Re: [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: mfd: rohm,bd71837-pmic: Add common properties

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 at 07:48, Vaittinen, Matti
<Matti.Vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi deeee Ho peeps!
>
> On Thu, 2020-09-17 at 21:37 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > Add common properties appearing in DTSes (clock-names,
> > clock-output-names) with the common values (actually used in DTSes)
> > to
> > fix dtbs_check warnings like:
> >
> >   arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-librem5-r2.dt.yaml:
> >     pmic@4b: 'clock-names', 'clock-output-names', do not match any of
> > the regexes: 'pinctrl-[0-9]+'
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Changes since v1:
> > 1. Define the names, as used in existing DTS files.
> > ---
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/mfd/rohm,bd71837-pmic.yaml          | 6
> > ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/rohm,bd71837-
> > pmic.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/rohm,bd71837-
> > pmic.yaml
> > index 65018a019e1d..3bfdd33702ad 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/rohm,bd71837-pmic.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/rohm,bd71837-pmic.yaml
> > @@ -32,9 +32,15 @@ properties:
> >    clocks:
> >      maxItems: 1
> >
> > +  clock-names:
> > +    const: osc
>
> I guess existing board dtses use "osc" then? Ok.

Yes.

>
> >    "#clock-cells":
> >      const: 0
> >
> > +  clock-output-names:
> > +    const: pmic_clk
>
> This is not a strong opinion but I feel that pmic_clk is a bit too
> generic name? I mean, what if there is a system with more than one
> PMICs? (I don't see such use-case with the BD718x7 though - but perhaps
> this can serve as a misleading example for other PMICs?

I don't expect two PMICs. Sometimes secondary device is added with few
regulators, e.g. a MUIC. Still only one device can supply the CPU and
probably this would be called PMIC.

> For example
> with the ROHM BD96801 family there may be multiple PMICs in one
> system). Anyways - if Rob is happy with this then please go with it :)

The name was taken from existing DTS files. That was Rob's idea as well.

Best regards,
Krzysztof

>
> Acked-By: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  *
> Thanks again for improving these bindings! I am constantly struggling
> with these x_x. Writing the bindings is probably hardest part of PMIC
> driver development -_-;
>
>