[PATCH v2 5/8] dt-bindings: iio: Add STM32 LPTimer trigger binding

[Jonathan Cameron]

On 26 June 2017 19:14:16 BST, Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org> wrote:
>On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 04:30:12PM +0200, Fabrice Gasnier wrote:
>> Add documentation for STMicroelectronics STM32 Low-Power Timer
>Trigger
>> binding.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier at st.com>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>> - s/Low Power/Low-Power
>> - remove leading 0x in example (parent node)
>> - improve reg property description
>> ---
>>  .../bindings/iio/timer/stm32-lptimer-trigger.txt   | 23
>++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644
>Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/timer/stm32-lptimer-trigger.txt
>> 
>> diff --git
>a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/timer/stm32-lptimer-trigger.txt
>b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/timer/stm32-lptimer-trigger.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..466d99f
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++
>b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/timer/stm32-lptimer-trigger.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
>> +STMicroelectronics STM32 Low-Power Timer Trigger
>> +
>> +STM32 Low-Power Timer provides trigger source (LPTIM output) that
>can be used
>> +by STM32 internal ADC and/or DAC.
>> +
>> +Must be a sub-node of an STM32 Low-Power Timer device tree node.
>> +See ../mfd/stm32-lptimer.txt for details about the parent node.
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +- compatible:		Must be "st,stm32-lptimer-trigger".
>> +- reg:			Selects trigger hardware block. Must be 0, 1 or 2
>> +			respectively for lptimer1, lptimer2 or lptimer3
>> +			trigger output.
>
>I guess this answers my question. However, this seems like abuse of the
>
>reg prop. This should not be how you select a trigger. The DT should 
>describe all the h/w blocks and then the adc connection is a separate 
>property.
I think this is miss described. Reg is labelling instances of the hardware block which is providing the trigger.

The connection to an ADC etc is done from userspace.


>
>Rob
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