linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 15/26] pwm: jz4740: Add support for the JZ4725B

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Date:   Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:03:15 +0100
From:   Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>,
        Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...labora.co.uk>,
        PrasannaKumar Muralidharan <prasannatsmkumar@...il.com>,
        linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, od@...c.me
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 15/26] pwm: jz4740: Add support for the JZ4725B

Hi,

Le jeu. 13 déc. 2018 à 10:24, Uwe Kleine-König 
<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de> a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:09:10PM +0100, Paul Cercueil wrote:
>>  The PWM in the JZ4725B works the same as in the JZ4740, except that 
>> it
>>  only has 6 channels available instead of 8.
> 
> this driver is probed only from device tree? If yes, it might be
> sensible to specify the number of PWMs there and get it from there.
> There doesn't seem to be a generic binding for that, but there are
> several drivers that could benefit from it. (This is a bigger project
> though and shouldn't stop your patch. Still more as it already got
> Thierry's ack.)

I think there needs to be a proper guideline, as there doesn't seem to 
be
a consensus about this. I learned from emails with Rob and Linus 
(Walleij)
that I should not have in devicetree what I can deduce from the 
compatible
string.

> Best regards
> Uwe
> 
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