linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: add MAX31790

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Message-ID: <20230922-washday-primer-af8dcf1cde7d@spud>
Date:   Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:53:55 +0100
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     Delphine_CC_Chiu/WYHQ/Wiwynn <Delphine_CC_Chiu@...ynn.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "patrick@...cx.xyz" <patrick@...cx.xyz>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        "linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: add MAX31790

On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 02:33:06AM +0000, Delphine_CC_Chiu/WYHQ/Wiwynn wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 02:29:24PM +0800, Delphine CC Chiu wrote:

> > > > +  pwm-as-tach:
> > >
> > > I don't see any other users of this in-tree, so you'd need a vendor
> > > prefix. That said, I'm once bitten, twice shy about fan related
> > > properties in hwmon, so I would definitely like Rob to comment on this
> > > whole binding.
> >
> > Please see this[1] and comment on it to ensure it meets your needs.
> > Otherwise, omit any fan related properties for now.
> >
> This property could only be used in max31790 driver. Would it be ok if we add
> vendor prefix like "maxim, pwm-as-tach"?

I think the answer to this is a pretty straightforward no. The goal is
to create a set of common fan properties that works for multiple
usecases, not create one specifically for each user...

> > > +examples:
> > > +  - |
> > > +    i2c {
> > > +      #address-cells = <1>;
> > > +      #size-cells = <0>;
> > > +
> > > +      pwm@20 {
> > > +        compatible = "maxim,max31790";
> > > +        reg = <0x20>;
> > > +        pwm-as-tach = <2 5>;
> >
> > This would be <2>, <5>; no?
> >
> I refer to the other binding documents in hwmon and most of them were using
> the format like <2 5> as an array.

Which also makes this moot, since it'll be going away.

> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index
> > > c8fdd0d03907..97e13b6bf51d 100644
> > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > @@ -1371,6 +1371,12 @@ F:
> >       Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/adi,max31760.yaml
> > >  F: Documentation/hwmon/max31760.rst
> > >  F: drivers/hwmon/max31760.c
> > >
> > > +ANALOG DEVICES INC MAX31790 DRIVER
> > > +M: Delphine CC Chiu  <Delphine_CC_Chiu@...ynn.com>
> > > +S: Odd Fixes
> >
> > This is a pretty odd status for something you're newly adding.
> > How come it's not going to be maintained?
> >
> We are not the authors of this driver but we want to add a feature to
> config PWM as TACH that was descripted in the datasheet of MAX31790.
> Should we set the status to maintained?

It's really up to you. I just found it curious & wanted to ask why it
was that way.

Thanks,
Conor.

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