Re: [PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: hwmon: add ti,ina238

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Wed Oct 25 2023 - 10:28:27 EST


On 25/10/2023 16:25, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 04:18:31PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 25/10/2023 16:11, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 04:07:31PM +0200, Richard Leitner wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 03:00:01PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 10:34:12AM +0000, Richard Leitner wrote:
>>>>>> The ina238 driver is available since 2021 but lacks a dt-bindings file.
>>>>>> Therefore add the missing file now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Seemingly it is documented in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ti,ina2xx.yaml
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the feedback. True. So is it fine if it's left there or
>>>> should it be removed from ti,ina2xxx.yml as this is a separate driver
>>>> with different properties?
>>>
>>> Merging them would seem like the most straightforward thing to do, no?
>>
>> Sorry folks, I don't quite get what do you want to merge or move and
>> why. Drivers are not related to bindings. The point is the compatible is
>> already documented, so is anything wrong with existing documentation?
>
> If it was not clear, I meant merging the bindings, not the drivers. IOW,
> adding the new compatible for the ina237 to the existing ina2xx.yaml
> binding.

Yes, this sounds good. Maybe ina2xx is indeed not matching all of this
hardware (e.g. supplies, shunt resistors), but then we need to talk
about specifics.

Best regards,
Krzysztof