Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: regulators: Add bindings for Maxim MAX20086-MAX20089

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Mark,

Thank you for the review.

On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 02:26:45PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 11:11:23PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> 
> > +    patternProperties:
> > +      "^OUT[1-4]$":
> > +        type: object
> > +        $ref: regulator.yaml#
> > +
> > +    required:
> > +      - OUT1
> > +      - OUT2
> 
> Why are we requiring that there be machine constraints for the
> individual regulators?  There's already a problem with people just
> using the maximum possible control a regulator has as the default for
> devices without regard to what the specific system can support.

Could you elaborate a bit, keeping in mind that I'm a newbie when it
comes to the regulator framework ? :-)

The MAX2008[6789] can't control the voltage or current. The outputs can
be enabled or disabled individually, but their voltage is fixed to the
input voltage. There's overcurrent protection, with a threshold set by a
resistor and not known to the driver. The voltage (and current I
believe) can be measured, and alarms can be raised through an interrupt.

How should I modify the DT bindings to match that correctly ?

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart