Re: [PATCH v3 06/11] dt-bindings: timer: Add Sophgo sg2042 CLINT timer

[Conor Dooley]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 04:24:54PM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> >
> >On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 08:34:42AM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> >
> >>>> +properties:
> >>>> +  compatible:
> >>>> +    oneOf:
> >>>> +      - items:
> >>>> +          - const: sophgo,sg2042-clint-mtimer
> >>>
> >>> There's only one of these, so you don't need the oneOf.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>> Also, is the clint here not a thead IP? In which case, you need to add a
> >>
> >> Yes, The clint is a thead IP, like that of th1520 and allwinner D1.
> >>
> >>> second compatible IMO. That second compatible then would be the one that
> >>> appears in opensbi etc.
> >>>
> >>
> >> As this is a thead IP, maybe use thead,c900-clint-mtimer is fine?
> >
> >I would suggest calling it -aclint-mtimer instead of clint-mtimer.
> >
> 
> It is OK for me. As I describe below, now use sophgo as vendor is better.
> Anyway, I will add a new second one in the next patch.
> 
> >> If so, whether we should replace the "thead,c900-clint" with these separate
> >> DT to describe the thead clint?
> >
> >No, since that's a different device, right?
> >
> 
> Yes. It seems sophgo defined these by themselves, but the T-HEAD. Sorry
> for my mistake.

I'm sorry, I don't quite understand this. Do you mean that the IP is not
T-Head, but rather designed by Sophgo? If the IP is made by T-Head, then
I would expect to see something like

compatible = "sophgo,sg2042-aclint-mtimer", "thead,c900-aclint-mtimer";

in the dts.

> 
> >> The DT binding said the thead clint is not
> >> compatible with the sifive clint, so maybe this is a chance to just move
> >> them out.
> >
> >I don't think that it really makes sense to do that.

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