[PATCH v4 1/2] dt-binding: timer: document NPCM7xx timer DT bindings
Tomer Maimon
tmaimon77 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 7 21:30:37 AEDT 2018
Sorry for the late response
On 2 March 2018 at 03:51, Joel Stanley <joel at jms.id.au> wrote:
> Hi Tomer,
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 1:06 AM, Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Added device tree binding documentation for Nuvoton NPCM7xx timer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77 at gmail.com>
>> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins at google.com>
>> ---
>> .../bindings/timer/nuvoton,npcm7xx-timer.txt | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/nuvoton,npcm7xx-timer.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/nuvoton,npcm7xx-timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/nuvoton,npcm7xx-timer.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..c5150522e618
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/nuvoton,npcm7xx-timer.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
>> +Nuvoton NPCM7xx timer
>
> Would it make more sense to all this Nuvoton NPCM Timer? This way the
> name stays generic for when you add other systems.
>
we cant promise the timer will stay the same in the next generation, I
will leave this for NPCM7xx
>> +
>> +Nuvoton NPCM7xx have three timer modules, each timer module provides five 24-bit
>> +timer counters.
>
>
> I notice the timer has a register in the middle of it that is used for
> the watchdog. Should we describe this in the same binding? Even if we
> just add some text that adds
>
> ... and one watchdog register.
>
I'm not sure, because the binding is only for the timer I dont think I
need to describe what is the
register contains
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +- compatible : "nuvoton,npcm750-timer" for Poleg NPCM750.
>> +- reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device.
>> +- interrupts : Contain the timer interrupt with flags for
>> + falling edge.
>> +
>> +Required clocking property, have to be one of:
>> +- clocks : phandle of timer reference clock.
>> +- clock-frequency : The frequency in Hz of the clock that drives the NPCM7xx
>> + timer (usually 25000000).
>> +
>> +Example:
>> +
>> +timer at f0008000 {
>> + compatible = "nuvoton,npcm750-timer";
>> + interrupts = <GIC_SPI 32 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
>> + reg = <0xf0008000 0x1000>;
>
> This can probably be <0xf0008000 0x50>, as tthe timer hardware only
> has registers up to base + 0x50.
Thanks,
I will modify it in the next version, waiting fro more comments.
>
>> + clocks = <&clk NPCM7XX_CLK_TIMER>;
>> +};
>> +
>> --
>> 2.14.1
>>
Cheers,
Tomer
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