[PATCH 1/2] Documentation: DT: Add entry for ARM SP805-WDT

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Mon Nov 16 06:45:25 PST 2015


On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 07:54:42PM +0530, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
> This patch adds a devicetree binding documentation for ARM's
> SP805 WatchDog Timer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhupesh Sharma <bhupesh.sharma at freescale.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sp805-wdt.txt     |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sp805-wdt.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sp805-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sp805-wdt.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..ec70fe9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sp805-wdt.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
> +* ARM SP805 Watchdog Timer (WDT) Controller
> +
> +SP805 WDT is a ARM Primecell Peripheral and has a standard-id register that
> +can be used to identify the peripheral type, vendor, and revision.
> +This value can be used for driver matching.
> +
> +Note that the current sp805_wdt driver relies on the 'drivers/amba/bus.c'
> +framework to invoke the probe function of the sp805_wdt driver using the
> +unique PRIMECELL identifiers of the sp805 wdt IP.

This paragraph can go. We shouldn't describe kernel internals.

> +As SP805 WDT is a primecell IP, it follows the base bindings specified in
> +'arm/primecell.txt'
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible : Should be "arm,sp805-wdt", "arm,primecell"
> +- reg : Base address and size of the watchdog timer registers.
> +- interrupts : Should specify WDT interrupt number.
> +
> +Optional properties:
> +- clocks : From common clock binding. First clock is phandle to clock for apb
> +           pclk. Additional clocks are optional.
> +- clock-names : From common clock binding. Shall be "apb_pclk" for first clock.

The hardware has "WDOGCLK", which is what the driver appears to expect
first implicitly.

> +Examples:
> +
> +		cluster1_core0_watchdog: wdt at c000000 {
> +			compatible = "arm,sp805-wdt", "arm,primecell";
> +			reg = <0x0 0xc000000 0x0 0x1000>;
> +			interrupts = <1 12 0x8>; /* PPI, Level low type */

I don't see how you can use PPIs here. This is not banked per CPU.

Mark.

> +			clocks = <&clockgen 4 3>;
> +			clock-names = "apb_pclk";
> +		};
> +
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
> 



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