From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
To: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
Cc: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux LED Subsystem <linux-leds@vger.kernel.org>,
Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org,
Srikanth Krishnakar <skrishnakar@gmail.com>,
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>,
Gerd Haeussler <gerd.haeussler.ext@siemens.com>,
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>,
Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] watchdog: simatic-ipc-wdt: add new driver for Siemens Industrial PCs
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 11:53:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHp75VcOw0WD8s9ZP=-N5Gesmfx0UEkV5s7SSwDwCzYDYoVuPg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210406165247.78791bf7@md1za8fc.ad001.siemens.net>
On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 5:56 PM Henning Schild
<henning.schild@siemens.com> wrote:
>
> Am Thu, 1 Apr 2021 18:15:41 +0200
> schrieb "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>:
>
> > On 29.03.21 19:49, Henning Schild wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > This driver adds initial support for several devices from Siemens.
> > > It is based on a platform driver introduced in an earlier commit.
> >
> > Where does the wdt actually come from ?
> >
> > Is it in the SoC ? (which SoC exactly). SoC-builtin wdt is a pretty
> > usual case.
> >
> > Or some external chip ?
>
> I guess external chip, but again we are talking about multiple
> machines. And the manuals i read so far do not go into that sort of
> detail. In fact on some of the machines you will have two watchdogs,
> one from the SoC and that "special" one.
> That has several reasons, probably not too important here. The HW guys
> are adding another wd not just for fun, and it would be nice to have a
> driver.
>
> > The code smells a bit like two entirely different wdt's that just have
> > some similarities. If that's the case, I'd rather split it into two
> > separate drivers and let the parent driver (board file) instantiate
> > the correct one.
>
> Yes, it is two. Just like for the LEDs. One version PIO-based another
> version gpio/p2sb/mmio based.
I tend to agree with Enrico that this should be two separate drivers.
> In fact the latter should very likely be based on that gpio pinctl,
> whether it really needs to be a separate driver will have to be seen.
> There are probably pros and cons for both options.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-07 8:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-29 17:49 [PATCH v3 0/4] add device drivers for Siemens Industrial PCs Henning Schild
2021-03-29 17:49 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] platform/x86: simatic-ipc: add main driver for Siemens devices Henning Schild
2021-11-26 12:39 ` Henning Schild
2021-03-29 17:49 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] leds: simatic-ipc-leds: add new driver for Siemens Industial PCs Henning Schild
2021-03-30 11:04 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-30 11:58 ` Henning Schild
2021-03-30 12:15 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-30 12:30 ` Henning Schild
2021-03-30 12:41 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-03-30 15:23 ` Henning Schild
2021-03-31 15:40 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-01 10:44 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-01 11:04 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-12 11:56 ` Henning Schild
2021-05-05 14:58 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-04-12 15:15 ` Henning Schild
2021-11-26 13:28 ` Henning Schild
2021-11-26 14:02 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-26 14:44 ` Henning Schild
2021-11-26 14:59 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-26 19:54 ` Henning Schild
2021-11-25 17:11 ` Henning Schild
2021-03-29 17:49 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] watchdog: simatic-ipc-wdt: add new driver for Siemens Industrial PCs Henning Schild
2021-04-01 16:15 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2021-04-06 14:52 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-07 8:53 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2021-04-07 12:17 ` Guenter Roeck
2021-11-26 13:18 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-12 15:35 ` Henning Schild
2021-04-12 16:06 ` Guenter Roeck
2021-04-12 16:17 ` Henning Schild
2021-11-25 17:08 ` Henning Schild
2021-11-25 17:10 ` Henning Schild
2021-03-29 17:49 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] platform/x86: pmc_atom: improve critclk_systems matching for Siemens PCs Henning Schild
2021-03-29 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] add device drivers for Siemens Industrial PCs Henning Schild
2021-04-07 11:36 ` Hans de Goede
2021-04-12 11:27 ` Henning Schild
2021-07-12 11:35 ` Henning Schild
2021-07-12 12:09 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-07-12 16:11 ` Henning Schild
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