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From: Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 15/26] pwm: jz4740: Add support for the JZ4725B
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Hi,

Le jeu. 13 d=E9c. 2018 =E0 10:24, Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig=20
<u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> a =E9crit :
> Hello,
>=20
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:09:10PM +0100, Paul Cercueil wrote:
>>  The PWM in the JZ4725B works the same as in the JZ4740, except that=20
>> it
>>  only has 6 channels available instead of 8.
>=20
> this driver is probed only from device tree? If yes, it might be
> sensible to specify the number of PWMs there and get it from there.
> There doesn't seem to be a generic binding for that, but there are
> several drivers that could benefit from it. (This is a bigger project
> though and shouldn't stop your patch. Still more as it already got
> Thierry's ack.)

I think there needs to be a proper guideline, as there doesn't seem to=20
be
a consensus about this. I learned from emails with Rob and Linus=20
(Walleij)
that I should not have in devicetree what I can deduce from the=20
compatible
string.

> Best regards
> Uwe
>=20
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