Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: pwm: fix nodename pattern
From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Dec 12 2019 - 14:07:43 EST
On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 2:16 AM Benjamin GAIGNARD
<benjamin.gaignard@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 12/11/19 8:52 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 9:00 AM Benjamin Gaignard
> > <benjamin.gaignard@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Typical pwm nodes should be named pwm@xxx.
> >> The pattern shouldn't match nodes named pwm-xxx to avoid
> >> conflicts with pinmux or pwm-fan nodes.
> > It only matches pwm-$(a-hex-number), not any string, so that shouldn't
> > be a problem. This is needed for things like GPIO based devices (not
> > just PWMs) which don't have any address.
> >
> > Pinmux nodes are going to need to adopt some sort of standard pattern
> > we can match on.
> I have push a patch to stop using '@' and '_' in pinmux groups names:
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1162591/
> It remove the warnings when compiling the devicetre with W=12 but pwm.yaml
> complain because pwm pinmux is named pwm-1.
>
> How can I solve these issues at the same time ?
Name the nodes *-pins or *-pins-[0-9]. You're probably going to need
some pattern anyways when you do a pinmux schema.
Rob