[PATCH v3] dt-bindings: mfd: st,stmpe: fix PWM schema and drop legacy binding

Manish Baing manishbaing2789 at gmail.com
Wed May 20 22:47:10 PDT 2026


Hi Uwe,
> If the patch was split into two, each touching just one of the files,
> there would be no need for merge coordination. Also logically it's two
> patches. Would you mind splitting?

That makes perfect sense. I will split this into a two-patch series
(one for the MFD YAML fix and one for the PWM TXT deletion) and submit
it shortly as v4.
Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks and Regards,
Manish


On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 8:35 PM Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, May 09, 2026 at 07:39:28PM +0000, Manish Baing wrote:
> > The st,stmpe-pwm binding is already covered by the MFD schema in
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/st,stmpe.yaml. However, the
> > PWM subnode was missing a 'required' properties block. This allowed
> > Device Tree nodes to pass validation even if the 'compatible'
> > string was omitted. This omission could lead to probe failures
> > at runtime.
> >
> > Fix the schema by adding the missing 'required' block and
> > remove the obsolete and redundant text binding file.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Manish Baing <manishbaing2789 at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Added 'required' properties to the pwm subnode in st,stmpe.yaml
> >   to close a validation gap identified by the Sashiko.
> > - Updated commit message and description to reflect MFD subsystem changes.
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> >  - Droppped the TXT file instead of converting to YAML, as the
> >    functionality is already covered by st,stmpe.yaml.
> >
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/mfd/st,stmpe.yaml      |  4 ++++
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/pwm/st,stmpe-pwm.txt   | 18 ------------------
>
> If the patch was split into two, each touching just one of the files,
> there would be no need for merge coordination. Also logically it's two
> patches. Would you mind splitting?
>
> Best regards
> Uwe



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