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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:55:48 +0000
From: <Dharma.B@...rochip.com>
To: <sam@...nborg.org>
CC: <robh@...nel.org>, <Linux4Microchip@...rochip.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Convert Microchip's HLCDC Text based DT bindings
 to JSON schema

On 22/01/24 9:34 pm, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
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> Hi Dharma,
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 03:52:17AM +0000, Dharma.B@...rochip.com wrote:
>> On 20/01/24 6:53 pm, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
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>>> Hi Sam & Rob,
>>> Hi Dharma & Rob.
>>>
>>>>> To make the DT binding backward compatible you likely need to add a few
>>>>> compatible that otherwise would have been left out - but that should do
>>>>> the trick.
>>>>>
>>>>> The current atmel hlcdc driver that is split in three is IMO an
>>>>> over-engineering, and the driver could benefit merging it all in one.
>>>>> And the binding should not prevent this.
>>>>
>>>> I agree on all this, but a conversion is not really the time to redesign
>>>> things. Trust me, I've wanted to on lots of conversions. It should be
>>>> possible to simplify the driver side while keeping the DT as-is. Just
>>>> make the display driver bind to the MFD node instead. After that, then
>>>> one could look at flattening everything to 1 node.
>>>
>>> Understood and thinking a bit about it fully agreed as well.
>>> Dharma - please see my comments only as ideas for the future, and
>>> ignore them in this fine rewrite you do.
>>>
>>>           Sam
>> Based on your insights, I'm contemplating the decision to merge Patch 2
>> [PWM binding] with Patch 3[MFD binding]. It seems redundant given that
>> we already have a PWM node example in the MFD binding.
>>
>> Instead of introducing a new PWM binding,
>>     pwm:
>>       $ref: /schemas/pwm/atmel,hlcdc-pwm.yaml
>>
>> I will update the existing MFD binding as follows:
>>
>> properties:
>>     compatible:
>>       const: atmel,hlcdc-pwm
>>
>>     "#pwm-cells":
>>       const: 3
>>
>> required:
>>     - compatible
>>     - "#pwm-cells"
>>
> As already commented, this looks nice.
> But as Rob said, this should be a 1:1 conversion from text to yaml,
> and then clean-up can come in the second step.

Fine, I will send v4 with no changes in [PATCH 2] PWM binding, I will 
send another separate patch for this clean up.

-- 
Thanks,
Dharma B.

> 
>          Sam



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