Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: Add support for SONY Xperia X Performance / XZ / XZs (msm8996, Tone platform)

[Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>]

On Tue 08 Jun 14:08 CDT 2021, Konrad Dybcio wrote:

> 
> >> +/delete-node/ &hdmi;
> >> +/delete-node/ &hdmi_phy;
> >> +/delete-node/ &mdp5_intf3_out;
> > Is it not enough to set those to status = "disabled"? Kind of strange
> > that you have to delete those entirely. I guess ideally "hdmi" should
> > even be disabled by default in the SoC device tree.
> 
> Saving memory and bloat where possible. Deleting these makes inspecting decompiled
> DTBs simpler and allows for ever so slightly bigger kernel images (the boot partition is finite).
> 

While that is true, the typical method is to disable the nodes, so
please follow that.

> 
> 
> >> +
> >> +	panel_tvdd: tvdd-regulator {
> >> +		compatible = "regulator-fixed";
> >> +		regulator-name = "panel_tvdd";
> >> +		gpio = <&tlmm 50 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> > regulator-fixed is active-low without "enable-active-high;"
> > If that's what you want it's probably more clear to write
> > GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW. Otherwise, perhaps you forgot that property? :)
> 
> Interestingly enough it doesn't work *with* the property, but does without :|

The regulator-fixed driver overrides the flag by the presence of
'enable-active-high" property, so if it works without said property that
would imply that your control is active-low.

So please make the flag reflect that.

Regards,
Bjorn