[PATCH 3/5] dt-bindings: timer: microchip,sam9x60-pit64b: convert to yaml

Conor Dooley conor.dooley at microchip.com
Thu May 25 23:23:24 PDT 2023


Hey Claudiu,

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 04:47:28AM +0000, Claudiu.Beznea at microchip.com wrote:
> On 25.05.2023 20:14, Conor Dooley wrote:
> >> Convert Microchip PIT64B to YAML. Along with it clock-names binding has
> >> been added as the driver needs it to get PIT64B clocks.
> > I don't think both of these PIT things need to have different binding
> > files. 90% of it is the same, just the clock-names/number - so you can
> 
> But these are different hardware blocks with different functionalities and
> different drivers.

Having different drivers doesn't preclude having them in the same
binding provided the function/description etc are more or less
identical. I was confused by:

+description:
+  The 64-bit periodic interval timer provides the operating system scheduler
+  interrupt. It is designed to offer maximum accuracy and efficient management,
+  even for systems with long response times.

+description:
+  Atmel periodic interval timer provides the operating system’s scheduler
+  interrupt. It is designed to offer maximum accuracy and efficient management,
+  even for systems with long response time.

Those seemed like they do the same thing to me!

Cheers,
Conor

> 
> > combine the two into one file with an
> 
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