Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] dt-bindings: iio: light: add apds990x binding

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Sun Mar 12 2023 - 06:47:28 EST


On 11/03/2023 20:34, Jonathan Cameron wrote:

>> +
>> +additionalProperties: false
>> +
>> +required:
>> + - compatible
>> + - reg
>> + - interrupt
> It would nice to relax the need for an interrupt if the device is still useable
> with timeouts etc. Board folk have a habit of deciding they don't need to wire
> up interrupts. We can relax that a later date though if you prefer not to do
> it now.
>> + - vdd-supply
>> + - vled-supply
>
> Whilst true that the supplies need to be connected, that doesn't
> mean they need to provided in the device tree binding. If they are
> always powered up I think we can fallback to stub regulators.

We can, but others might not. The binding should still require them if
they are required for device to work. Mark also made it clear recently:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/31ca0ede-012c-4849-bf25-d0492b116681@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/5cd6764c-9b04-42ea-932d-9f14aa465605@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/f6f02138-8ef9-4a33-9b51-0b7cd371230f@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Best regards,
Krzysztof