Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: Add support for ST TSC1641 power monitor

[Guenter Roeck]

On 10/31/25 10:30, Igor Reznichenko wrote:
> > > > On 10/28/25 08:17, Igor Reznichenko wrote:
> > > > > Understood. The bit in question controls the alert pin polarity on the device side,
> > > > > independent of whether the pin is used as interrupt or not. I'll drop the property
> > > > > for now and revisit if there's a board that actually uses an inverter or needs to
> > > > > program the bit explicitly.
> > > >
> > > > This is kind of unusual. The requirement used to be that devicetree properties
> > > > shall be complete. "Only if there is a known use case" is a significant policy
> > > > change. Has the policy changed recently ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Guenter
> > >
> > > Rob, following up on Guenter's question above.
> > > I'm not sure whether it's better to drop the property as discussed earlier or keep
> > > it for binding completeness.
> > > Could you clarify what approach is preferred?
> >
> > Don't you have there possibility of interrupt (not only SMBus Alert)? At
> > least this is what I understood from previous talks.
>
> Yes, the alert pin could be used as interrupt in principle.
> Datasheet calls it "Multi-functional digital alert pin".

Maybe you could try adding an optional "interrupts" property.

Guenter