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Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:17:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.50.4] ([82.78.167.17]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-47d7f6ef868sm140085435e9.11.2026.01.08.01.17.17 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:17:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 11:17:17 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] dt-bindings: timer: microchip,sam9x60-pit64b: convert to yaml To: Nicolas Ferre , Rob Herring , Conor Dooley Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org, conor@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org References: <20230525125602.640855-1-claudiu.beznea@microchip.com> <20230525125602.640855-4-claudiu.beznea@microchip.com> <20230525-straw-fidgeting-4c1099aa16fe@spud> <5edf3d3b-6f59-0af3-6414-940a278962bf@microchip.com> <20230526-knickers-aim-e01220e6a7cd@wendy> <5a5d25a2-e6b5-fd69-f615-cd3d6ed33b9f@microchip.com> <20230526-unsubtle-chowtime-ce329d7e5627@wendy> <20230608201707.GA3359628-robh@kernel.org> <276e53d3-46ae-46c6-ba64-f3337bb963d9@microchip.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Claudiu Beznea In-Reply-To: <276e53d3-46ae-46c6-ba64-f3337bb963d9@microchip.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260108_011721_219712_018F980F X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 19.13 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Hi, Nicolas, On 1/2/26 18:03, Nicolas Ferre wrote: > Hi, > > On 08/06/2023 at 22:17, Rob Herring wrote: >> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 08:55:39AM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote: >>> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 06:41:39AM +0000, >>> Claudiu.Beznea@microchip.com wrote: >>>> On 26.05.2023 09:23, Conor Dooley wrote: >>>>> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 04:47:28AM +0000, >>>>> Claudiu.Beznea@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! >>>> >>>> They do the same thing, they are timers... But the way they do it (from >>>> hardware perspective) is totally different. With this would you still >>>> prefer to have them merged? >>> >>> Yeah, one binding would be my preference. >> >> I'd probably just leave them separate if they're pretty much unrelated. >> >> Rob > > I'd love to see this (old) thread revived and I'm ready to help. > In particular this pit64b or WDT pending conversion to yaml which > generate some errors while running dtbs_check on recent Microchip > board .dts. > > I tend to think like Claudiu and Rob here, hardware are so different > from so different era, that... well... I would keep them separated for > the sake of simplicity and future proof. > > Claudiu, tell me if I need to help with this? Unfortunately, I don't have the bandwidth to look at this in the next weeks. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Claudiu