linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: counter: add pulse-counter binding

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Date:   Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:17:23 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        David Jander <david@...tonic.nl>,
        Robin van der Gracht <robin@...tonic.nl>,
        linux-iio <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: counter: add pulse-counter binding

Hi Oleksij,

thanks for your patch!

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 2:15 PM Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de> wrote:

> Add binding for the pulse counter node
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
(...)

> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    const: virtual,pulse-counter

What is so virtual about this? The device seems very real.
However it is certainly a GPIO counter.

I would call it "gpio-counter" simply.

Define:
  $nodename:
     pattern: "^counter(@.*)?$"

> +    counter-0 {

counter@0 {

> +    counter-1 {

counter@1 {

Thanks!
Linus Walleij