RE: [PATCH 1/1] ARM: imx: make the imx timer driver implementation independent of SoCs.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Baruch Siach [mailto:baruch@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 2015年4月29日 9:26
> To: Wang Shenwei-B38339
> Cc: shawn.guo@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ARM: imx: make the imx timer driver implementation
> independent of SoCs.
> 
> Hi Shenwei Wang,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 09:14:41AM -0500, Shenwei Wang wrote:
> > There are 4 versions of the timer hardware on Freescale MXC hardware.
> > --Version 0: MX1/MXL
> > --Version 1: MX21, MX27.
> > --Version 2: MX25, MX31, MX35, MX37, MX51, MX6Q --Version 3: MX6DL,
> > MX6SX
> >
> > This patch has removed the SoC related codes, and implemented the
> > driver directly upon the hardware timer IP version.
> >
> > The new driver can be installed via device tree or the direct function
> > call to mxc_timer_init in order to support imx legacy systems like
> > MX21 and MX27.
> >
> > For the device tree implementation, the driver is compatible with the
> > current bindings like "fsl,imx6q-gpt", but for future dts file, the
> > string like "fsl,imx-gpt-v2" without SoC information is recommended.
> 
> That is not the usual convention for IP block versions.
> 
> Please Cc the devicetree list (added).
>
Thank you for the comments. What is the current naming rules for IP block version? It would be appreciated if you could provide an example.

Shenwei 
 
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