Re: [PATCH net-next v4 18/27] regulator: dt-bindings: Add regulator-power-budget property

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Sun Jan 05 2025 - 04:06:47 EST


On 04/01/2025 16:50, Kory Maincent wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 10:42:32 +0100
> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 03, 2025 at 10:13:07PM +0100, Kory Maincent wrote:
>>> From: Kory Maincent (Dent Project) <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Introduce a new property to describe the power budget of the regulator.
>>> This property will allow power management support for regulator consumers
>>> like PSE controllers, enabling them to make decisions based on the
>>> available power capacity.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Changes in v3:
>>> - Add type.
>>> - Add unit in the name.
>>>
>>> Changes in v2:
>>> - new patch.
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.yaml | 5 +++++
>>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.yaml
>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.yaml index
>>> 1ef380d1515e..c5a6b24ebe7b 100644 ---
>>> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.yaml +++
>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/regulator.yaml @@ -34,6
>>> +34,11 @@ properties: regulator-input-current-limit-microamp:
>>> description: maximum input current regulator allows
>>>
>>> + regulator-power-budget-miniwatt:
>>
>> What sort of quantity prefix is a "mini"? How much is a mini?
>
> Oops, that is a brain fart sorry for this. Of course it is milliwatt.
>
>>
>>> + description: power budget of the regulator
>>> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
>>
>> This should not be needed. Use proper unit from dtschema.
>
> Ok, I was mistaken. There are bindings with this ref in this file, so I thought
> it was needed. I will remove it.
If the unit is not in the property-units of dtschema, you will have a
warning, but then please send a pull request (patch could work as well
probably) to dtschema adding it... but I am sure that milliwatt is there.

Best regards,
Krzysztof