Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64: dts: mediatek: mt7988: add PWM controller

[AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com>]

Il 14/02/24 10:24, Rafał Miłecki ha scritto:
> On 14.02.2024 10:09, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
>> Il 13/02/24 17:46, Rafał Miłecki ha scritto:
>>> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
>>>
>>> Add binding for on-SoC controller that can control up to 8 PWMs.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
>>> ---
>>>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a.dtsi | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>   1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a.dtsi 
>>> b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a.dtsi
>>> index bba97de4fb44..67007626b5cd 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a.dtsi
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7988a.dtsi
>>> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
>>>   // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR MIT
>>> +#include <dt-bindings/clock/mediatek,mt7988-clk.h>
>>>   #include <dt-bindings/interrupt-controller/arm-gic.h>
>>>   / {
>>> @@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ gic: interrupt-controller@c000000 {
>>>               #interrupt-cells = <3>;
>>>           };
>>> -        clock-controller@10001000 {
>>> +        infracfg: clock-controller@10001000 {
>>>               compatible = "mediatek,mt7988-infracfg", "syscon";
>>>               reg = <0 0x10001000 0 0x1000>;
>>>               #clock-cells = <1>;
>>> @@ -103,6 +104,24 @@ clock-controller@1001e000 {
>>>               #clock-cells = <1>;
>>>           };
>>> +        pwm@10048000 {
>>> +            compatible = "mediatek,mt7988-pwm";
>>
>> I can't take this unless there's a driver that supports your device.
> 
> I'd argue you should rather look for a documented binding rather than a
> (Linux?) driver. Otherwise you would refuse changes that are not
> strictly Linux related. DTS files are meant to describe hardware in a
> generic way and not be driven by Linux drivers / design.
> 

Of course, devicetree describes hardware - that is pretty much globally known.

As I wrote in the bindings patch, I still anyway want to see the driver part
for this block before deciding if your description of this hardware is correct.

Regards,
Angelo