linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: regulator: add support for MT6392

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:24:31 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Fabien Parent <fparent@...libre.com>
Cc:     "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, lgirdwood@...il.com,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: regulator: add support for MT6392

On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 06:18:35PM +0100, Fabien Parent wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 1:13 PM Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:

> > On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 10:03:03PM +0200, Fabien Parent wrote:

> > > +Required properties:
> > > +- compatible: "mediatek,mt6392-regulator"

> > This is no longer used by the driver, should be unneeded and therefore
> > should be removed.

> It is not used by the driver but it will be used by the MFD driver [0]
> like this:
> static const struct mfd_cell mt6392_devs[] = {
>     {
>         [snip]
>     }, {
>         [snip]
>     }, {
>         .name = "mt6392-regulator",
>         .of_compatible = "mediatek,mt6392-regulator"

This is still unneeded, it's just a reflection of Linux implementation
details and should be removed.   The MFD can just register the child
without supplying a compatible and things will continue to work just as
well.

Download attachment "signature.asc" of type "application/pgp-signature" (489 bytes)