[PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: exynos: add a specific compatible to MCT

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 04/03/2022 11:57, Alim Akhtar wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski [mailto:krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com]
>> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 9:07 PM
>> To: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at linaro.org>; Thomas Gleixner
>> <tglx at linutronix.de>; Rob Herring <robh+dt at kernel.org>; Krzysztof Kozlowski
>> <krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com>; Alim Akhtar
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>> Subject: [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: exynos: add a specific compatible to MCT
>>
>> One compatible is used for the Multi-Core Timer on most of the Samsung
> Exynos
>> SoCs, which is correct but not specific enough.  These MCT blocks have
> different
>> number of interrupts, so add a second specific compatible to Exynos5433 and
>> Exynos850.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com>
>> ---
>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433.dtsi | 3 ++-
>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos850.dtsi  | 3 ++-
>> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433.dtsi
>> b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433.dtsi
>> index 661567d2dd7a..017ccc2f4650 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos5433.dtsi
>> @@ -806,7 +806,8 @@ tmu_isp: tmu at 1007c000 {
>> 		};
>>
>> 		timer at 101c0000 {
>> -			compatible = "samsung,exynos4210-mct";
>> +			compatible = "samsung,exynos5433-mct",
>> +				     "samsung,exynos4210-mct";
> 
> Just a though, do we still need to keep Samsung,exyno4210-mct compatible?
> In anyway:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar at samsung.com>

Yes, otherwise we break all other projects using DTS from Linux kernel.
Also keeping it allows to apply DTS patches independently without
breaking bisectability.


Best regards,
Krzysztof