[PATCH V2] watchdog: mpcore: Add DT probing support for ARM mpcore watchdog

viresh kumar viresh.linux at gmail.com
Mon Apr 23 07:35:48 EDT 2012


On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com> wrote:
> Irk! Have you actually tested this?

Yes. But with incorrect base address. I passed timers address by mistake.

> The DT binding indicates:
> - reg : Specify the base address and the size of the TWD watchdog
>        register window.
>
> while all the offsets in smp_twd.h are expressed in bytes from the TWD
> *timer* base. So you have to either fix these offsets (which breaks
> potential users of the non-DT version of the driver), or correct the
> base when using DT.

You are correct. Which one do you prefer:
- Change bindings to pass timers base address
- subtract 0x20 from base address for DT case
- something else.

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viresh



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