linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: ir38060: Move & update dt binding

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Message-ID: <c8dc4bdc-5374-4648-8092-55687be85f12@roeck-us.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:46:09 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...econstruct.com.au>,
 Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
 Naresh Solanki <naresh.solanki@...ements.com>
Cc: broonie@...nel.org, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
 linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: ir38060: Move & update dt binding

Hi Andrew,

On 2/12/25 02:43, Andrew Jeffery wrote:
[ ... ]
> The history of the problem from what I can see looks like:
> 
>     1. pmbus regulator support exploiting "regulators" as an OF child
>        node was merged for 3.19[1]

I hope you mean "make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource)"
and not "use (a situation or person) in an unfair or selfish way".
If you think it is not appropriate for PMBus devices to register as
regulators, please let me know, and feel free to suggest a better solution.

Thanks,
Guenter