Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] devicetree: Add Cadence WDT devicetree bindings documentation

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Hi Mark,

On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 01:16:09PM +0100, Harini Katakam wrote:
>> Add cadence-wdt bindings documentation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Harini Katakam <harinik@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> v3 changes:
>> - Change reset property type and improve description.
>> - Improve description of clocks and interrupts.
>> - Use watchdog@ in the example.
>> - Use only cdns compatible string for now.
>>
>> v2:
>> No changes
>>
>> ---
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/watchdog/cadence-wdt.txt   |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/cadence-wdt.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/cadence-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/cadence-wdt.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..ab23e38
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/cadence-wdt.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
>> +Zynq Watchdog Device Tree Bindings
>> +-------------------------------------------
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +- compatible         : Should be "cdns,wdt-r1p2".
>> +- clocks             : Input clock specifier. This should be the ref clk.
>
> This wording makes it sound like the watchdog block has more than one
> clock input. Does it?

It doesn't. It has one APB clock - named pclk.

>
>> +- reg                        : Physical base address and size of WDT registers map.
>> +- interrupts         : Property with a value describing the interrupt
>> +                       number. This interrupt is used for indication
>> +                       when the watchdog times out.
>
> Just say "the watchdog timeout interrupt", or (better) use the name of
> the interrupt from the documentation.

OK. Yeah I'll do that. The interrupt name is wd_irq.

>
>> +- interrupt-parent   : Must be core interrupt controller.
>> +
>> +Optional properties
>> +- reset                      : If this property exists, then a reset is done
>> +                       when watchdog times out.
>
> That's a bit of an ambiguous name (too easy to misconstrue as a reset
> device reference). Do any other watchdogs have similar properties?

I could change it to "reset-on-timeout" if that better.
>From the documentation of other drivers, there seems to be a reset-type
property in atmel. Dint find any other reset related properties.

Regards,
Harini
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