Re: [PATCH 2/5] clk: Combine DT binding doc for max77686 and max77802
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Thu Jun 16 2016 - 05:35:06 EST
On 06/15/2016 05:19 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> Remove the separate DT binding document file for maxim,max77802 and
>> move all information to maxim,max77686 DT binding document.
>>
>
> Now, I wonder if this is the correct approach. A system integrator is
> probably going to search for the bindings of the chip that is present
> in their system. For example there are different DT bindings docs for
> both the max77686 and max77802 PMIC even when support is implemented
> by the same driver (drivers/mfd/max77686.c).
>
> But maybe I'm wrong so I'll let people with more DT experience to say
> if merging the bindings docs in a single one is the correct approach.
I personally prefer having one binding document for all devices because
essentially it is almost the same device. For looking up I use git grep
with compatible string (or device name) so it does not matter, IMHO.
Best regards,
Krzysztof