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From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
To: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com>
Cc: Philip Avinash <avinashphilip@ti.com>,
	davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>,
	prakash.pm@ti.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] pwm: pwm-tiecap: Add device-tree binding support for da850 SOC
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:44:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87txoe56lk.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5141B7CC.7000700@ti.com> (Sekhar Nori's message of "Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:13:08 +0530")

>>>>> "Sekhar" == Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com> writes:

 >> Required properties:
 >> -- compatible: Must be "ti,am33xx-ecap"
 >> +- compatible: Must be "ti,am33xx-ecap" or "ti,da850-ecap"
 >> - #pwm-cells: Should be 3. Number of cells being used to specify PWM property.
 >> First cell specifies the per-chip index of the PWM to use, the second
 >> cell is the period in nanoseconds and bit 0 in the third cell is used to
 >> diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c
 >> index 22e96e2..e0d96c8 100644
 >> --- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c
 >> +++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-tiecap.c
 >> @@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ static const struct pwm_ops ecap_pwm_ops = {
 >> 
 >> static const struct of_device_id ecap_of_match[] = {
 >> { .compatible	= "ti,am33xx-ecap" },
 >> +	{ .compatible	= "ti,da850-ecap" },
 >> {},

 Sekhar> You add a new compatible, but don't really show any changes in
 Sekhar> driver in this series. So why can't we simply use
 Sekhar> ti,am33xx-ecap on DA850 too?

Indeed, if the hardware block is identical the dts should simply list:

compatible = "ti,da850-ecap", "ti,am33xx-ecap"

And the driver only bind to ti,am33xx-ecap (unless there ever needs to
be a da850 specific workarounde.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-03-14 15:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-14 10:32 [PATCH 0/3] Davinci support for EHRPWM & ECAP Philip Avinash
2013-03-14 10:32 ` [PATCH 1/3] pwm: davinci: Add Kconfig support for ECAP & EHRPWM devices Philip Avinash
2013-03-14 11:39   ` Sekhar Nori
2013-03-14 12:54     ` Philip, Avinash
2013-03-14 15:11       ` Thierry Reding
2013-03-14 10:32 ` [PATCH 2/3] pwm: pwm-tiecap: Add device-tree binding support for da850 SOC Philip Avinash
2013-03-14 11:43   ` Sekhar Nori
2013-03-14 12:54     ` Philip, Avinash
2013-03-14 15:44     ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
2013-03-15  4:25       ` Sekhar Nori
2013-03-14 10:32 ` [PATCH 3/3] pwm: pwm-tiehrpwm: Add device tree " Philip Avinash

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