Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] PWM: add pwm-stm32 DT bindings

[Thierry Reding]

On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 11:17:18AM +0100, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
> Define bindings for pwm-stm32
> 
> version 2:
> - use parameters instead of compatible of handle the hardware configuration
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-stm32.txt          | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-stm32.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-stm32.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-stm32.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..575b9fb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-stm32.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
> +STMicroelectronics PWM driver bindings for STM32

Technically this bindings describe devices, so "driver binding" is a
somewhat odd wording. Perhaps:

	STMicroelectronics STM32 General Purpose Timer PWM bindings

?

> +
> +Must be a sub-node of STM32 general purpose timer driver
> +Parent node properties are describe in ../mfd/stm32-general-purpose-timer.txt

Again, "driver parent node" is odd. Perhaps:

	Must be a sub-node of an STM32 General Purpose Timer device tree
	node. See ../mfd/stm32-general-purpose-timer.txt for details about
	the parent node.

?

> +Required parameters:
> +- compatible:		Must be "st,stm32-pwm"
> +- pinctrl-names: 	Set to "default".
> +- pinctrl-0: 		List of phandles pointing to pin configuration nodes
> +			for PWM module.
> +			For Pinctrl properties, please refer to [1].

Your indentation and capitalization are inconsistent. Also, please refer
to the pinctrl bindings by relative path and inline, rather than as a
footnote reference.

> +
> +Optional parameters:
> +- st,breakinput:	Set if the hardware have break input capabilities
> +- st,breakinput-polarity: Set break input polarity. Default is 0
> +			 The value define the active polarity:
> +			  - 0 (active LOW)
> +			  - 1 (active HIGH)

Could we fold these into a single property? If st,breakinput-polarity is
not present it could simply mean that there is no break input, and if it
is present you don't have to rely on a default.

> +- st,pwm-num-chan:	Number of available PWM channels.  Default is 0.

The pwm- prefix is rather redundant since the node is already named pwm.
Why not simply st,channels? Or simply channels, since it's not really
anything specific to this hardware.

Come to think of it, might be worth having a discussion with our DT
gurus about what their stance is on using the # as prefix for numbers
(such as in #address-cells or #size-cells). This could be #channels to
mark it more explicitly as representing a count.

> +- st,32bits-counter:	Set if the hardware have a 32 bits counter
> +- st,complementary:	Set if the hardware have complementary output channels

"hardware has" and also maybe mention explicitly that this is a boolean
property. Otherwise people might be left wondering what it should be set
to. Or maybe word this differently to imply that it's boolean:

	- st,32bits-counter: if present, the hardware has a 32 bit counter
	- st,complementary: if present, the hardware has a complementary
	                    output channel

Thierry

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