On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 6:30 AM Lubomir Rintel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The timer needs the timer clock to be enabled, otherwise it stops
> ticking.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <[email protected]>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/mrvl,mmp-timer.txt | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/mrvl,mmp-timer.txt
> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/mrvl,mmp-timer.txt
> index 9a6e251462e7..a2ede0bd12ca 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/mrvl,mmp-timer.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/mrvl,mmp-timer.txt
> @@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ Required properties:
> - compatible : Should be "mrvl,mmp-timer".
> - reg : Address and length of the register set of timer controller.
> - interrupts : Should be the interrupt number.
> +- clocks : Should contain a single entry describing the clock input.
So now pxa910 and pxa168 dts files have errors because they are
missing a required clock. Plus somehow other MMP2 platforms either
worked without a clock or have been broken.
You can't add new required properties to a binding. That breaks
backward compatibility.
Rob
>
> Example:
> timer0: timer@d4014000 {
> compatible = "mrvl,mmp-timer";
> reg = <0xd4014000 0x100>;
> interrupts = <13>;
> + clocks = <&coreclk 2>;
> };
> --
> 2.17.1
>
