Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] dt-bindings: pwm: amlogic: Add a new binding for meson8 pwm types

From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
To: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>
Cc: "Conor Dooley" <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
	linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	"Neil Armstrong" <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
	"JunYi Zhao" <junyi.zhao@amlogic.com>,
	"Kevin Hilman" <khilman@baylibre.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org,
	"Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>,
	"Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
	"Rob Herring" <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] dt-bindings: pwm: amlogic: Add a new binding for meson8 pwm types
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 07:19:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <170869798755.1908267.1779690942757984843.robh@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240221151154.26452-3-jbrunet@baylibre.com>


On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:11:48 +0100, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> The binding that is used up to now describe which input the PWM
> channel multiplexer should pick among its possible parents,
> which are hardcoded in the driver. This isn't a good binding in
> the sense that it should describe hardware but not usage.
> 
> Add a new binding deprecating the old one that uses clocks in a
> better way and how clocks are usually used today: The list of
> clocks describe the inputs of the PWM block as they are realised
> in hardware.
> 
> So deprecate the old bindings and introduce a compatible per SoC
> family to replace these.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-amlogic.yaml  | 50 +++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>