linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] regulator: dt-bindings: Add Allwinner D1 LDOs

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Date:   Wed, 17 Aug 2022 03:39:25 -0500
From:   Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] regulator: dt-bindings: Add Allwinner D1 LDOs

On 8/17/22 3:27 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 17/08/2022 11:15, Samuel Holland wrote:
>>>> +examples:
>>>> +  - |
>>>> +    audio-codec@...0000 {
>>>> +        compatible = "simple-mfd", "syscon";
>>>
>>> This cannot be on its own. Both require device specific compatible.
>>
>> Again, the device-specific compatible does not exist, because the binding for
>> the audio codec has not been written (and it will be quite nontrivial).
>>
>> So I can:
>>   1) Leave the example as-is until the audio codec binding gets written,
>>      and fill in the specific compatible at that time.
>>   2) Remove the example, with the reasoning that the example really
>>      belongs with the MFD parent (like for the other regulator). Then
>>      there will be no example until the audio codec binding is written.
>>   3) Drop the analog LDOs from this series entirely, and some parts
>>      of the SoC (like thermal monitoring) cannot be added to the DTSI
>>      until the audio codec binding is written.
>>
>> What do you think?
> 
> How about just removing the audio-codec node? The schema is about
> regulators, not audio-codec.

That works for me. I put the extra node there to signify that this is a MFD
child and requires some parent node to work, but I suppose it is not that
helpful to have.

> OTOH, if you have parent device schema, you could put the example only
> there. But as I understand, you don't have, right?

Right.

>> The same question applies for the D1 SoC DTSI, where I use this same construct.
> 
> This is not correct and should be fixed. Either you add the schema with
> compatible or please drop the device node from the DTSI.

That's what I was afraid of.

Regards,
Samuel

>> (And technically this does validate with the current schema.)