Re: [PATCH 1/3] watchdog: qcom: update device tree bindings

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On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 10:17:32AM -0700, Thomas Pedersen wrote:
> On 2016-06-27 22:20, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >On 06/27/2016 04:26 PM, Thomas Pedersen wrote:
> >>From: Matthew McClintock <mmcclint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >>Update the compatible string to align with driver
> >>
> >>CC: linux-watchdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Signed-off-by: Matthew McClintock <mmcclint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>---
> >>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/qcom-wdt.txt | 5 ++---
> >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>
> >>diff --git
> >>a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/qcom-wdt.txt
> >>b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/qcom-wdt.txt
> >>index 4726924..60bb2f98 100644
> >>--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/qcom-wdt.txt
> >>+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/qcom-wdt.txt
> >>@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ Qualcomm Krait Processor Sub-system (KPSS) Watchdog
> >>  Required properties :
> >>  - compatible : shall contain only one of the following:
> >>
> >>-			"qcom,kpss-wdt-msm8960"
> >>-			"qcom,kpss-wdt-apq8064"
> >>-			"qcom,kpss-wdt-ipq8064"
> >>+			"qcom,kpss-timer"
> >>+			"qcom,scss-timer"
> >>
> >>  - reg : shall contain base register location and length
> >>  - clocks : shall contain the input clock
> >>
> >
> >Rob's earlier feedback to the same patch you had submitted in March:
> >
> >"Keep the SoC specific ones even if they are not used. The DTS should
> >have both strings."
> 
> Why would we add the SoC specific compatible strings to the DTS if
> they're not
> even used?

Because they might be in future, and having them present in existing
DTBs will make our lives easier. Otherwise, they cost very little.

Thanks,
Mark.
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