Re: [PATCH 1/4] thermal: imx: Add nvmem-cells alternate binding for OCOTP access

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Jul 10 2017 - 09:29:40 EST


On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 04:20:41PM +0300, Leonard Crestez wrote:
> On newer imx SOCs accessing OCOTP directly is wrong because the ocotp
> clock needs to be enabled first. Add a binding for accessing the same
> values through the imx-ocotp nvmem driver using nvmem-cells. This is
> similar to other thermal drivers.
>
> The old binding is preserved for compatibility and because it still
> works fine on imx6qdl series chips.
>
> In theory this problem could be solved by adding a reference to the
> OCOTP clock instead but it is better to hide such details in a specific
> nvmem driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/imx-thermal.txt | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/imx-thermal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/imx-thermal.txt
> index 3c67bd5..2842a05 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/imx-thermal.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/imx-thermal.txt
> @@ -7,9 +7,16 @@ Required properties:
> is higher than panic threshold, system will auto reboot by SRC module.
> - fsl,tempmon : phandle pointer to system controller that contains TEMPMON
> control registers, e.g. ANATOP on imx6q.
> +
> +Properties for OCOTP access:
> - fsl,tempmon-data : phandle pointer to fuse controller that contains TEMPMON
> calibration data, e.g. OCOTP on imx6q. The details about calibration data
> can be found in SoC Reference Manual.
> +Alternatively:

Just put these under required props and put the deprecated one under a
deprecated section. IOW, make it easy to remove the deprecated part.

> +- nvmem-cells: A phandle to the calibration cells provided by ocotp.
> +- nvmem-cell-names: Should be "calib", "temp_grade".
> +
> +Direct access to OCOTP is deprecated, please use nvmem cells instead.
>
> Optional properties:
> - clocks : thermal sensor's clock source.
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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