Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] Documentation: bindings: add documentation for ir-spi device driver

[Andi Shyti]

Hi Jacek,

> > > > > Only DT bindings of LED class drivers should be placed in
> > > > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds. Please move it to the
> > > > > media bindings.
> > > > 
> > > > that's where I placed it first, but Rob asked me to put it in the
> > > > LED directory and Cc the LED mailining list.
> > > > 
> > > > That's the discussion of the version 2:
> > > > 
> > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/9/12/380
> > > > 
> > > > Rob, Jacek, could you please agree where I can put the binding?
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure if this is a good approach. I've noticed also that
> > > backlight bindings have been moved to leds, whereas they don't look
> > > similarly.
> > > 
> > > We have common.txt LED bindings, that all LED class drivers' bindings
> > > have to follow. Neither backlight bindings nor these ones do that,
> > > which introduces some mess.
> > 
> > And there are probably LED bindings that don't follow common.txt either.
> > 
> > > Eventually adding a sub-directory, e.g. remote_control could make it
> > > somehow logically justified, but still - shouldn't bindings be
> > > placed in the documentation directory related to the subsystem of the
> > > driver they are predestined to?
> > 
> > No. While binding directories often mirror the driver directories, they
> > are not the same. Bindings are grouped by types of h/w and IR LEDs are a
> > type of LED.
> > 
> > If you prefer a sub-dir, that is fine with me.
> 
> Fine. So how about sub-dir "ir" ?

would we put here all the remote control bindings that currently
are under media?

Thanks,
Andi