Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] thermal: add more description for thermal-zones

[Eduardo Valentin]

Hello Wei Ni,

On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 02:29:47PM +0800, Wei Ni wrote:
> Add more description for the "polling-delay" property.
> Set "trips" and "cooling maps" as optional property, because
> if missing these two sub-nodes, the thermal zone device still
> work properly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Ni <wni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
> index f5db6b7..e3d3ed9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/thermal.txt
> @@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ containing trip nodes and one sub-node containing all the zone cooling maps.
>  
>  Required properties:
>  - polling-delay:	The maximum number of milliseconds to wait between polls
> -  Type: unsigned	when checking this thermal zone.
> -  Size: one cell
> +  Type: unsigned	when checking this thermal zone. If this value is 0, the
> +  Size: one cell	driver will not run polling queue, but just cancel it.
>  

The description above is specific to Linux kernel implementation
nomenclature. DT description needs to be OS agnostic.

>  - polling-delay-passive: The maximum number of milliseconds to wait
>    Type: unsigned	between polls when performing passive cooling.
> @@ -148,14 +148,16 @@ Required properties:
>    phandles + sensor
>    specifier
>  
> +Optional property:
>  - trips:		A sub-node which is a container of only trip point nodes
>    Type: sub-node	required to describe the thermal zone.
>  
>  - cooling-maps:		A sub-node which is a container of only cooling device
>    Type: sub-node	map nodes, used to describe the relation between trips
> -			and cooling devices.
> +			and cooling devices. If missing the "trips" property,
> +			This sub-node will not be parsed, because no trips can
> +			be bound to cooling devices.

Do you mean if the thermal zone misses the "trips" property? Actually,
the binding describes both, cooling-maps and trips, as required
properties. Thus, both needs to be in place to consider the thermal zone
as a proper described zone.

>  
> -Optional property:
>  - coefficients:		An array of integers (one signed cell) containing
>    Type: array		coefficients to compose a linear relation between
>    Elem size: one cell	the sensors listed in the thermal-sensors property.
> -- 
> 1.8.1.5
> 
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