Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] ARM: dts: omap3-overo: Use complete poweroff

[Florian Vaussard <florian.vaussard@epfl.ch>]

On 02/27/2014 10:07 PM, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> +devicetree list.
> 
> On 02/27/2014 02:48 PM, Florian Vaussard wrote:
>> On 02/27/2014 09:38 PM, Nishanth Menon wrote:
>>> On 02/27/2014 02:30 PM, Florian Vaussard wrote:
>>>> Currently, the TWL4030 PMIC does not completely poweroff the processor.
>>>> Commit b0fc1da4d0359d3cce8f12e0f014aed0704ae202 introduced the necessary
>>>> binding to do this, so use it.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Florian Vaussard <florian.vaussard@epfl.ch>
>>>> ---
>>>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi | 5 +++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi
>>>> index aea64c0..018e1e0 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi
>>>> @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@
>>>>  			codec {
>>>>  			};
>>>>  		};
>>>> +
>>>> +		twl_power: power {
>>>> +			compatible = "ti,twl4030-power";
>>>> +			ti,use_poweroff;
>>>> +		};
>>>>  	};
>>>>  };
>>>>  
>>>>
>>> Urrgh.. this slipped past.. :(
>>>
>>> ti,system-power-controller is traditionally used for other PMICs from
>>> TI to indicate that poweroff functionality will be provided by the
>>> PMIC driver. similar approach is taken by Maxim as well.. I know the
>>> commit introducing the binding has been around for long, but
>>> considering that we do not have a single dts using this yet, should we
>>> consider adding "ti,system-power-controller"(as against removing
>>> ti,use_poweroff - so that older down stream dtbs still work) and using
>>> it in the new code?
>>>
>>
>> It does make sense, so I am not against it. My only concern is that I
>> find the name to be slightly less easy to understand, but I can live
>> with it :-)
> :)
> 
>>
>> I do not remember if DT maintainers came up with a clear policy to
>> deprecate a binding.
> I dont think we can depreciate a binding [1] - as you mentioned -
> renaming the property is probably what is appropriate, but introducing
> a new one which has the same behavior as the old one does'nt seem
> covered either.. considering potential downstream kernel usage, I'd
> suggest additional property inline with today's convention.
> 

Ok, so I will drop this patch from the series, so that the other patches
can hopefully go into 3.15. I will address this issue separately. Thank
you for pointing out this binding issue.

Regards,
Florian