer" for Cortex-A5 global timers.
> +            * "arm,cortex-a9-global-timer" for Cortex-A9 global timers
> +                or any compatible implementation.
>
>  - interrupts : One interrupt to each core
>
> --
> 1.8.5.3
>
>
>
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