linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] dt-bindings: hwmon: ibm,cffps: move to trivial devices

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Message-ID: <68fa27ae-4704-181f-e2f6-92635865798b@canonical.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:45:42 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] dt-bindings: hwmon: ibm,cffps: move to trivial
 devices

On 21/09/2021 14:30, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 12:28:29PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> The IBM Common Form Factor Power Supply Versions 1 and 2 bindings are
>> trivial, so they can be integrated into trivial devices bindings.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
> 
> I won't accept any of those "move to trivial devices" patches. In many cases
> the bindings are simply incomplete. I can not and will not make that call,
> and I always did and will leave it up to driver authors to decide if they
> want to add a device to trivial devices or provide explicit bindings.
> 
> Please stop sending those patches.
> 

Back in the older times, there were no trivial-devices and checkpatch
plus maintainers required documenting compatibles, so some of such
simple bindings were created.

I understand however your point, fair enough. I'll stop sending such
patches.

Best regards,
Krzysztof