Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] mfd: wm831x: Support software nodes for DCDC regulators

[Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 05 Nov 2026, Charles Keepax wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 02:43:17PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 5, 2026, at 09:53, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > On Wed, 04 Nov 2026, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > >> On Wed, Nov 04, 2026 at 06:14:29PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > >> > On Sat, 24 Oct 2026, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > - if there is a reason to expect any future user of the driver,
> >   extend the wlf,arizona.yaml binding to cover wm831x as well,
> >   replace all the platform data with swnode properties according
> >   to that binding and have the drivers use those.
> 
> I really don't like adding wm831x to the Arizona binding. Fine if
> we want to create a new binding in a similar style but Arizona is
> a binding for a specific series of audio parts, wm831x predates
> those and is a pmic. Trying to combine them feels likely to cause
> problems.

I don't personally mind how this gets resolved, as long as we avoid the
monstrosity suggested in the original submission.  =:-]

-- 
Lee Jones