Re: [PATCH 5/7] add bindings for stm32 IIO timer drivers

[Rob Herring]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 09:17:58AM +0100, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
> If it is ok for you I will add "id" parameter in mfd driver and
> forward it to the sub-devices drivers
> to be able to distinguish the hardware blocks

Please don't top post.

No, it's not okay. If the counter sizes are different, then have a 
property for the counter size. Describe how they are different without 
numbering them. If you can't describe the differences, then it shouldn't 
matter which ones the OS picks to use.

> 2016-11-22 18:18 GMT+01:00 Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
> >
> >> [snip]
> >> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer5"
> >> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer6"
> >> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer7"
> >> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer8"
> >> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer9"
> >> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer10"
> >> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer11"
> >> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer12"
> >> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer13"
> >> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer14"

I doubt the h/w manual calls these "IIO timers".

> >> >
> >> > We can't do this. This is a binding for a driver, not for the hardware.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Unfortunately each instance for the hardware IP have little
> >> differences like which triggers they could accept or size of the
> >> counter register,
> >> and I doesn't have value inside the hardware to distinguish them so
> >> the only way I found is to use compatible.
> >
> > Can't you represent these as properties?
> >
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