Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] dt-bindings: spmi: Add generic SPMI NVMEM

[Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>]

> > >> What makes this generic?
> > >>
> > >> A generic driver is great, but "generic" or "simple" bindings are
> > >> generally a mistake.
> > > There is nothing apple-specific in that driver, just re-exporting
> > > several registers as cells. If you think that it is a mistake, I can
> > > rename it to apple-pmic, or something similar.
> 
> Like I said, a generic *driver* is great! I'm all for them. We should
> have more of them! Generic bindings on the other hand are generally a
> mistake. The problem is whether a generic driver works for you or not
> can evolve in either direction. You add more things like described
> below and then a generic driver doesn't work.

It sounds like the path of least resistance here is then:

1. rename the bindings to be apple m1+ (at least for now)
2. keep the driver as-is (no mfd, etc - at least for now)
3. land just that (at least for now)

Evolving the driver to share with not-Apple, or evolving the
bindings+driver to share with pre-M1, can happen in future series
if/when somebody wants to do that work.

Is this a fair understanding of the situation?