Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8916-samsung-serranove: Add RT5033 PMIC with charger

[Jakob Hauser <jahau@rocketmail.com>]

Hi Krzysztof,

Cc: Rob, Chanwoo & MyungJoo

On 11.07.23 08:13, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
...
> This appeared in today's next next-20230711 and causes new warnings
> 
> msm8916-samsung-serranove.dtb: extcon@14: 'connector' does not match any
> of the regexes: 'pinctrl-[0-9]+'
> https://krzk.eu/#/builders/90/builds/40/steps/17/logs/stdio
> 
> The commit mentions rt5033, but that is not the schema being here
> tested, so clearly this is wrong or bindings were not updated.
> 
> Please fix (and test your future patches).

The implementation you see in this patch follows the guidance of yours 
and Rob’s. I already expressed my discontent about it before.

To solve the message, the dt-bindings of extcon device sm5502-muic [1] 
would need to be changed to allow a "connector" sub-node. That’s not the 
right approach.

I still have the impression that the current implementation is based on 
misunderstandings. I do think Rob’s comment that excon phandle being 
deprecated [2] is valid for the USB subsystem. Your suggestion to check 
"ports graph", "orientation" and "usb-role-switch" applies to USB 
subsystem as well [3]. Rob took the time to add more explanation [4] but 
it’s still about handling connectors in the more strict sense, which is 
circling around UBS subsystem.

These discussions led to a strangely mixed-up result. I was pushed to 
implement the USB subsystem connector approach upon an excton subsystem 
device. As the standard USB connector approach didn’t fit, we switched 
to a vendor-specific connector phandle [5]. In fact it’s kind of a 
workaround for the extcon phandle.

The extcon device sm5504 is a real piece of hardware. It’s not handled 
by USB subsystem but by extcon subsystem. The excton subsystem has a 
method implemented to get the device by phandle [6].

I therefore propose to use the phandle of the extcon subsystem. I mean 
extcon subsystem, not USB subsystem. In case you disagree, I kindly ask 
you to take more time to answer in more detail and especially 
case-related. And specifically to Krzysztof I ask for more politeness in 
your way of communicating. I understand you’re answering hundreds of 
requests a day but the communication we had in the past weeks is really 
frustrating.

[1] 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/extcon/siliconmitus,sm5502-muic.yaml?h=v6.5-rc1
[2] 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/cover.1677620677.git.jahau@rocketmail.com/T/#m1f57a36d534e677f84158e6886c1340e036ab5c6
[3] 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/cover.1682636929.git.jahau@rocketmail.com/T/#m7672ad05590e4123ba5622bc59a9b4dcc0f70e3a
[4] 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/cover.1682636929.git.jahau@rocketmail.com/T/#m65db0709f0ad3feac6c289f65be5a351cacd2835
[5] 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/20230506155435.3005-1-jahau@rocketmail.com/T/#m2aa652c41bad93d60042d831c6397e7838d3cbfc
[6] 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/extcon/extcon.c?h=v6.5-rc1#n1417

Kind regards,
Jakob