Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] dt-bindings: thermal: sophgo,cv1800-thermal: Add Sophgo CV1800 thermal

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Wed Jul 17 2024 - 05:13:07 EST


On 17/07/2024 07:19, Haylen Chu wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 08:05:10AM +0800, Chen Wang wrote:
>> Haylen, so you want a compatible that matches an actual SoC and use it
>> everywhere?
>>
>> Or we can add ones for each SoC and have a fallback to cv1800.
>
> I would prefer "sophgo,cv1800-thermal" and use it everywhere. I don't
> see any difference on thermal sensors between cv18xx-series SoCs.

Please use proper fallbacks - there is a very specific rule, repeated
many times:

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc1/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-bindings.rst#L42

Best regards,
Krzysztof