[PATCH v3 2/2] drivers: watchdog: Add StarFive Watchdog driver

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Tue Feb 28 06:03:24 PST 2023


On 28/02/2023 14:16, Xingyu Wu wrote:
> On 2023/2/28 19:11, Conor Dooley wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 11:57:58AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 28/02/2023 11:51, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 11:36:49AM +0100, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 at 10:44, Xingyu Wu <xingyu.wu at starfivetech.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2023/2/26 22:14, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 at 09:21, Xingyu Wu <xingyu.wu at starfivetech.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> So the dt-bingdings need to rename, and which one could be better,
>>>>>> 'starfive,jh71x0-wdt.yaml' or 'starfive,jh-wdt.yaml'?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure, starfive,jh71x0-wdt.yaml sounds good to me.
>>>>
>>>> I feel like a common comment I see from the dt folks is to not put
>>>> wildcards in filenames & just pick the first compatible.
>>>> I could very well be wrong on that front though...
>>>
>>> First compatible is a bit better, unless you are sure this will cover
>>> all such compatibles now and in the future. For many bindings the
>>> family/wildcards were fine in filename.
>>
>> Ahh cool, good to know what the specific policy is - thanks!
> 
> If this watchdog driver is improved to also support JH7100 in next patch,
> it seems more reasonable to rename the dt-bingdings to 'starfive,jh71x0-wdt.yaml'.

Bindings are for hardware, not drivers. One version of driver in one OS
should not determine the bindings...

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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