Re: [PATCH 4/4] regulator: s5m8767: Use same binding for external control as in s2mps11

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On wto, 2014-04-15 at 14:02 +0530, Sachin Kamat wrote:
> On 15 April 2014 13:42, Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On wto, 2014-04-15 at 13:26 +0530, Sachin Kamat wrote:
> >> On 15 April 2014 02:41, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:09:09AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> -     - s5m8767,pmic-ext-control-gpios: (optional) GPIO specifier for one
> >> >> +     - samsung,ext-control-gpios: (optional) GPIO specifier for one
> >> >>               GPIO controlling this regulator (enable/disable); This is
> >> >>               valid only for buck9.
> >> >
> >> > This is an incompatible change.  It's OK to deprecate the old property
> >> > but it's bad form to just remove it.
> >>
> >> I agree with Mark. Also, there is no need to make it generic.
> >
> > I thought it would be good to make it consistent and to reduce the
> > number of bindings with same meaning on similar drivers.
> 
> How about making the other one use "s5m8767,pmic-ext-control-gpios"
> compatible instead of introducing a new one?

But then we would introduce semi-generic binding with a driver-specific
name.

Anyway more drivers seem to use this kind of binding (tps65090, max8952,
da9055, arizona) so maybe there is a point in making this generic?

Best regards,
Krzysztof

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