From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4092D258CCC; Fri, 2 Jan 2026 16:26:14 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767371175; cv=none; b=Elv0OsZu2OTe5O1ZhZ0FGQlFNf+zdnbQOf0NkjoEhLPakZ2y9WOnNiA1d8/BGZybTGMm/O1Ohbf3b9PDbBpZh4MWbueKv5Ms1lVsZ9auApPl2a0ddVo8lCtSK8TLf6Tpq8giHO1533ChXzW8yywYRYwE70pbiom5icg73Dtj0n4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767371175; c=relaxed/simple; bh=QmE7C9Ev7qw3gJEcYgMeggxbujSmuWjYN3Qi6b/R+S0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Q2sfYFM2dFUVXqTWByZ9AV3hm97lysN40j5wl69teLC+tKroh+uhHjEy7LkwLX4UJb26YU/1jVB0wZGf63+UL5iensrBEDwJOdw4HGPVHC6PkkA0kF9Jt7eyPFskImxcKzkQjxfrIyrP7uusklJemQ8Mqn7QC40G4EIZptfzE5k= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Jxf32h8s; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="Jxf32h8s" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B4B38C116B1; Fri, 2 Jan 2026 16:26:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1767371174; bh=QmE7C9Ev7qw3gJEcYgMeggxbujSmuWjYN3Qi6b/R+S0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Jxf32h8sWzKv4gG8pIEVlW0PSwStvuLLyw7CtLCi0a2osanFys48Bvr2LAe9xNr8b m/nwrcmizqKP+KPXpIARqTNmYgU2blLYcjIoBuHYPPeXEwn/zJCl2D+kR4XRrhQMSS 5fdzWOriAjiawl3kPt+i7ET/oHX44zSN+oxU1oOVKyElRBqxWwnbwioOGcXQ9SGMHv HAVlvkoy93LoZlqMLFYU1bKODDIMVIpAhUyyxhOoNYd4N2SCpHp+1JDSx3nra95mAI 005ufzZ4yfojrlNzjZgNTqd48DGkEKFjY4rDmyZiZWg1/lT91DPYJ8GsC+lWk3L8kc 8atRk/uyZAtfA== Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 16:26:10 +0000 From: Conor Dooley To: Nicolas Ferre Cc: Rob Herring , Conor Dooley , Claudiu Beznea , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] dt-bindings: timer: microchip,sam9x60-pit64b: convert to yaml Message-ID: <20260102-everyone-deflector-8a1fc23f80e0@spud> 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> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="YyCv3gdU8evr5pa4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <276e53d3-46ae-46c6-ba64-f3337bb963d9@microchip.com> --YyCv3gdU8evr5pa4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 02, 2026 at 05:03:24PM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote: > Hi, >=20 > 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.co= m wrote: > > > > On 26.05.2023 09:23, Conor Dooley wrote: > > > > > On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 04:47:28AM +0000, Claudiu.Beznea@microchi= p.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 - s= o you can > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > But these are different hardware blocks with different function= alities and > > > > > > different drivers. > > > > >=20 > > > > > 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: > > > > >=20 > > > > > +description: > > > > > + The 64-bit periodic interval timer provides the operating syst= em scheduler > > > > > + interrupt. It is designed to offer maximum accuracy and effici= ent management, > > > > > + even for systems with long response times. > > > > >=20 > > > > > +description: > > > > > + Atmel periodic interval timer provides the operating system=E2= =80=99s scheduler > > > > > + interrupt. It is designed to offer maximum accuracy and effici= ent management, > > > > > + even for systems with long response time. > > > > >=20 > > > > > Those seemed like they do the same thing to me! > > > >=20 > > > > They do the same thing, they are timers... But the way they do it (= =66rom > > > > hardware perspective) is totally different. With this would you sti= ll > > > > prefer to have them merged? > > >=20 > > > Yeah, one binding would be my preference. > >=20 > > I'd probably just leave them separate if they're pretty much unrelated. > >=20 > > Rob >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. Yeah, that's fine by me. >=20 > Claudiu, tell me if I need to help with this? >=20 > Regards, > Nicolas --YyCv3gdU8evr5pa4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQRh246EGq/8RLhDjO14tDGHoIJi0gUCaVfxngAKCRB4tDGHoIJi 0ndKAP4/wtFzbE0yznKqwHGj6Cwzw0DbUmBx+Y7iiR4uJX3HnAEAk7LExkbAyCoZ kUKCljgY9lEcrBhUu0xOGUnhVaAtQgQ= =ZaKT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YyCv3gdU8evr5pa4--