[PATCH v2 1/3] ARM: dts: aspeed: Add WDT controller into alias field

[Chin-Ting Kuo]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the check.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Jeffery <andrew at codeconstruct.com.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 7:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ARM: dts: aspeed: Add WDT controller into alias
> field
> 
> On Mon, 2024-10-28 at 10:48 +0800, Chin-Ting Kuo wrote:
> > Add WDT controller into alias field. After that, WDT index, used to
> > distinguish different WDT controllers in the driver, can be gotten by
> > using of_alias_get_id dts API.
> 
> I feel it would be less brittle if we encode the mapping in the driver?
> Based on reg the driver can derive the watchdog index. That way there's no
> constraint on how the platform architect arranges the aliases for the
> watchdogs (if they define them at all).
> 

It is also a feasible approach. It will be changed in the next patch version.

> Andrew

Chin-Ting