linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Documentation: devicetree: update bindings for tps23861

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Message-ID: <CA+HBbNEEvyn7a-CXzbFHywvHBky-Kwu8O3POrqo=huOJf-n2pQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:07:45 +0200
From:   Robert Marko <robert.marko@...tura.hr>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Andreas Böhler <dev@...ehler.at>,
        Luka Perkov <luka.perkov@...tura.hr>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Documentation: devicetree: update bindings for tps23861

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 5:02 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 04:37:36PM +0200, Andreas Böhler wrote:
> > The tps23861 driver does not initialize the chip and relies on it being
> > in auto-mode by default. On some devices, these controllers default to
> > OFF-Mode and hence cannot be used at all.
> >
> > This brings minimal support for initializing the controller in a user-
> > defined mode.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andreas Böhler <dev@...ehler.at>
>
> nack for the series, sorry. The suggested properties are not hardware
> monitoring but phy properties. There should be a separate phy driver
> to manage those.
>
> Also, as mentioned, the hwmon 'enable' attribute is abused to control
> port functionality and should be removed.

Hi Guenter,
Are you referring to an ethernet PHY driver or the generic PHY framework?

Regards,
Robert
>
> Guenter



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