linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: power: supply: Add pm8916 VM-BMS

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Date:   Sat, 29 Jul 2023 13:10:35 +0100
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     Nikita Travkin <nikita@...n.ru>
Cc:     Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: power: supply: Add pm8916 VM-BMS

On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 05:06:14PM +0500, Nikita Travkin wrote:
> Conor Dooley писал(а) 29.07.2023 15:03:
> > On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 10:19:30PM +0500, Nikita Travkin wrote:

> >> +  interrupt-names:
> >> +    items:
> >> +      - const: fifo
> > 
> > Same here, but do you really need a name, when you have only one
> > interrupt?
> > 
> 
> Hm, thinking of this more, the hardware actually has more than one
> interrupt, even though this one seems to be the only really useful
> one. Would a better way forward be to list all of them 

Yes.

> (and fix
> the driver to get the value by it's name)

It's not a fix to do that, the order of the interrupts is not variable,
so there's nothing wrong with using the indices. You can do it if you
like.

> or it would be
> acceptable to leave the names here and extend the list at a later
> date when (if ever) other interrupts are needed?

If you know what they are, please describe them now, even if the driver
does not use them (yet).

Thanks,
Conor.

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