RE: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: timer: Add bindings for Intel Keem Bay SoC Timer

["Sanil, Shruthi" <shruthi.sanil@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sanil, Shruthi
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2021 10:19 PM
> To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
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> Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: timer: Add bindings for Intel Keem
> Bay SoC Timer
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 1:08 PM
> > To: Sanil, Shruthi <shruthi.sanil@intel.com>
> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>; daniel.lezcano@linaro.org;
> > tglx@linutronix.de; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> > devicetree@vger.kernel.org; andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com;
> > kris.pan@linux.intel.com; mgross@linux.intel.com; Thokala, Srikanth
> > <srikanth.thokala@intel.com>; Raja Subramanian, Lakshmi Bai
> > <lakshmi.bai.raja.subramanian@intel.com>; Sangannavar, Mallikarjunappa
> > <mallikarjunappa.sangannavar@intel.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: timer: Add bindings for Intel
> > Keem Bay SoC Timer
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 8:35 AM Sanil, Shruthi
> > <shruthi.sanil@intel.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 4:14 AM
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > > > +properties:
> > > >
> > > > You need a 'compatible' here. Otherwise, how does one know what
> 'reg'
> > > > contains. Also, without it, this schema will never be applied.
> > > >
> > >
> > > This is a parent block that has the common configuration register
> > > address
> > defined which we would need during the initialization of the child
> > nodes. This block in itself is not doing anything. We have this
> > because, we have a common register that is required to be accessed
> > during all the timers and counter initialization.
> > > The child nodes have the compatible string, which is used in the
> > > driver. I
> > have validated this on the Keem Bay HW and see that the timer probes
> > are being called and the timers are functional as expected.
> >
> > I think I understand now. The problem is that the current state of
> > affairs with this block is incorrect software representation. What you
> > need is to create an MFD device driver (for which the compatible will
> > exactly the one Rob is telling
> > about) and from it you register the rest of your drivers. The existing
> > drivers for this block should be converted to MFD schema.
> 
> Sure Andy, I shall check on this and get back.
> Thank You!
> 

Hi Rob,
Do you agree with the above proposal of creating a MFD device with compatible string "simple-mfd"? 

> >
> > --
> > With Best Regards,
> > Andy Shevchenko