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Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:47:36 -0700
From:	Tim Kryger <tim.kryger@...aro.org>
To:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
Cc:	Matt Porter <mporter@...aro.org>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Christian Daudt <bcm@...thebug.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Linux PWM List <linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Device Tree List <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Doc List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Broadcom Kernel Feedback List 
	<bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
	Linux ARM Kernel List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] Documentation: dt: Add Kona PWM binding

On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Thierry Reding
<thierry.reding@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 01:15:42PM -0700, Tim Kryger wrote:

>> @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
>> +Broadcom Kona PWM controller device tree bindings
>> +
>> +This controller has 6 channels.
>> +
>> +Required Properties :
>> +- compatible: should be "brcm,kona-pwm"
>
> This is somewhat inconsistent because the example below clearly doesn't
> set the compatible property to "brcm,kona-pwm". Perhaps better wording
> would be:
>
>         - compatible: should contain "brcm,kona-pwm"

Agreed, what you wrote is more accurate.  I will update it.

>> +- reg: physical base address and length of the controller's registers
>> +- clocks: phandle + clock specifier pair for the external clock
>> +- #pwm-cells: should be 3.  The first cell specifies the per-chip index
>> +  of the PWM to use, the second cell is the period in nanoseconds, and
>> +  the third cell is the flags.
>
> Please use the canonical description for this:
>
>         - #pwm-cells: Should be 3. See pwm.txt in this directory for a
>           description of the cells format.
>
>> +Refer to pwm/pwm.txt for generic pwm controller node properties.
>
> With the above, this line should go away. But still: "pwm controller" ->
> "PWM controller".

Okay.  I will use the text you provided and drop the other line.

Sorry for missing the capitalization.  I thought I had fixed them all.

Thanks,
Tim
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