[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: rng: bcm2835: document reset support

Álvaro Fernández Rojas noltari at gmail.com
Tue Feb 23 12:22:11 EST 2021


Hello Scott,

El 23/02/2021 a las 18:17, Scott Branden escribió:
> On 2021-02-23 8:36 a.m., Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2/23/2021 8:01 AM, Álvaro Fernández Rojas wrote:
>>> Some devices may need to perform a reset before using the RNG, such as the
>>> BCM6368.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari at gmail.com>
>>
>> Since the reset is unique to the 6368, you may want to make the property
>> mandatory for the 6368 compatible string and optional otherwise.
>>
> Perhaps the reset could be done at an earlier boot stage as well and then the
> reset would even be optional on 6368?
> 

No, this isn't possible on bmips, which is device tree only.
However, it's how is done in bcm63xx, which is why it wasn't needed before.

Best regards,
Álvaro.



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