Re: [PATCH 5/7] add bindings for stm32 IIO timer drivers

From: Benjamin Gaignard
Date: Tue Nov 22 2016 - 12:02:07 EST


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>> + "st,stm32-iio-timer5"
>> + "st,stm32-iio-timer6"
>> + "st,stm32-iio-timer7"
>> + "st,stm32-iio-timer8"
>> + "st,stm32-iio-timer9"
>> + "st,stm32-iio-timer10"
>> + "st,stm32-iio-timer11"
>> + "st,stm32-iio-timer12"
>> + "st,stm32-iio-timer13"
>> + "st,stm32-iio-timer14"
>
> We can't do this. This is a binding for a driver, not for the hardware.
>

Unfortunately each instance for the hardware IP have little
differences like which triggers they could accept or size of the
counter register,
and I doesn't have value inside the hardware to distinguish them so
the only way I found is to use compatible.