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From: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com>
To: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@avionic-design.de>
Cc: "Philip, Avinash" <avinashphilip@ti.com>,
	grant.likely@secretlab.ca, rob.herring@calxeda.com,
	rob@landley.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	gururaja.hebbar@ti.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pwm: pwm-tiecap: Add device-tree binding support for APWM driver
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 12:46:16 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <506A94C0.1010106@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121002060014.GA4298@avionic-0098.mockup.avionic-design.de>

Hi Thierry,

On 10/2/2012 11:30 AM, Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 04:57:42PM +0530, Philip, Avinash wrote:
> [...]
>> +#include <linux/platform_data/ti-pwmss.h>
> [...]
>> +static struct pwmss_platform_data am33xx_data = {
>> +	.has_configspace	= true,
>> +};
> 
> This structure is defined in a public header. I don't see why it has to,
> given that it's only used to associate some data with an of_device_id
> entry below. Since AM33xx never had anything but OF support in the
> mainline kernel I don't think we should add platform data.

Avinash probably introduced platform data because the same PWM IP is
used in older DaVinci family SoCs (DA830 and DA850) which are not
converted to DT. There are existing boards for those SoCs  (supported in
mainline) which could benefit from this driver.

Thanks,
Sekhar

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-02  7:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-26 11:27 [PATCH 0/2] DT binding support for ECAP & EHRPWM driver Philip, Avinash
2012-09-26 11:27 ` [PATCH 1/2] pwm: pwm-tiecap: Add device-tree binding support for APWM driver Philip, Avinash
2012-10-02  6:00   ` Thierry Reding
2012-10-02  7:16     ` Sekhar Nori [this message]
     [not found]       ` <506A94C0.1010106-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-02  8:07         ` Thierry Reding
     [not found]           ` <20121002080751.GA16928-RM9K5IK7kjIQXX3q8xo1gnVAuStQJXxyR5q1nwbD4aMs9pC9oP6+/A@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-02  8:27             ` Sekhar Nori
2012-10-08 13:31     ` Philip, Avinash
2012-10-08 13:39       ` Thierry Reding
2012-10-09 12:36         ` Philip, Avinash
2012-10-09 12:48           ` Thierry Reding
2012-09-26 11:27 ` [PATCH 2/2] pwm: pwm-tiehrpwm: Add device-tree binding support for EHRPWM driver Philip, Avinash
     [not found]   ` <1348658863-29428-3-git-send-email-avinashphilip-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-02  6:11     ` Thierry Reding
2012-10-08 13:31       ` Philip, Avinash
2012-10-08 13:50         ` Thierry Reding

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