linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: watchdog: aspeed: Add property for WDT SW reset

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Message-ID: <3b7e7305-5711-4b4e-abdd-a9a3e11ca33b@roeck-us.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 12:54:54 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
 Chin-Ting Kuo <chin-ting_kuo@...eedtech.com>
Cc: patrick@...cx.xyz, wim@...ux-watchdog.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org,
 conor+dt@...nel.org, joel@....id.au, andrew@...econstruct.com.au,
 linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Peter.Yin@...ntatw.com,
 Patrick_NC_Lin@...ynn.com, Bonnie_Lo@...ynn.com, DELPHINE_CHIU@...ynn.com,
 BMC-SW@...eedtech.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: watchdog: aspeed: Add property for WDT
 SW reset

On 10/7/24 10:59, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 02:34:05PM +0800, Chin-Ting Kuo wrote:
>> Add "aspeed,restart-sw" property to distinguish normal WDT
>> reset from system restart triggered by SW consciously.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chin-Ting Kuo <chin-ting_kuo@...eedtech.com>
>> ---
>>   .../bindings/watchdog/aspeed,ast2400-wdt.yaml         | 11 +++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/aspeed,ast2400-wdt.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/aspeed,ast2400-wdt.yaml
>> index be78a9865584..6cc3604c295a 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/aspeed,ast2400-wdt.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/aspeed,ast2400-wdt.yaml
>> @@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ properties:
>>         array with the first word defined using the AST2600_WDT_RESET1_* macros,
>>         and the second word defined using the AST2600_WDT_RESET2_* macros.
>>   
>> +  aspeed,restart-sw:
>> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>> +    description: >
>> +      Normally, ASPEED WDT reset may occur when system hangs or reboot
>> +      triggered by SW consciously. However, system doesn't know whether the
>> +      restart is triggered by SW consciously since the reset event flag is
>> +      the same as normal WDT timeout reset. With this property, SW can
>> +      restart the system immediately and directly without wait for WDT
>> +      timeout occurs. The reset event flag is also different from the normal
>> +      WDT reset. This property is only supported since AST2600 platform.
> 
> Why can't this be implicit based on the ast2600 compatible string?
> 

Same question here.

Guenter