Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] [media] ad5820: Add support for enable pin

[Laurent Pinchart]

On Thursday, 20 September 2018 23:04:21 EEST Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Ricardo,
> 
> On Thursday, 20 September 2018 22:12:44 EEST Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:08 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu 2018-09-20 21:06:16, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> > >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 8:54 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>> On Thu 2018-09-20 20:45:52, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> > >>>> This patch adds support for a programmable enable pin. It can be
> > >>>> used in situations where the ANA-vcc is not configurable (dummy-
> > >>>> regulator), or just to have a more fine control of the power saving.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> The use of the enable pin is optional.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> 
> > >>> Do we really want to do that?
> > >>> 
> > >>> Would it make more sense to add gpio-regulator and connect ad5820 to
> > >>> it in such case?
> > >> 
> > >> My board (based on db820c)  has both:
> > >> 
> > >> ad5820: dac@0c {
> > >> 
> > >>    compatible = "adi,ad5820";
> > >>    reg = <0x0c>;
> > >>    
> > >>    VANA-supply = <&pm8994_l23>;
> > >>    enable-gpios = <&msmgpio 26 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> > >> 
> > >> };
> > > 
> > > Well, I'm sure you could have gpio-based regulator powered from
> > > pm8994_l23, and outputting to ad5820.
> > > 
> > > Does ad5820 chip have a gpio input for enable?
> > 
> > xshutdown pin:
> > http://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD5821.
> > pd f
> > 
> > (AD5820,AD5821, and AD5823 are compatibles, or at least that is waht
> > the module manufacturer says :)
> 
> Is that the pin that msmgpio 26 is connected to on your board ?
> 
> I'd argue that the GPIO should be called xshutdown in that case, as DT
> usually uses the pin name, but there's precedent of using well-known names
> for pins with the same functionality. In any case you should update the DT
> bindings to document the new property, and clearly explain that it
> describes the GPIO connected to the xshutdown pin. Please CC the
> devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list on the bindings change (they
> usually like bindings changes to be split to a separate patch).

And now I've noticed patch 3/4 :-/ Please scratch this.

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart