linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: pfuze100: add optional pfuze-disable-sw binding

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:50:10 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Marco Felsch <m.felsch@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     lgirdwood@...il.com, robh+dt@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        fabio.estevam@....com, Anson.Huang@....com, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: pfuze100: add optional pfuze-disable-sw
 binding

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 10:30:39AM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:
> On 18-07-12 16:31, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 01:02:39PM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:

> > > +Optional properties:
> > > +- pfuze-disable-sw: Disable all unused switch regulators to save power

> > This is a bit of a confused way of specifying things that depends on the
> > Linux implementation, and the property sounds like a double negative
> > too.  I'd say something like "pfuze-support-disable" and then explicitly
> > say that this is a workaround for backwards compatibility.

> I can't find the double negative. Anyway your binding sounds better. So
> I will use yours. Should we add a vendor prefix too to be clear? I will
> also add some more informations to mark it as workaround.

The property doesn't disable the use of switch regulators, it enables
their disabling.  A vendor prefix is probably required but I can't
entirely follow the DT rules there, it certainly shouldn't hurt anyway.

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