Re: [PATCH v2 02/18] dt-bindings: timer: sp804: add timer-width property

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Mar 17 2016 - 13:09:37 EST


On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 11:24:04AM +0100, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> Add timer-width optional property to specify a different vendor
> specific timer counter bit-width.
>
> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/arm,sp804.txt | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/arm,sp804.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/arm,sp804.txt
> index 5cd8eee7..141e143 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/arm,sp804.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/arm,sp804.txt
> @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Optional properties:
> - arm,sp804-has-irq = <#>: In the case of only 1 timer irq line connected, this
> specifies if the irq connection is for timer 1 or timer 2. A value of 1
> or 2 should be used.
> +- arm,timer-width: Should contain the width in number of bits of the counter,
> + is considered by default 32 but can be changed for vendor variants.

That would not be an SP804 nor would the vendor be ARM in that case. So
add a new compatible string for the vendor that decided to hack up ARM's
IP block.

Rob