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Re: [PATCH 5/7] add bindings for stm32 IIO timer drivers

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If it is ok for you I will add "id" parameter in mfd driver and
forward it to the sub-devices drivers
to be able to distinguish the hardware blocks


2016-11-22 18:18 GMT+01:00 Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>:
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
>
>> [snip]
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer5"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer6"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer7"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer8"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer9"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer10"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer11"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer12"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer13"
>> >> +     "st,stm32-iio-timer14"
>> >
>> > We can't do this. This is a binding for a driver, not for the hardware.
>> >
>>
>> Unfortunately each instance for the hardware IP have little
>> differences like which triggers they could accept or size of the
>> counter register,
>> and I doesn't have value inside the hardware to distinguish them so
>> the only way I found is to use compatible.
>
> Can't you represent these as properties?
>
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[PATCH 0/7] Add pwm and IIO timer drivers for stm32 Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2016-11-22 17:20 +0100
  [PATCH 5/7] add bindings for stm32 IIO timer drivers Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2016-11-22 17:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 5/7] add bindings for stm32 IIO timer drivers Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-11-22 18:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 5/7] add bindings for stm32 IIO timer drivers Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-11-22 18:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 5/7] add bindings for stm32 IIO timer drivers Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2016-11-22 18:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 5/7] add bindings for stm32 IIO timer drivers Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-11-22 18:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 5/7] add bindings for stm32 IIO timer drivers Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2016-11-23 09:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 2/7] add MFD for stm32 timer IP Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-11-22 17:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/7] add MFD for stm32 timer IP Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-11-22 17:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/7] add MFD for stm32 timer IP Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2016-11-22 17:50 +0100
  [PATCH 3/7] add pwm-stm32 DT bindings Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2016-11-22 17:30 +0100
  [PATCH 7/7] add stm32 multi-functions timer driver in DT Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2016-11-22 17:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 7/7] add stm32 multi-functions timer driver in DT Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com> - 2016-11-22 18:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 7/7] add stm32 multi-functions timer driver in DT Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-11-23 11:00 +0100
  [PATCH 2/7] add MFD for stm32 timer IP Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> - 2016-11-22 17:30 +0100

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