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From: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@ew.tq-group.com>
To: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@denx.de>, Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>,
	NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@nxp.com>
Subject: Re: (EXT) [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mm: Add SNVS LPGPR on Data Modul i.MX8M Mini eDM SBC
Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 13:43:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4742272.31r3eYUQgx@steina-w> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4df03cc1-59b1-3e99-4f1b-4300688db061@denx.de>

Am Montag, 23. Mai 2022, 13:18:01 CEST schrieb Marek Vasut:
> On 5/23/22 13:08, Alexander Stein wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> +&snvs {
> >> +	snvs-lpgpr {
> >> +		compatible = "fsl,imx8mm-snvs-lpgpr", "fsl,imx7d-snvs-
> > 
> > lpgpr";
> > 
> >> +	};
> >> +};
> >> +
> >> 
> >>   &uart1 {
> >>   
> >>   	pinctrl-names = "default";
> >>   	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_uart1>;
> > 
> > Shouldn't this go into imx8mm.dtsi?
> 
> No, not everyone uses this register for boot counter or wants to expose
> it to Linux that way. This is board-specific behavior.

Sure the actual usage of the general purpose registers is very much board-
specific. Nevertheless the DT describes the hardware and there is snvs-lpgpr 
in all imx8mm. IMHO there is no harm exposing those GPR unconditionally.

Best regards,
Alexander

> 
> (the other SNVS related entries should be in the SoC common file
> however, those are SoC-specific).






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  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-23 12:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-22 17:57 [PATCH] arm64: dts: imx8mm: Add SNVS LPGPR on Data Modul i.MX8M Mini eDM SBC Marek Vasut
2022-05-23 11:04 ` Fabio Estevam
2022-05-23 11:08 ` (EXT) " Alexander Stein
2022-05-23 11:18   ` Marek Vasut
2022-05-23 11:43     ` Alexander Stein [this message]
2022-05-23 12:09       ` Marek Vasut

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