linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: hwmon: Add nct7802 bindings

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Date:   Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:10:58 -0400
From:   Oskar Senft <osk@...gle.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: hwmon: Add nct7802 bindings

> I think there was a reason for "sensors", because there can be other
> bindings on the same level. Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ltc2978.txt
> lists "regulators", for example.
>
> Where did you find the "sensors" example for ltc2978 ? I don't see it
> in the upstream kernel. Or was that derived from the official "regulators"
> bindings ?

Yes, I just followed the structure from there, renaming "regulators"
as "sensors".


> Yes, let's do that. I'd like us to keep the "sensors" subnode to have a clear
> association and differentiator to other sub-nodes such as "regulators".
> Open is if we can use "temperature-sensor@0" or if it would have to be
> a chip specific "ltd", but I think we can sort that out after suggesting
> an initial set of bindings to Rob.
Makes sense, I'll do that. Now I just need to figure out how to
express that in YAML ...

I'll send a new patch as soon as I figured that out and got it to work.

Thanks for your input!

Oskar.