[PATCH 6/6] ARM: at91: add Shutdown Controller (SHDWC) DT support

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Thu Mar 8 05:49:36 EST 2012


On Wednesday 07 March 2012, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 20:24 Fri 02 Mar     , Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Friday 02 March 2012, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > +       }
> > > +
> > > +       if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "atmel,at91sam9x5-shdwc")) {
> > > +               have_rtt = false;
> > > +               have_rtc = true;
> > > +       } else if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "atmel,at91sam9rl-shdwc")) {
> > > +               have_rtt = true;
> > > +               have_rtc = true;
> > > +       } else {
> > > +               have_rtt = true;
> > > +               have_rtc = false;
> > > +       }
> > > +
> > > +       if (have_rtc && of_property_read_bool(np, "atmel,wakeup-rtc-timer"))
> > > +                       mode |= AT91_SHDW_RTCWKEN;
> > > +
> > > +       if (have_rtt && of_property_read_bool(np, "atmel,wakeup-rtt-timer"))
> > > +                       mode |= AT91_SHDW_RTTWKEN;
> > > +
> > > +       at91_shdwc_write(AT91_SHDW_MR, wakeup_mode | mode);
> > > +
> > 
> > Hi Jean-Christophe,
> > 
> > I don't understand why you check the specific part here. Isn't it enough to
> > check the property when you already mandate that they can only be present
> > on devices that support the specific wakeup?
> > 
> > If there is a good explanation for that, maybe add a code comment why it's
> > required.
> some wake update source exist on few soc and we are not supposed to set the
> bit otherwise
> 

I still don't understand: Doesn't the property already give the information?
In general, you should try to encode these things in specific properties instead of
checking the compatible property.

	Arnd


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