Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] Add DT bindings YAML schema for PWM fan controller of LGM SoC

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Jul 13 2020 - 12:46:05 EST


On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 03:55:31PM +0800, Rahul Tanwar wrote:
> Intel's LGM(Lightning Mountain) SoC contains a PWM fan controller
> which is only used to control the fan attached to the system. This
> PWM controller does not have any other consumer other than fan.
> Add DT bindings documentation for this PWM fan controller.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Tanwar <rahul.tanwar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/pwm/intel,lgm-pwm.yaml | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/intel,lgm-pwm.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/intel,lgm-pwm.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/intel,lgm-pwm.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..120bf3d85a24
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/intel,lgm-pwm.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/pwm/intel,lgm-pwm.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: LGM SoC PWM fan controller
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Rahul Tanwar <rahul.tanwar@xxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: intel,lgm-pwm
> +
> + reg:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + clocks:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + resets:
> + maxItems: 1
> +
> + intel,fan-wire:
> + $ref: '/schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32'
> + description: Specifies fan mode. Default when unspecified is 2.
> +
> + intel,max-rpm:
> + $ref: '/schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32'
> + description:
> + Specifies maximum RPM of fan attached to the system.
> + Default when unspecified is 4000.

These are properties of the fan, not the PWM. And probably if you
need these properties then others would too, so they should be
common. Look at the pwm-fan.txt binding.

Rob