Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: ir38060: Move & update dt binding
From: Andrew Jeffery
Date: Wed Feb 12 2025 - 19:25:41 EST
Hi Guenter,
On Wed, 2025-02-12 at 06:46 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> On 2/12/25 02:43, Andrew Jeffery wrote:
> [ ... ]
> > The history of the problem from what I can see looks like:
> >
> > 1. pmbus regulator support exploiting "regulators" as an OF
> > child
> > node was merged for 3.19[1]
>
> I hope you mean "make full use of and derive benefit from (a
> resource)"
> and not "use (a situation or person) in an unfair or selfish way".
Certainly "make full use of and derive benefit from (a
resource)" and nothing further.
> If you think it is not appropriate for PMBus devices to register as
> regulators, please let me know, and feel free to suggest a better
> solution.
My only intent was to observe the history of the problem highlighted by
Naresh's patch. I don't have any concerns about PMBus devices
registering as regulators.
Thanks,
Andrew