Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] mfd: wm831x: Support software nodes for DCDC regulators

From: Charles Keepax

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 08:57:26 EST


On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 02:43:17PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2026, at 09:53, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Wed, 04 Nov 2026, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> >> On Wed, Nov 04, 2026 at 06:14:29PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> >> > On Sat, 24 Oct 2026, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> - if there is a reason to expect any future user of the driver,
> extend the wlf,arizona.yaml binding to cover wm831x as well,
> replace all the platform data with swnode properties according
> to that binding and have the drivers use those.

I really don't like adding wm831x to the Arizona binding. Fine if
we want to create a new binding in a similar style but Arizona is
a binding for a specific series of audio parts, wm831x predates
those and is a pmic. Trying to combine them feels likely to cause
problems.

Thanks,
Charles