[PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: arm: vexpress: drop the obsolete hwmon and regulator text files

Rob Herring (Arm) robh at kernel.org
Thu Sep 24 15:23:13 PDT 2026


On Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:58:18 +0800, Quchaosheng wrote:
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/vexpress.txt describes the
> arm,vexpress-volt, -amp, -temp, -power and -energy sensors, and
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/vexpress.txt describes the
> arm,vexpress-volt regulator.
> 
> Both restate what arm/vexpress-config.yaml already documents: the same
> compatibles, the arm,vexpress-sysreg,func property and the label property.
> The regulator node refers to regulator.yaml, which covers the generic
> regulator properties the second file lists, and all 13 in-tree
> arm,vexpress-volt nodes set both of the properties it calls required.
> 
> One sentence in the regulator file is not a restatement: it says that a
> supply without regulator-min-microvolt and regulator-max-microvolt is
> treated as fixed. vexpress_regulator_probe() implements that by selecting
> vexpress_regulator_ops_ro when the two properties do not both define a
> range. Move the note into the regulator node description in the schema,
> so that removing the file does not lose it.
> 
> Nothing else refers to the two files. Remove them.
> 
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Quchaosheng <quchaosheng000406 at 163.com>
> ---
>  .../bindings/arm/vexpress-config.yaml         |  4 +++
>  .../devicetree/bindings/hwmon/vexpress.txt    | 23 -------------
>  .../bindings/regulator/vexpress.txt           | 32 -------------------
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/vexpress.txt
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/vexpress.txt
> 

Applied, thanks!




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