linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: userspace-consumer: add DT binding details

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Message-ID: <20140730164014.GY17528@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:40:14 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
	"lgirdwood@...il.com" <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	"robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <Pawel.Moll@....com>,
	"ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk" <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	"galak@...eaurora.org" <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	"grant.likely@...aro.org" <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: userspace-consumer: add DT binding details

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 04:53:03PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 02:54:00PM +0100, Laxman Dewangan wrote:

> > +Required properties:
> > +- compatible		: Must be "reg-userspace-consumer".

> I would never expect to see "userspace" in a DT beinding string; this is
> entirely a software abstraction description and has nothing to do with
> the interaction of HW components.

> Why do you think we need this in the DT?

Yes, this is test code - it is not intended to be used in production.
Any binding should be for the consumer using this, not for this
implementation detail.

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