linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 2/4] watchdog: stm32: add pclk feature for stm32mp1

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Message-ID: <b5f62568-ff2f-4a04-212e-a952bf009c88@st.com>
Date:   Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:52:17 +0200
From:   Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Ludovic BARRE <ludovic.barre@...com>
CC:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/4] watchdog: stm32: add pclk feature for stm32mp1

Hi Guenter,


>> But you are right I forgot to change stm32f429.dtsi.
>> If I add a commit for stm32f429.dtsi, it's Ok for you ?
>>
> 
> Not really. You are imposing a personal preference on others,
> and you would make stm32f429.dtsi inconsistent since it doesn't
> use clock names for anything else.This in turn means that people
> will have an endless source of irritation since they will need
> a clock name for this node but not for others.

Why? This kind of implementation depends on each driver. Isn't ?

Or do you mean that if iwdg driver uses this implementation (clock name 
usage) all nodes inside stm32f429.dtsi should follow the same 
implementation ?

> 
> You will have to get the arm and DT maintainers to agree on this change.

As this patch makes easier integration of new platform, I agree with 
Ludovic proposition.


regards
Alex

> 
> Thanks,
> Guenter