Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: iio: proximity: move LIDAR-Lite v2 out of trivial-devices

[Matt Ranostay]

On Wednesday, August 12th, 2026 at 12:35, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:18:40 -0300
> Rodrigo Gobbi <rodrigo.gobbi.7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > The PulsedLight LIDAR-Lite v2 is currently described as a trivial device,
> > but it is not one: besides the I2C interface it exposes a power-enable
> > pin and a mode-control pin.
> >
> > The mode-control pin can trigger acquisitions and report the measured
> > distance through a PWM signal, entirely bypassing I2C. That usage is
> > bidirectional and non-cyclic, so it doesn't map onto any existing
> > binding for describing pin behaviour, and is intentionally left
> > undocumented here. The same pin can, however, also be used as a plain
> > status output while I2C remains the active interface, which is
> > described through the new interrupts property.
> >
> > Move the device to a dedicated binding file and document the
> > power-enable, power-supply and interrupt properties that
> > trivial-devices.yaml has no way to express.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Gobbi <rodrigo.gobbi.7@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  .../proximity/pulsedlight,lidar-lite-v2.yaml  | 64 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/trivial-devices.yaml  |  2 -
> >  2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/proximity/pulsedlight,lidar-lite-v2.yaml
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/proximity/pulsedlight,lidar-lite-v2.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/proximity/pulsedlight,lidar-lite-v2.yaml
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..e19c8d166b81
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/proximity/pulsedlight,lidar-lite-v2.yaml
> > @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > +%YAML 1.2
> > +---
> > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/iio/proximity/pulsedlight,lidar-lite-v2.yaml#
> > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > +
> > +title: Pulsedlight LIDAR-Lite v2 range-finding sensor
> > +
> > +maintainers:
> > +  - Matt Ranostay <mranostay@xxxxxxxxx>

I really don't use my gmail address anymore. Would be ideal if it was changed matt@xxxxxxxxxxx 
Other than that don't have any issues.

Thanks,

Matt


> I'll need an Ack or Reviewed-by from Matt for this. If Matt either doesn't
> reply for a while, or isn't happy to take on this much fuller binding,
> is it something you'd consider putting yourself down for?
> 
> Otherwise LGTM
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jonathan
>