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Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:54:25 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] watchdog: mt7621-wdt: avoid ralink architecture
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To:     Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@gmail.com>
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From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
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On 14/02/2023 10:50, Sergio Paracuellos wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:33 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 14/02/2023 09:54, Sergio Paracuellos wrote:
>>>>>       return 0;
>>>>> @@ -143,6 +147,10 @@ static int mt7621_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>>>       if (!drvdata)
>>>>>               return -ENOMEM;
>>>>>
>>>>> +     drvdata->sysc = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_compatible("mediatek,mt7621-sysc");
>>>>> +     if (IS_ERR(drvdata->sysc))
>>>>> +             return PTR_ERR(drvdata->sysc);
>>>>
>>>> This should be the backup/error path for original code using syscon
>>>> property. Looking up by compatible is really not portable/re-usable.
>>>
>>> I can change the code in the way you are pointing out here but...
>>> Why is it not re-usable? Compatible is not supposed to be changed
>>> since in other cases the DTB ABI will be broken. I am totally lost
>>> about what is an ABI breakage, then.
>>
>> How do you use it on other platform?
> 
> I see, thanks.
> 
> So if I am understanding you correctly I have to maintain the
> 'mediatek,sysctl' phandle and use it in the first instance and if it
> fails I have to use regmap_loopup_by_compatible() stuff, right?
> Something like:
> 
> ...
> 
> drvdata->sysc = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(np, "mediatek,sysctl");
> if (IS_ERR(drvdata->sysc)) {
>          drvdata->sysc =
> syscon_regmap_lookup_by_compatible("mediatek,mt7621-sysc");
>          if (IS_ERR(drvdata->sysc))
>               return PTR_ERR(drvdata->sysc);
> }
> 
> ....
> 
> So in that case, we can add the new phandle to the bindings without
> any kind of ABI breakage and we can use old dtbs using new watchdog
> driver code.
> 

Yes.

Best regards,
Krzysztof