Re: [PATCH v5 02/18] clocksource: timer-npcm7xx: Add NPCM845 timer support

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On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 3:22 PM Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add Nuvoton BMC NPCM845 timer support, The NPCM845 uses the same timer
> controller as the NPCM750.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@xxxxxxxxx>

I think I've commented on this before: if the timer is the same, you should not
need any changes to the timer driver, just mark the device node as compatible
with the older model (as well as its own string) in its "compatible"
property and
drop this patch.

        Arnd



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