[PATCH v2 4/4] mfd: max77686: Split out regulator part from the DT binding

Krzysztof Kozlowski k.kozlowski at samsung.com
Thu Jul 16 23:49:38 PDT 2015


2015-07-17 15:46 GMT+09:00 Javier Martinez Canillas <javier at osg.samsung.com>:
> Hello Krzysztof,
>
> On 07/17/2015 08:42 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> 2015-07-17 15:29 GMT+09:00 Javier Martinez Canillas <javier at osg.samsung.com>:
>>> The Maxim MAX77686 PMIC is a multi-function device with regulators,
>>> clocks and a RTC. The DT bindings for the clocks are in a separate
>>> file but the bindings for the regulators are inside the mfd part.
>>>
>>> To make it consistent with the clocks portion of the binding and
>>> because is more natural to look for regulator bindings under the
>>> bindings/regulator sub-directory, split the regulator portion of
>>> the DT binding and add it as a separate file.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier at osg.samsung.com>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Changes in v2:
>>> - Use a generic name for the max77686 node in the regulator example.
>>>
>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/max77686.txt | 58 +-----------------
>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/regulator/max77686.txt     | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/max77686.txt
>>
>> Putting regulator bindings under regulator directory seems logical so
>> I am fine with it.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski at samsung.com>
>>
>
> Thanks a lot for your review. For completeness, I talked with Lee Jones
> over IRC yesterday asking him his opinion on whether MFD DT binding doc
> should contain all the info or if it should be split across different
> subsystems and he prefers the later. That's why I re-spun this series.

Okay, this sounds good.

One more thing - can you update the maintainers file? The bindings
documentation is mentioned there for max77686.

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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