linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] hwmon: (pmbus/lm25066) Use PMBUS_REGULATOR

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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 19:35:19 +0000
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: Zev Weiss <zev@...ilderbeest.net>
Cc: linux@...ck-us.net, Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@...ements.com>,
	Peter Yin <peteryin.openbmc@...il.com>,
	Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@...tq-group.com>,
	linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Naresh Solanki <naresh.solanki@...ements.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] hwmon: (pmbus/lm25066) Use PMBUS_REGULATOR_ONE to
 declare regulator

On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 03:16:26PM -0800, Zev Weiss wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 08:21:08AM PST, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> > 
> > If a chip only provides a single regulator, it should be named 'vout'
> > and not 'vout0'. Declare regulator using PMBUS_REGULATOR_ONE() to make
> > that happen.
> > 
> 
> As mentioned on Guenter's v1, this change necessitates a corresponding
> update to arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-delta-ahe50dc.dts, which has a
> dependency on the name of the regulator.  Given (AFAICT) the lack of any
> combined dts & driver patches anywhere in the kernel git history I guess
> maybe doing both atomically in a single commit might not be considered
> kosher, but could it at least be included in the same patch series?

I was gonna do it in isolation if this went ahead, but I see you went
and did it yourself - thanks. As Guenter pointed out later in the
thread, any patch that combines dts changes with drivers or bindings
is something that likely snuck in or was some sort of extenuating
circumstance.

Cheers,
Conor.

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