Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: watchdog: npcm: add GCR syscon property
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Tue Jun 23 2026 - 04:07:59 EST
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 11:30:44AM +0300, Tomer Maimon wrote:
> Describe syscon property that handles general control registers (GCR) in
> Nuvoton BMC NPCM watchdog driver.
Why? Well, you try to answer by saying something about driver, but we do
not add bindings for drivers. Instead hardware should be the reason.
Anyway, why is this needed now?
>
> Signed-off-by: Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/watchdog/nuvoton,npcm750-wdt.yaml | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/nuvoton,npcm750-wdt.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/nuvoton,npcm750-wdt.yaml
> index 7aa30f5b5c49..4f00f099b2d2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/nuvoton,npcm750-wdt.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/nuvoton,npcm750-wdt.yaml
> @@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ properties:
> clock-frequency:
> description: Frequency in Hz of the clock that drives the NPCM timer.
>
> + nuvoton,sysgcr:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
> + description:
> + a phandle to access GCR registers on NPCM750 and NPCM845 watchdog
> + instances.
Here you write also for what purpose.
Best regards,
Krzysztof