Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: watchdog: aspeed: Add property for WDT SW reset

[Guenter Roeck]

On 10/7/24 10:59, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 02:34:05PM +0800, Chin-Ting Kuo wrote:
> > Add "aspeed,restart-sw" property to distinguish normal WDT
> > reset from system restart triggered by SW consciously.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chin-Ting Kuo <chin-ting_kuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   .../bindings/watchdog/aspeed,ast2400-wdt.yaml         | 11 +++++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/aspeed,ast2400-wdt.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/aspeed,ast2400-wdt.yaml
> > index be78a9865584..6cc3604c295a 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/aspeed,ast2400-wdt.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/aspeed,ast2400-wdt.yaml
> > @@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ properties:
> >         array with the first word defined using the AST2600_WDT_RESET1_* macros,
> >         and the second word defined using the AST2600_WDT_RESET2_* macros.
> >   
> > +  aspeed,restart-sw:
> > +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> > +    description: >
> > +      Normally, ASPEED WDT reset may occur when system hangs or reboot
> > +      triggered by SW consciously. However, system doesn't know whether the
> > +      restart is triggered by SW consciously since the reset event flag is
> > +      the same as normal WDT timeout reset. With this property, SW can
> > +      restart the system immediately and directly without wait for WDT
> > +      timeout occurs. The reset event flag is also different from the normal
> > +      WDT reset. This property is only supported since AST2600 platform.
>
> Why can't this be implicit based on the ast2600 compatible string?

Same question here.

Guenter