[PATCH v3 01/11] dt-bindings: thermal: Describe Armada AP806 and CP110

Miquel RAYNAL miquel.raynal at free-electrons.com
Fri Dec 15 00:32:03 PST 2017


Hello Baruch,

On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:27:59 +0200
Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> wrote:

> Hi Miquel
> 
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 11:30:01AM +0100, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > +- marvell,thermal-zone-name: The name to identify the thermal zone
> > +                             within the sysfs, useful when multiple
> > +                             thermal zones are registered (AP,
> > CPx...).  
> 
> I don't think that would be acceptable. DT is about describing the
> hardware. sysfs is a Linux implementation detail which is not tied to
> any specific hardware. If this is accepted, the property should be
> named 'linux,thermal-zone-name'.

You are right the sysfs mention should not appear in the description.

Otherwise for the naming I'm not sure "linux," is a valid prefix in
that case.

Miquèl




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