Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: hwmon: Add Aspeed AST2600 PWM/Fan

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Dec 10 2020 - 22:27:36 EST


On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 03:59:17PM +0800, Troy Lee wrote:
> For supporting a new AST2600 PWM/Fan hwmon driver, we add a new binding.
>
> Signed-off-by: Troy Lee <troy_lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/hwmon/aspeed2600-pwm-tacho.txt | 69 +++++++++++++++++++

Bindings are in DT schema format now.

> 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/aspeed2600-pwm-tacho.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/aspeed2600-pwm-tacho.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/aspeed2600-pwm-tacho.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..61b11914352f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/aspeed2600-pwm-tacho.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
> +ASPEED AST2600 PWM and Fan Tacho controller device driver
> +
> +The ASPEED PWM controller can support upto 16 PWM outputs. The ASPEED Fan Tacho
> +controller can support upto 16 Fan tachometer inputs.
> +
> +There can be upto 16 fans supported. Each fan can have one PWM output and
> +one Fan tach inputs.
> +
> +Required properties for pwm-tacho node:
> +- #address-cells : should be 1.
> +
> +- #size-cells : should be 0.
> +
> +- #cooling-cells: should be 2.
> +
> +- reg : address and length of the register set for the device.
> +
> +- pinctrl-names : a pinctrl state named "default" must be defined.
> +
> +- pinctrl-0 : phandle referencing pin configuration of the PWM ports.
> +
> +- compatible : should be "aspeed,ast2600-pwm-tachometer".
> +
> +- clocks : phandle to clock provider with the clock number in the second cell
> +
> +- resets : phandle to reset controller with the reset number in the second cell
> +
> +fan subnode format:
> +===================
> +Under fan subnode there can upto 16 child nodes, with each child node
> +representing a fan. There are 16 fans each fan can have one PWM port and one
> +Fan tach inputs.
> +For PWM port can be configured cooling-levels to create cooling device.
> +Cooling device could be bound to a thermal zone for the thermal control.
> +
> +Required properties for each child node:
> +- reg : should specify PWM source port.
> + integer value in the range 0x00 to 0x0f with 0x00 indicating PWM port 0
> + and 0x0f indicating PWM port F.
> +
> +- cooling-levels: PWM duty cycle values in a range from 0 to 255
> + which correspond to thermal cooling states.
> +
> +- aspeed,fan-tach-ch : should specify the Fan tach input channel.
> + integer value in the range 0 through 15, with 0 indicating
> + Fan tach channel 0 and 15 indicating Fan tach channel 15.
> + Atleast one Fan tach input channel is required.

Already has 'fan-tach-ch' in npcm750-pwm-fan.txt.

> +
> +- aspeed,target-pwm : Specify the frequency of PWM. The value range from 24 to
> + 780000. Default value will be set to 25000.
> +
> +- aspeed,pulse-pr : Specify tacho pulse per revolution of the fan. A general
> + parameter of pulse-pr is 2.

Already have 'pulses-per-revolution' property in pwm-fan.txt. Use that.

Really, all these should be in a common fan schema that you reference.

> +
> +Examples:
> +
> +&pwm_tacho {
> + status = "okay";

Don't show status in examples.

> + pinctrl-names = "default";
> + pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_pwm0_default &pinctrl_tach0_default>;
> +
> + fan@0 {
> + reg = <0x00>;
> + aspeed,target-pwm = <25000>;
> + cooling-levels = /bits/ 8 <125 151 177 203 229 255>;
> + aspeed,fan-tach-ch = /bits/ 8 <0x00>;
> + aspeed,pulse-pr = <2>;
> + };
> +};
> --
> 2.17.1
>