linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] dt-bindings: hwmon: ti,ina3221: Add SQ52210

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Message-ID: <20251119-tremendous-skunk-of-science-aab7fb@kuoka>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:22:38 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Wenliang Yan <wenliang202407@....com>
Cc: linux@...ck-us.net, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, 
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, 
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] dt-bindings: hwmon: ti,ina3221: Add SQ52210

On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 07:51:41AM -0500, Wenliang Yan wrote:
> Add a compatible string for sq52210. The sq52210 is forward compatible

forward?

> with INA3221 and incorporates alert registers to implement four

But this suggests opposite.

Your driver changes confirm that even more - it is not forward
compatible. And in other way why wouldn't compatibility be expressed in
the bindings?

Best regards,
Krzysztof