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Message-ID: <20160111054908.GE3331@x1>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2016 05:49:08 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Wenyou Yang <wenyou.yang@...el.com>
Cc:	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mfd: add documentation for ACT8945A DT bindings

On Fri, 08 Jan 2016, Wenyou Yang wrote:

> The Active-semi ACT8945A PMIC is a Multi-Function Device, it has
> two subdevices:
>  - Regulator
>  - Charger

Is this really an MFD?  What special handling does it require?

> This patch adds documentation for ACT8945A DT bindings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenyou Yang <wenyou.yang@...el.com>
> ---
> 
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/act8945a.txt |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/act8945a.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/act8945a.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/act8945a.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..406db16
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/act8945a.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> +Device-Tree bindings for Active-semi ACT8945A MFD driver
> +
> +Required properties:
> + - compatible: "active-semi,act8945a".
> + - reg: the I2C slave address for the ACT8945A chip
> +
> +The chip exposes two subdevices:
> + - a regulators: see ../regulator/act8945a-regulator.txt
> + - a charger: see ../power/act8945a-charger.txt
> +
> +Example:
> +	mfd: act8945a@5b {

"mfd" is too generic to be a label.

Why do you need a label in any case?

> +		compatible = "active-semi,act8945a";
> +		reg = <0x5b>;
> +		status = "okay";
> +	};

This doesn't look much like an MFD to me.

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Lee Jones
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