RE: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: pwm: tegra: Add compatible string for Tegra234

From: Sandipan Patra
Date: Fri Sep 09 2022 - 07:18:04 EST



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2022 5:44 PM
> To: Sandipan Patra <spatra@xxxxxxxxxx>; thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx;
> Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@xxxxxxxxxx>; robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx;
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> Cc: Bibek Basu <bbasu@xxxxxxxxxx>; Krishna Yarlagadda
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: pwm: tegra: Add compatible string for
> Tegra234
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> On 07/09/2022 08:25, Sandipan Patra wrote:
> > Tegra234 has 8 different PWM controllers and each controller has only
> > one output. Add a device tree compatible string for Tegra234.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sandipan Patra <spatra@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/nvidia,tegra20-pwm.txt | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git
> > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/nvidia,tegra20-pwm.txt
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/nvidia,tegra20-pwm.txt
> > index 74c41e34c3b6..331c1e66e8fa 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/nvidia,tegra20-pwm.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/nvidia,tegra20-pwm.txt
> > @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Required properties:
> > - "nvidia,tegra132-pwm", "nvidia,tegra20-pwm": for Tegra132
> > - "nvidia,tegra210-pwm", "nvidia,tegra20-pwm": for Tegra210
> > - "nvidia,tegra186-pwm": for Tegra186
> > - - "nvidia,tegra194-pwm": for Tegra194
> > + - "nvidia,tegra194-pwm": for Tegra194, Tegra234
>
> The commit msg suggest it is different. Are you sure they are exactly the
> same? If not the same, but compatible, you should use fallback.

Tegra194 and Tegra234 are 2 different chips using exactly same pwm module and dt node.
This change is to convey that same compatible is used for Tegra234 as well.

Thanks & Regards,
Sandipan
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof