Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: mfd: Add regulator-compatible property

From: Conor Dooley
Date: Fri Feb 02 2024 - 11:24:26 EST


On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 05:27:10PM +0530, Naresh Solanki wrote:
> Hi Conor,
>
>
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 21:50, Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 05:16:14PM +0530, Naresh Solanki wrote:
> > > Add regulator-compatible property.
> >
> > Why? I can see that this is what you did, but there's no justification
> > for it.
> >
> > grepping for this property, the first thing I see is:
> > rg "regulator-compatible"
> > drivers/regulator/of_regulator.c
> > 389: * based on either the deprecated property regulator-compatible if present,
> > 428: "regulator-compatible", NULL);
> > 486: name = of_get_property(child, "regulator-compatible", NULL);
> >
> >
> > The property is deprecated, so you'll need twice as good a justification
> > for adding it!
> Yes this is deprecated property. I missed noticing that earlier.
> Will remove this dependency. Thanks for pointing that out.

What do you mean "remove this dependency"? If you remove this there is
nothing useful left in the patch.

Confused,
Conor.

>
> Regards,
> Naresh
> >
> > > Also update example.
> > >
> > > TEST=Run below command & make sure there is no error
> > > make DT_CHECKER_FLAGS=-m dt_binding_check
> >
> > Same comment here as my other mail.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Conor.
> >
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Naresh Solanki <naresh.solanki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/maxim,max5970.yaml | 9 +++++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/maxim,max5970.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/maxim,max5970.yaml
> > > index 0da5cae3852e..75175098cbc2 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/maxim,max5970.yaml
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/maxim,max5970.yaml
> > > @@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ properties:
> > > description: |
> > > The value of current sense resistor in microohms.
> > >
> > > + regulator-compatible:
> > > + pattern: "^SW[0-1]$"
> > > +
> > > required:
> > > - shunt-resistor-micro-ohms
> > >
> > > @@ -111,6 +114,8 @@ examples:
> > >
> > > regulators {
> > > sw0_ref_0: sw0 {
> > > + regulator-compatible = "SW0";
> > > + regulator-name = "p5v";
> > > shunt-resistor-micro-ohms = <12000>;
> > > };
> > > };
> > > @@ -145,9 +150,13 @@ examples:
> > >
> > > regulators {
> > > sw0_ref_1: sw0 {
> > > + regulator-compatible = "SW0";
> > > + regulator-name = "p5v_aux";
> > > shunt-resistor-micro-ohms = <12000>;
> > > };
> > > sw1_ref_1: sw1 {
> > > + regulator-compatible = "SW1";
> > > + regulator-name = "p3v3_aux";
> > > shunt-resistor-micro-ohms = <10000>;
> > > };
> > > };
> > >
> > > base-commit: ecb1b8288dc7ccbdcb3b9df005fa1c0e0c0388a7
> > > --
> > > 2.42.0
> > >

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