Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: pwm: Add binding for RPi firmware PWM bus

From: Nicolas Saenz Julienne
Date: Tue Oct 13 2020 - 06:35:43 EST


Hi Uwe, thanks for having a look at this.

On Mon, 2020-10-12 at 09:01 +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 05:30:28PM +0200, Nicolas Saenz Julienne wrote:
> > The PWM bus controlling the fan in RPi's official PoE hat can only be
> > controlled by the board's co-processor.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > .../arm/bcm/raspberrypi,bcm2835-firmware.yaml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
> > .../pwm/raspberrypi,firmware-pwm.h | 13 ++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 include/dt-bindings/pwm/raspberrypi,firmware-pwm.h
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,bcm2835-firmware.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,bcm2835-firmware.yaml
> > index a2c63c8b1d10..dcaf00e8602e 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,bcm2835-firmware.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/raspberrypi,bcm2835-firmware.yaml
> > @@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ properties:
> > - compatible
> > - "#reset-cells"
> >
> > + pwm:
> > + type: object
> > +
> > + properties:
> > + compatible:
> > + const: raspberrypi,firmware-pwm
> > +
> > + "#pwm-cells":
> > + const: 1
> > + description: >
> > + The argument is the PWM bus number.
>
> This is wrong. #pwm-cells specifies the number of "arguments" for
> phandles pointing to this node. And I would prefer this being 2 to match
> the stuff described in the generic pwm binding.

I saw buses out there with the same limitation as this one (unable to change
frequency) that used a single cell, so I whent with it. That said I'll be happy
to change it and drop the custom *_xlate() function in benefit of the default
one.

Regards,
Nicolas

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