linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: ina2xx: add supply property

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Message-ID: <52f951e6-1b14-1a47-0a62-4203978be024@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 8 Mar 2023 11:36:29 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Svyatoslav Ryhel <clamor95@...il.com>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: ina2xx: add supply property

On 08/03/2023 11:32, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
> ср, 8 бер. 2023 р. о 12:27 Krzysztof Kozlowski
> <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org> пише:
>>
>> On 08/03/2023 10:40, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
>>> Add supply property.
>>
>> You have entire commit msg to explain and give background, but instead
>> there is just sentence duplicating subject. And since you did not
>> explain anything, we have questions... like: INA238 does not have VDD,
>> so this does not look correct.
>>
> 
> This is why a regulator is not mandatory. If ina238 does not have vdd
> then one who needs ina238 may omit this prop. How about looking from
> this perspective?

Not required means "optional", not "not existing" or "totally invalid".

Best regards,
Krzysztof